The 70 years of reign of Queen Elizabeth told with the data
The length of the reign As mentioned, Elizabeth II was the longest-lived monarch in the Kingdom United. From her succession to her to the death of her father, King George VI, on February 6, 1952, which occurred while he was in Kenya on a royal mission, 70 years and 213 days have passed to date. The coronation then took place on 2 June 1953 in Westminster Abbey.
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Click here if you don't see the graph The second longest reign is that of another queen, Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years from 1837 until 1901. The shortest, at least since the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Scotland in 1707, was that of Edward VIII, Elizabeth's paternal uncle. He abdicated after 327 days because the law prevented him, as head of the Anglican Church, from marrying Wallis Simpson, a divorced woman. If the Sun King beats her for the length of her reign (72 years and 110 days), Queen Elizabeth is also the longest-serving head of state, after the death of Thai King Rama IX in 2016.
Governments in the name of her majesty There are 15 prime ministers that Elizabeth II met every Tuesday, as per tradition, during her 70 years of reign. In total, 16 governments have been formed in the name of his Majesty, because Labor Harold Wilson received the post on two occasions, first in 1964 and then again exactly ten years later.
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Click here if you don't see the graph The longest-lived government, and perhaps the one that remained most in the imagination, was that of Margareth Tatcher, the 'Iron Lady' who marked the 1980s. By giving back momentum to the country's economy, for supporters, by destroying the welfare state in the nation that invented it, according to detractors.
With Labor Tony Blair he had to manage the second war in Iraq on the international front, on the internal one the death of Lady Diana. And with the conservative David Cameron, the referendum that led to Brexit. While Liz Truss will have the misfortune of going down in history as the prime minister who saw the queen die two days after her inauguration at 10 Downing Street.
The end of the empire Queen Elizabeth II , in his 70 years at Buckingham Palace, he also witnessed the unraveling of the British Empire, with the last colonies gradually gaining independence.
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Click here if you don't see the graph The first nation to gain independence during the reign of Elizabeth II was Sudan, on January 1, 1956, less than four years after her coronation. The last, in chronological order, is Brunei, which became independent on January 1, 1984.
The travels of Queen Elizabeth II Beyond the visits to the Commonwealth countries, there are numerous state visits that the Queen Elizabeth II performed throughout her reign. Here is a map showing the cities you have been to.
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Click here if you don't see the graph. Italians who hosted the English sovereign. There is obviously Rome, where she visited 4 times, but also Milan and Naples, which hosted her on two occasions each. The filter in the lower part (top left for those who read from the desk) allows you to view the cities visited by Queen Elizabeth on other continents.
The royal palaces The monarchy also brings with it a charm of other times, especially in a country that his last king ousted him in a referendum in 1946. And then, in this data driven tale of 70 years of the reign of Elizabeth II, a map showing the residences of the queen cannot be missing.
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Click here if you don't see the graph Among these there is also the palace of Balmoral, in the Scottish region of Aberdeenshire , where Queen Elizabeth used to spend the months of August and September. And where she died on Thursday 8 September, surrounded by children and grandchildren, at the age of 96.
