historic reign. queen elizabeth ii was born into the royal family. she was never destined to be queen. so when the duke and duchess of york announced the birth of their first child on april 21st, 1926, no one could have guessed their little daughter, elizabeth alexandria barry would one day rule great britain. all of that was to change however when elizabeth s uncle prince edward add indicated his right to rule to marry american divorce say. took the throne becoming king george sixth in 1936. 10-year-old elizabeth became his i heir. the home school princess began to perform royal duties as well as doing her bit when her country was embroiled in world war ii. 1945 trained as a driver and mechanic in the women s auxiliary service. she and her sister joined other britains to celebrate ve day in the streets of britain. she also had a sweetheart her third cousin superintendence philip of greece. the couple were engaged to be married shortly after the princess 21st birthday. the
very strong independence movement although in 2014 when they went for independence referendum it was still discussed national party policy to keep the queen head of state had they won. they didn t. it was known the queen was a staunch defender of the union. subsequently, as you mentioned, there will be a line at buckingham palace then subsequently the it coffin will be taken to westminster abbey and the queen is expected for some three days to lie in state. and that will be an opportunity for the nation to pay homage, file past as they did on certain other occasions and subsequent to that, of course, a state funeral at westminster abbey which is likely to, i would suspect surpass even that of the great sir winston churchill with