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When World War II broke out, Elizabeth, then just a young girl, begged her father to allow her to join the war efforts, despite being much too young to enlist.
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Back in the day, British heirs didn't attend formal primary school. Instead, Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret, were tutored at the palace.
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41945
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51947
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61947
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71947
Princess Elizabeth (left) watches her parents partake in ride shooting during a trip to South Africa.
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81953
Following the sudden death of her father on February 2, 1952, Elizabeth ascended the throne at the age of 25. She kept her own name, Elizabeth, as her regnal title. Her coronation on June 2, 1953 was the first ever to be televised, with 27 million people watching around the world.
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91952
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The Queen rides an elephant howdah (throne) during a tiger hunt in Meghauli.
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111977
She doesn't have a passport, as all British passports are distributed in her name. Here, the Queen is pictured boarding a plane in Fiji.
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121980s
During the 1981 Trooping the Colour, a 17-year-old boy shot blanks at Queen Elizabeth as she rode on horseback. Nevertheless, she persisted and finished the parade.
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131993
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142002
Partial to a stiff drink, the Queen reportedly enjoys a cocktail of gin mixed with Dubonnet (a fortified wine) and a slice of lemon on the rocks every day before lunch. She also reportedly ends her day with a champagne nightcap.
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152009
Queen Elizabeth owns all the (unclaimed) swans in England and Wales thanks to a medieval law which preserved the then-delicacy for royals. They swans are counted every year. Here, the Queen is pictured attending a "Swan Upping."
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162012
For the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, the Queen filmed a short sketch with Daniel Craig as James Bond, which made it look like she parachuted into the arena.
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17July 24, 2014
She became the queen of selfies during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, when she surprised two members of the Australian women's hockey team by photobombing their selfie. "Ahhh The Queen photo-bombed our selfie!!" hockey player Jayde Taylor wrote on Twitter.
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182015
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192016
The Queen celebrates her 90th birthday at Windsor.
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202017
At 91, the Queen stills drives a car; in May 2017, she caused an Internet storm when she was photographed driving a Jaguar home from church. In this photo, she's driving her Range Rover at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Jennifer Algoo is the Visuals Director at Harper's BAZAAR. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts and has previously worked at Patrick McMullan Co. as well as completing internships at Martha Stewart Weddings, Vogue and CosmoGirl! Magazine. Jennifer covers royal, celeb and art content as well as overseeing all visual assets on BAZAAR.com. When she's not obsessing over the royals you can find her attempting to solve cold cases as an armchair detective, traveling and experimenting with new recipes.
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