The REIGN OF ELIZABETH II came to an end after 70 years on 8 September 2022, but her legacy will no doubt last much longer. In this English royal history documentary from History Calling, I’ll provide a biography of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history and a woman who will be sorely missed around the world. We’ll look at who the Queen’s parents were, at the life of Elizabeth II before she was queen and at how the then Princess Elizabeth of York (known as Lilibet within the family) found herself in line for the throne after the abdication crisis of 1936 when her uncle, King Edward VII, gave up the crown in order to marry Wallis Simpson.
I’ll discuss Princess Elizabeth’s wartime efforts and her romance with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who she wed in 1947. The video will then cover her early married life and the birth of her first two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, before we get to the death of George VI in February 1952 and the Queen’s accession to the throne and coronation. I’ll discuss her long reign, including her relationship with historical figures such as Sir Winston Churchill and the major trials and tribulations she faced within and beyond her family. We’ll look at the difficulties she encountered when her sister, Princess Margaret, wanted to marry Peter Townshend in the 1950s and at the four scandalous divorces which rocked the royal family as Margaret, then three of the Queen’s four children all split from their spouses. This will include the very difficult breakdown of the marriage of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales which contributed to the Queen’s annus horribilis in 1992, a year which also saw her beloved Windsor Castle suffer serious fire damage. Moving on through the 1990s, we’ll think about how the death of Princess Diana affected the Queen and her public image and how, after that nadir in her reputation, she rebuilt the royal brand with the help of her family to become an immensely popular figure the globe over, with the love and respect for her culminating in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations just a few months before her death. In the course of this video you’ll hear some little known facts about Elizabeth II and learn about the history of the house of Windsor during the 20th and 21st centuries.
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26 авг 2024