Episode 243
Elizabeth II: The Making of The Queen
Obituary. Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years on the British throne.
The Ancients · History Hit
September 8, 202228m 59s
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Show Notes
<p>Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years on the British throne. </p><br><p>Born in April 1926, Elizabeth Windsor became heir apparent, aged 10, when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated and her father George VI became king. </p><br><p>In 1947 – She married navy lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, a Greek Prince, at London’s Westminster Abbey before being crowned there in 1953 in the world’s first televised coronation. </p><br><p>In this special episode of Dan Snow’s History Hit, Dan is joined by historian Kate Williams to look at The Queen’s childhood, adolescence in WWII and the upbringing that made her a monarch admired around the world.</p><br><p>Producer: Charlotte Long</p><p>Audio editor: Dougal Patmore</p>
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