Queen Elizabeth was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) — and the eldest granddaughter of King George V
She was instead born in a townhouse in London that belonged to her Scottish maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore on 21 April 1926
Queen Elizabeth II was educated at home alongside her only sibling Princess Margaret who was born in 1930
The two princesses were educated under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford
Queen Elizabeth II was in Kenya with her husband Prince Philip when her father King George VI died in 1952
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in central London on June 2, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II became queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries. These countries were the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (known today as Sri Lanka), as well as the Head of the Commonwealth.
Queen Elizabeth II became visited the Republic of Ireland in 2011, with the highly-charged visit making her the first British monarch to visit the country since it won independence in 1922
Queen Elizabeth II toured every region of Britain ahead of the four-day party in June to mark the jubilee, while other royals made visits across the Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth II’s reign of 70 years and seven months is the longest of any British monarch