Our longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth would have celebrated her 98th birthday on Sunday, 21 April 2024.
Queen Elizabeth II: A Life of Service, Duty and Devotion
Our longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth would have celebrated her 98th birthday on Sunday, 21 April 2024.
Queen Elizabeth has had 16 Australian Prime Ministers so far during her 70-year reign, compared to 15 in the United Kingdom.
The Australian Government had issued a special commemorative booklet ahead of a royal visit which didn’t happen.
Sixty-five years ago, a young Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, over a year after her accession to the British throne, following the death of her father King George VI.
In 1954, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip briefly visited the Sutherland Shire on 11 February during their Australian visit. Flags and banner line the Princes Highway at Sylvania to celebrate the royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Shire, 1954 The royal couple arrived in Sydney aboard the Gothic on Wednesday, 3 February, as the First Field Regiment fired 21-gun salute…
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