In tribute
A lifetime of ser We pay tribute to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Her Late Majesty The Queen was an inspiration to us all, not least the thousands of industry leaders and innovators who’ve been presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise since the Awards’ launch in the mid-1960s.
Here, we look back on a remarkable 70-year reign and a life that spanned a World War, a royal wedding that was recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio to 200 million people around the world, the space race and immense technological advances and global change.
September 1940 As the Second World War rages on, London comes under increased attack, with Buckingham Palace hit in a Luftwaffe raid on 13 September 1940, while Princess Elizabeth and her family are in residence.
April 1926 Princess Elizabeth is born at 2.40am on 21 April at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London. She is the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who are later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
July 1947 Princess Elizabeth’s engagement to Lt Philip Mountbatten is announced by Buckingham Palace. After the couple’s wedding in Westminster Abbey that November, Lt Mountbatten becomes formerly known as the Duke of Edinburgh.
November 1948 The Prince of Wales – now King Charles III – is born. The Princess Royal is born in August 1950, Prince Andrew arrives in February 1960 and Prince Edward is born in March 1964.
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Princess Elizabeth, pictured here in November 1947, with her fiance Lt Philip Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth, King George VI and Princess Margaret Rose Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images
February 1952 King George VI dies following a prolonged illness and Princess Elizabeth accedes to the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II the following year, in June 1953, in the first televised Coronation at Westminster Abbey.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip walk down the aisle of Westminster Abbey on 21 November 1947 Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images
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