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[[Image:Elizabeth-II.jpg|right|Her Royal Majesty Elizabeth II|thumb]]

[[Image:Elizabeth-II.jpg|right|Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II|thumb]]

Queen '''Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, born April 21, 1926) is the reigning monarch and current [[head of state]] of the [[United Kingdom]] (1952-). She is the elder daughter of King [[George VI]] and the late ''Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother''. She is referred to formally in Britain as "Her Majesty the Queen", but is generally called simply "the Queen".

Queen '''Elizabeth II''' (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, born April 21, 1926) is the reigning monarch and current [[head of state]] of the [[United Kingdom]] (1952-) and of several former British colonies, including [[Canada]] and [[Australia]]. She is the elder daughter of King [[George VI]] and the late ''Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother''.

 

In Britain, she is referred to formally as "Her Majesty the Queen", but is generally called simply "the Queen". Her full title, by virtue of the Royal Titles Act of 1953, is: "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith".

==Early life==

==Early life==