Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96: A look at her life as British royalty

Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she arrives to view a display of artifacts from Halcyon Days to commemorate the company’s 70th anniversary in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle on March 23, 2022. (Steve Parsons/Pool/ AFP)

The future Queen Elizabeth II in 1929, at about 3 years old. (The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Princess Elizabeth in an image taken from a family album around 1929-1930. (The Royal Photographic Society Collection/Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Getty Images)

The crowned King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, acknowledging the cheers of the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on their return from Westminster Abbey. (Getty Images)

Princess Elizabeth in the Girl Guides at Frogmore, U.K., June 30, 1942. (Lisa Sheridan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Princess Elizabeth reading a book in Buckingham Palace on July 19, 1946. (Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Getty Images)

King George VI and Princess Elizabeth in the gardens at Windsor Castle, England, July 8, 1946.  (Lisa Sheridan/Studio Lisa/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth stands for her official portrait. (Dorothy Wilding via Getty Images)

Princess Elizabeth greets Winston Churchill at Guildhall, in London, March 23, 1950. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II looking at a photograph album with her sons Prince Andrew, left, and Prince Edward, December 1971. Footage of this scene was used in the Queen’s Christmas broadcast of 1971, to illustrate the theme of family. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth flashes a radiant smile as she stands next to Jacqueline Kennedy after dinner at Buckingham Palace. The U.S. president and the first lady were guests of the Queen and Prince Philip. This was the first time an American president dined at Buckingham Palace since 1918. (Getty Images)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979), Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (1895-1979) and his wife attend the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, June 26, 1959. (Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

The Queen Mother, left, waves to the people alongside Queen Elizabeth II on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on her 100th birthday, Aug. 4, 2000. (Gerry Penny/AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II crowns her son, Charles, Prince of Wales during his investiture ceremony at Caernarvon Castle. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Prince and Princess of Wales on their wedding day on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with the Queen.  (Terry Fincher)

 Queen Elizabeth II speaks at the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace in London on April 19, 2018. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip re-visit Broadlands, to mark their diamond wedding anniversary. The royals spent their wedding night at Broadlands in Hampshire in November 1947, the former home of Prince Philip’s uncle, Earl Mountbatten. (Tim Graham/Getty Images)

The Queen at a banquet In Cape Town, South Africa, with Nelson Mandela   (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

President Gerald Ford dancing with Queen Elizabeth II at a ball at the White House, Washington, during the 1976 Bicentennial Celebrations of the Declaration of Independence, July 7, 1976. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

During a state visit, Queen Elizabeth Il rides her horse Burmese in Windsor Great Park with President Reagan, who is riding Centennial. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with President Trump during a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019. (Victoria Jones/Pool/AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II with a group of local children during her state visit to Mexico, February-March 1975. (Serge Lemoine/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she visits Bowring Park in St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 25. (Carlo Allegri/AFP via Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II visits RAF Marham Jan. 30, 2002, on the first public engagement of her Jubilee year. (Andrew Parsons/Pool/AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II attends the third day of the Royal Windsor Horse Show at Home Park on May 15, 2004, in Windsor, England. (Carl De Souza/Getty Images)

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by British-American journalist Anna Wintour, views British designer Richard Quinn’s runway show before presenting him with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Designon Feb. 20, 2018. (Yui Mok/Pool/AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018 in London. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Prince Charles kisses the hand of his mother Queen Elizabeth II as they attend an engagement to light a beacon to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday in Windsor on April 21, 2016. (Arthur Edwards/Pool/AFP)

Prince Charles reacts after reading the Queen’s Speech in the House of Lords Chamber during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 10, 2022. (Ben Stansall/Pool/AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Louis, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William watch the RAF flypast on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade for the queen’s Platinum Jubilee on June 02, 2022 in London, England. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)