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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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U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, and Queen Elizabeth II are photographed with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, at Buckingham Palace in London, May 1977. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981.

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The queen poses with Prince Charles and his fiancee, Lady Diana, at Buckingham Palace in March 1981. The heir apparent's adultery scandal and divorce in 1996 sent shock waves throughout the royal establishment and British society.

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Queen Elizabeth II stands with U.S. President Ronald Reagan during a ceremony to honor her visit to the West Coast of the United States, in Santa Barbara, California, U.S., February 23, 1983.

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The queen and Charles watch horseraces at Epsom following what she famously described as an "annus horribilis," 1992, which saw her two oldest sons separate from their wives, daughter Anne divorce, and a fire destroy part of Windsor Castle.