Chronicle of Queen Elizabeth II

Isabel Alejandra María, sovereign of the United Kingdom and of several countries of the
British Commonwealth of Nations, has been the longest-serving monarch in the history of
the British monarchy. For the British, Elizabeth II has been a symbol of tenacity, professional
like few others and with a very clear idea of neutrality.
Born on April 21, 1926 in London, Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth, raised by tutors. At the time, Elizabeth was third in line to the throne, after
her uncle, King Edward VIII, and her father, but her future took an unexpected turn at the
age of 10, when her uncle abdicated to marry Elizabeth. the divorced American Wallis
Simpson. In December 1936, Elizabeth became heir to the throne when her father, Prince
Albert, assumed the reign as George VI. After becoming crown princess, Elizabeth received
an education in history when her country entered World War II. As a teenager, she
corresponded with the handsome Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, whom she would
marry two years after the war, on November 20, 1947, when King George VI granted Philip
the title of Duke of Edinburgh.
Elizabeth had Prince Charles and Princess Anne before her father passed away on February
6, 1952, and she will become Queen Elizabeth II. He had to face the divorce of three of his
four children, although it was the separation in 1992 of the princes of Wales, Charles and
Diana, one of the most difficult moments of his reign, symbolized by his famous Latin phrase
"annus horribilis" ( awful year). It was also the 1997 death in a car accident of Princess Diana
that put his reign to the test.
His last years as monarch have been popular after the wedding of the Dukes of Cambridge,
William and Catherine, as well as the birth of Prince George, third in the line of succession.
During her years on the throne, Elizabeth II has had a total of 15 prime ministers, of whom
eleven were Conservatives and four Labor. In the last years of her life, Elizabeth II had to
deal with the scandal involving the Dukes of Sussex, Enrique and Meghan, after they decided
to separate from the royal family in January 2020 to become financially independent. This
crisis, known as Mega exit, worsened after the Duchess of Sussex, who is mixed race,
accused the royal family of racism, forcing the sovereign to issue a statement saying that this
problem would be resolved within the family. .
On April 9, 2021, Queen Elizabeth II suffered the death of her husband, the Duke of
Edinburgh, when he was about to turn 100 in June of that year. In the last year, the sovereign's
health deteriorated, forcing her to suspend various official engagements and to receive, on
the 6th, the new leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, at Balmoral Castle to ask her to
form a new government.