Crowned as QUEEN
WHO|September 26, 2022
AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HER FATHER, THE PRINCESS BEGAN HER LIFE OF SERVICE
Crowned as QUEEN

Thousands of kilometres away from home came the news that her life had changed forever. Princess Elizabeth, aged just 25, was on a wildlife-watching break with Prince Philip, after a week of official Commonwealth engagements in Kenya, when they learned that King George VI had died in his sleep.

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