Remembering Queen Elizabeth II A moderniser who steered the British monarchy into the 21st century

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Remembering Queen Elizabeth II A moderniser who steered the British monarchy into the 21st century

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Queen Elizabeth II official portrait 1959 CR Wikimedia Commons CC
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 1959, wearing many of the historical royal jewels [image: Wikimedia Commons public domain]

Sean Lang looks at important moments in the life of Queen Elizabeth II, after her recent passing, and the way she balanced official and public duties, along with handling family crises

Her prime ministers often paid tribute to her political wisdom and knowledge When the late historian Sir Ben Pimlott embarked on his 1996 biograp, Queen at NASA CR NASA on Wikimedia Commons.jpeg, Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 as she greets employees on her walk from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center mission control to a function, in Maryland, US