Born: 21 April 1926 · Died: 8 September 2022 · Age: 96
Queen of the United Kingdom for 70 years, the longest reign in British history, from 1952 until her death in 2022
Did you know?During the Second World War, she trained as a mechanic and truck driver while serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
Quick facts
Date of birth21 April 1926
Date of death8 September 2022
Age at death96
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceMayfair, London, England
Occupationmonarch
Editor's Take:
Elizabeth II was a constant through seven decades of relentless change, and that steadiness was her great achievement. She became queen at 25, when Winston Churchill was her first prime minister, and reigned long enough to appoint fifteen of them. She saw the British Empire become a voluntary Commonwealth of nations, and she adapted the monarchy to the age of television and then social media while saying remarkably little in public about her own views. Her sense of duty was unshowy but unbroken, from her twenty-first birthday pledge to serve for her whole life to her final official engagement just two days before her death. For most people alive at the time, she was the only monarch they had ever known.
Key Milestones
1947: Marries Philip Mountbatten
1952: Becomes Queen on her father's death
1953: Crowned at Westminster Abbey
1977: Celebrates her Silver Jubilee
2015: Becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch
2022: Dies at Balmoral in her Platinum Jubilee year
Queen of the United Kingdom for 70 years, the longest reign of any British monarch.
“I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service.”
Elizabeth II's birthday is April 21. She was born on April 21, 1926 in Mayfair, London, England.
How old was Elizabeth II when she died?
Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, aged 96.
Who shares a birthday with Elizabeth II?
Famous people who share Elizabeth II's April 21 birthday include Max Weber, Catherine II of Russia, Charlotte Brontë, Narges Mohammadi and Anthony Quinn.
