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description: On 6th February 2022 Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. To celebrate this remarkable achievement we have put together some iconic moments to commemorate the life of Elizabeth Windsor Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.Platinum Jubilee colour in Platinum Jubilee story pages with On 6th February 2022 Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21 1926.The Big Jubilee Lunch will take place on Sunday the 5th of June. Neighbours all over Britain are organising street parties in Her Majesty's honour.In February 1945 she joined the Women's Auxiliary Territory Service under the name Elizabeth Windsor. The ATS provided key support during the war with its members serving as radio operators mechanics and drivers.Queen Elizabeth II was still a young princess when she first sat for Cecil Beaton a renowned fashion photographer. Over the next three decades he would be invited to photograph the Queen on many significant occasions including her Coronation Day in 1953.Her Majesty has four children. She was twenty two when she gave birth to all of her children at home. She now has eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey on the 20th November 1947.Elizabeth became Queen on the 6th of February 1952 and was crowned on the 2nd of June 1953.The iconic image of the Queen on Royal Mail postage stamps was created by Arnold Machin based on photos by John Hedgecoe. Stamp collecting is one of Queen Elizabeth's hobbies.Trooping the Colour is the Queen's annual birthday parade. For years she did this on horseback but since 1987 she has attended in a carriage.Queen Elizabeth II is the longest serving female head of state in history.The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign starting with Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday.St Edwards Crown is the most important and sacred of all the crowns. It is only used at the moment of crowning itself. This solid gold crown was made for the coronation of Charles II to replace the medieval crown melted down in 1649.The lion and the unicornWere fighting for the crownThe lion beat the unicornAll around the town.Some gave them white breadAnd some gave them brown.Some gave them plum cakeand drummed them out of town.
language: English
title: Platinum Jubilee Souvenir Colouring Book: Happythought
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