Queen Elizabeth II Health Concerns Live Updates: Queen beneath medical care as household gathers

Elizabeth has been the queen of Britain since 1952.  She got here to the throne after the dying of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, when she was simply 25.She turned monarch at a time when Britain retained a lot of its empire. It was rising from the ravages of World War Two, with meals rationing nonetheless in power and sophistication and privilege nonetheless dominant in society.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, together with Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis seem on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as a part of Trooping the Colour parade through the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London, Britain, June 2, 2022. (File photograph, Via Reuters)

Winston Churchill was the primary prime minister who served throughout her reign, Joseph Stalin was the chief of the Soviet Union, the Korean War was raging.