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PHOTO PACKAGE: LIFE IN PICTURES: Queen Elizabeth II
70 Years On British Throne For Queen Elizabeth II
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Queen Elizabeth II poses on her coronation day, June 2, 1953, nearly 1 1/2 years after she became queen regnant upon the death of her father, George VI, on February 6, 1952. Hers was the first coronation to be televised.
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The queen, Prince Philip, and three of their children (Anne, Andrew, and Charles (left-to-right; their fourth child, Prince Edward, was born four years later) at Balmoral Castle in 1960.
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Iran Queen Elizabeth Tour -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran take their seats at the banquet the Shah gave in honor of the Queen at the Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran on March 2, 1961. Queen Farah Pahlevi is visible in right background. (AP Photo)
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The queen with two of her sons, Princes Andrew (left) and Edward, read a book at Buckingham Palace during the recording of the queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth in 1971.