Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth II! A #ThrowbackThursday Of Her Epic Life

1944

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret leaving Westminster Abbey under the guard of honor, February 1944.

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1946

Inspecting cadets from the Auxiliary Territorial Service in Windsor, June 1946.

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1947

Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, celebrating their engagement at Buckingham Palace in 1947.

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1947

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 20 November, 1947.

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1951

The royal couple with their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, August 1951.

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1953

Queen Elizabeth at her coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London, June 1953.

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1953

Chatting to Sir Winston Churchill with a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne, 1953.

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1958

The Queen at Epsom races, 1958.

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1960

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, circa 1960.

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1964

The Queen attends a performance at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, November 1964.

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1971

The Queen, and her Corgis, arrive for their summer holiday in Scotland, 1971.

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1976

Dancing with Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States, at the White House in 1976.

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1977

The Queen greets the crowds in her gilded state coach during her Silver Jubilee procession, June 1977.

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1981

Posing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with the Prince and Princess of Wales on their wedding day, 29 July 1981.

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1982

A family portrait after Prince William's christening, 4 August 1982.

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1983

The Queen amuses Ronald Reagan during a state dinner, March 1983.

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1987

The Queen with Prince William and Prince Harry at Guards Polo Club in Windsor, June 1987.

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1997

Meeting the Spice Girls at the Victoria Palace Theatre, December 1997.

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2006

The Queen smiles at her grandson Prince William as she inspects soldiers at the passing-out Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy, December 2006.

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2007

Meeting and greeting at the State Opening of Parliament on November 6, 2007 in London.

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2009

The Queen welcomes President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to Buckingham Palace on April 1, 2009.

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2011

On the balcony at Buckingham Palace for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, 29 April 2011.

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2012

The Queen, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge celebrate the Diamond Jubilee on the Thames River Pageant, June 2012.

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2012

An amusing moment during a Diamond Jubilee visit to Nottingham, England in June, 2012.

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2012

Queen Elizabeth II makes an entrance at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, July 2012.

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2014

A visit to the Tower of London's poppy installation to symbolize British and Colonial military fatalities during WW1, October 2014.

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2015

The royal family at Princess Charlotte's christening on the Sandringham Estate, July 2015.

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2016

The Queen visits the Crossrail station site at Bond Street, London in February 2016. The Crossrail line will be renamed the 'Elizabeth line' from December 2018 when it opens to the public.

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1940

The Queen makes her first radio broadcast to the British Empire, 1940.

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