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Elizabeth II

         Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor wasn’t born to wear the crown. But destiny intervened.
         As the elder daughter of King George V’s second son, Elizabeth, now 95, was expected to live the life of a minor royal A_______________________. Dogs and horses, a country house, a suitable match — B_______________________ — seemed her future.
         However, everything changed a decade later when her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated so he could marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth’s father became King George VI, C_______________________ .
         She was 25 years old D_______________________ , and she became queen that same night. Princess Elizabeth, called Lilibet, became "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her other realms and territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith." On June 2, 1953, she was officially crowned in a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
         E_______________________ , Queen Elizabeth II holds a number of remarkable records. She is the oldest reigning monarch and has reigned longer than her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria, F_______________________ , from 1837 to 1901. Elizabeth II has also had the longest marriage in the British royal family. Even her coronation made television history: never before had there been so many viewers, 300 million worldwide.

1. when her father died on February 6, 1952
2. when she was born on April 21, 1926
3. a comfortable but uneventful life
4. as one of the most important elements of her work
5. making the young princess the next in line to the throne
6. who served as monarch for 63 years
7. with over 70 years on the throne under her belt