Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth II)
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Name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
Date of Birth: 21 April 1926
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Queen Elizabeth is the reigning queen of 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms:
1. United Kingdom
2. Canada
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
5. Jamaica
6. Barbados
7. Bahamas
8. Grenada
9. Papua New Guinea
10. Solomon Islands
11. Tuvalu
12. Saint Lucia
13. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
14. Belize
15. Antigua and Barbuda, and
16. Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54 member Commonwealth of Nations.
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She is the titular Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
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At Elizabeth’s birth, the British Empire was a pre-eminent world power, but its influence declined, particularly after the Second World War, and the empire evolved into the Commonwealth.
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Her father, George VI, was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth. On his death in 1952, Elizabeth became Head of the Commonwealth.
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In 1947, Elizabeth married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They have four children and eight grandchildren.
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