==Marriage and Children ==
She married [[Prince Philip|Philip Mountbatten]], [[Duke of Edinburgh]], on November 20, 1947. Their first child, [[Prince Charles]], now the [[Prince of Wales]], heir apparent to the throne, was born in 1948, and his sister, [[Princess Anne]] (now The [[Princess Royal]]), two years later. After Princess Elizabeth became queen, their third child, [[Prince AndrewMountbatten-Windsor]] (now the [[Duke of York]]), arrived in 1960, and the fourth, [[Prince Edward]] (now the Earl of Wessex and who will eventually become the Duke of Edinburgh), in 1964.
The Queen has eight grandchildren--[[Prince William]], [[Duke of Cambridge]]; [[Prince Henry]] of Wales; Princess Beatrice of York; Princess Eugenie of York; James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn; Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor; Peter Phillips; and Zara Tindall—and five great-grandchildren.