Queen Elizabeth II: Her life in pictures

The Duke and Duchess of York hold their baby daughter Princess Elizabeth (PA Archive)

The Duke and Duchess of York with King George V and Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth at play in her garden in Piccadilly (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth is pushed in her buggy (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth arrives at the Royal Tournament, at Olympia, London (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth attends the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Captain Henry Abel Smith (PA Archive)

A young princess walks through the rain in London (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret Rose go out for a ride with their nanny in their horse-drawn carriage (PA Archive)

The two young princesses walk with their mother (PA Archive)

The young princess poses with a bunch of flowers (PA Archive)

Elizabeth sakes hands as she arrives at the Royal Tournament (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after the coronation of King George VI (PA Archive)

King George VI, his wife Queen Elizabeth and their two daughters, Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret (PA Archive)

Elizabeth plays with her sister in Buckinghamshire (PA Archive)

A 14-year-old Elizabeth appears on the radio in a programme called Children’s Hour (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret ride a ponycart in the garden of their wartime country residence (Windsor) (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth, in her Girl Guide uniform (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth visits the military camp at Bulford in Wiltshire with King George VI (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth stands with her parents shortly before her 18th birthday (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth sits at the wheel of an Army vehicle when she served during the Second World War in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth in her uniform of Sea Ranger, and Princess Margaret (right), at a drumhead service and march past by Girl Guides in London’s Hyde Park (PA Archive)

The bride, Princess Elizabeth and groom, the newly created Duke of Edinburgh on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after they were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth holds her son Prince Charles after his Christening ceremony in Buckingham Palace (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth presents the Football Association Cup to Billy Wright, captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth with her two children, Princess Anne and Prince Charles (PA Archive)

Princess Elizabeth dances with Earl Mountbatten of Burma at the ball organised by the Central Appeal Council of the Royal College of Nursing and held at the Savoy Hotel (PA Archive)

Dressed in black, Queen Elizabeth II sets foot on British soil for the first time since her accession. (PA)

The Queen’s coronation took place the year after her accession on 2 June 1953. (PA)

Queen Elizabeth II waves at the crowds in New Zealand on her first royal tour. (PA)

Sir Winston Churchill and his wife Lady Churchill greet The Queen as she arrives for a dinner party at 10 Downing Street. (PA)

Queen Elizabeth walks through ranks of Yeomen of the Guard after leaving the Royal Maundy Service at Westminster Abbey. (PA)

During a state visit to Denmark, the Queen smiles as she arrives at Copenhagen Town Hall in an open top car. (PA)

In 1958 Queen Elizabeth II made her first descent of a coal mine, at Rothes Colliery in Fifeshire. She spent half an hour beneath the ground. (PA Archive)

The Queen presents the FA Cup to Nottingham Forest Captain Jack Burkitt at Wembley Stadium. (PA Archive)

A smiling Queen Elizabeth II waves to the crowds as she leaves the Royal Variety Show at Victoria Palace in 1960. (PA Archive)

John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, receives the first ever phone call to Ottawa from the Queen. She was inaugurating the CANTAT (Canadian Trans-Atlantic Telephone). (PA Archive)

The Queen, dressed in a leopard print coat, attends the Sandown Park race meeting with the Queen Mother. (PA Archive)

The Queen returns to Buckingham Palace after attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony. (PA Archive)

The Royal Family, comprised of the Queen Mother, the Queen, Prince Andrew, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandra and 12-week old Prince Edward stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. (PA Archive)

On her 39th birthday, The Queen poses with her family at Frogmore House, Windsor. (PA Archive)

The Duke of Edinburgh accompanies the Queen on a visit to the village of Aberfan, South Wales, to view a mass grave in the hillside cemetery of 82 of the 147 victims of the coal-tip avalanche. (PA Archive)

Her Majesty attends a garden party in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Services. (PA Archive)

A Hereford bull greets the Queen during a trip to Malvern, Worcestershire. (PA Archive)

The Queen crowns her son, Prince Charles, as the Prince of Wales, during an investiture ceremony at Caernarfon Castle. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II is pictured in her living room at Buckingham Palace during the filming of her Christmas Day address to the Commonwealth. (PA Archive)

Her Majesty visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London in 1971. (PA Archive)

A corgi keeps Queen Elizabeth II company in her study at Balmoral Castle. (PA Archive)

Prime Minister Edward Heath and The Queen attend The Royal Opera House, London. (PA Archive)

On a rainy day The Queen visits the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. (PA Archive)

The Queen stands in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to record her 1975 Christmas broadcast. This was the first time she had made her address outdoors. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II during a State visit to Luxembourg. (PA Archive)

Young schoolgirls in Brisbane greet The Queen during her Silver Jubilee tour of Australia. She celebrated the 25th anniversary of her accession to the throne this year. (PA Archive)

Bright bunting and waving flags welcome Queen Elizabeth II to Guernsey for a state visit. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II has a conversation with Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, at a reception for the 39 heads of delegations attending the Commonwealth Conference in Lusaka, Zambia. (AP Photo)

The Queen takes a picture at the Badminton Horse Trials. (PA Archive)

Prince Charles and his then-fiancee Lady Diana Spencer meet The Queen at Buckingham Palace. (PA Archive)

The Queen is carried in a Canoe to the shore of Tuvalu at the end of her visit to the South Sea Islands in 1982. (PA Archive)

The Queen is offered food by girls in traditional Indian dress at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Raj Ghat, Delhi. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II and Rt Rev John Denis Wakeling, the Bishop of Southwell, enter Southwell Minster amid cheering crowds. (PA Archive)

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and five former Prime Ministers, James Callaghan, Lord Home, Lord Stockton, Lord Wilson and Edward Heath, attend a dinner at 10 Downing Street celebrating the 250th anniversary of the residence becoming the London home of Prime Ministers. (PA Archive)

Prince Philip and The Queen visit the Great Wall of China on a state visit to the country. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II meets wellwishers outside Ely Cathedral after presenting Maundy money to pensioners. (PA Archive)

The Queen welcomes the American First Lady Nancy Reagan to Buckingham Palace, where President Reagan and his wife had tea. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II watches intently as the Duke of Edinburgh tackles the marathon section of the Harrods International Grand Prix at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. (PA Archive)

Her Majesty the Queen opens the Royal Suite at Heathrow airport. (PA Archive)

The Princess of Wales accompanies the Queen to the State Opening of parliament. (PA Archive)

The Queen visits Manchester to open the new Metrolink Tram System. (PA Archive)

Dressed in her full regalia, The Queen sits in the House of Lords for the state opening of parliament. (PA Archive)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth smiles as she cuts a ribbon in the engine of the Royal Yacht Britannia, to mark the ship’s one millionth mile on the same engine. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II keeps a close eye on a Barn Owl which landed close to her as she watched a flying display of birds of prey during a visit to the Royal Windsor Horse Show. (PA Archive)

Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, rides alongside The Queen in a carriage along the Mall on the first day of his state visit to Britain. (PA Archive)

Dressed in mourning black, The Queen arrives at Westminster Abbey for the funeral of Princess Diana. (PA Archive)

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are confronted by a shark as they walk through the observation tunnel at the Blue Planet Aquarium in Cheshire. (PA)

The Queen is welcomed by traditional Mozambican dancers at the Polana Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique, during a state visit to Africa. (PA)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair raise their glasses as midnight strikes during the Opening Celebrations at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London. (PA)

Her Majesty drops in on the Eastenders set at Elstree Studios. Here she stands outside the Queen Victoria pub with actress and longstanding cast member Barbara Windsor. (PA Archive)

The Queen and Prince Charles walk behind the Queen Mother’s coffin following her funeral at Westminster Abbey in central London. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II pays a visit to The Royal Veterinary College in Hertfordshire. (PA Archive)

Queen Elizabeth II peers round a corner during a visit to the Royal Albert Hall in London, following the end of an eight-year restoration program. (PA Archive)

During a state visit to Canada, The Queen sits next to Chief Alphonse Bird of the Federation of Indian Nations, at the First Nations University. (PA Archive)

Raising her glass, Her Majesty makes a toast during a state banquet at the Presidential Palace, Singapore. (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Forensic science students demonstrate a simulated crime scene during a visit from The Queen. (PA)

The Queen looks at one of the show gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show. (PA)

Rain hits the Queen’s Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. (PA)

Queen Elizabeth II laughs along with her grandson Prince William and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh as they watch a flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, following the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Prince William shows Queen Elizabeth II the hanger where the helicopter he flies is kept in Anglesey. (PA)

The Duchess of Cambridge accompanies The Queen to watch a fashion show at De Montfort University in Leicester during a visit to the city as part of the Diamond Jubilee Tour. (Oli Scarff/PA Wire)

Queen Elizabeth II rides the tube during a visit to Baker Street Tube Station to mark 150th anniversary of the London Underground. (PA)

Her Majesty visits the Tower of London’s ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ installation. (Chris Jackson/PA Wire)

On the day she became the longest reigning monarch in British history, The Queen travelled by steam train to inaugurate the new £294 million Scottish Borders Railway. (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

At the site of the new Bond Street Crossrail station, The Queen this year formally unveiled a new roundel for the Crossrail line which is to be renamed the “Elizabeth line” from December 2018 when it opens to passengers. (Richard Pohle/The Times/PA Wire)

Queen Elizabeth II waves to onlookers as she leaves the Easter Sunday service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in Berkshire (PA Archive)

The Queen pictured in Somerset in March 2019. (PA)