Princess Elizabeth was born in London in 1926. She ____ up in London with her younger sister and they were educated at home. She ____ not expected to become queen when she was born, but in 1936, her uncle King Edward VIII gave up the throne and her father ____ King George the Sixth. As she ____ no brothers, Elizabeth would become the next ruler. In 1947, she ____ engaged to her third cousin, Philip Mountbatten. In 1952, while she was visiting Kenya, the death of King George was announced, and Elizabeth ____ immediately to England. She ____ crowned at Westminster Abbey on the second of June, 1953. For the first time ever, the ceremony was shown on TV and ____ by millions of people around the world. Elizabeth’s role as queen ____ mostly ceremonial: she ____ Parliament, ____ government ministers and ____ new laws. However, she was not allowed to express her own political opinions. She also ____ Great Britain abroad, visiting countries in the Commonwealth and other nations around the world. The Queen was always instantly recognisable in her classic outfit of matching dress, coat, hat and handbag. Elizabeth ____ dogs - corgis were her favourite breed. She also bred and raced horses. Every year at Christmas, the Queen ____ to the nation on TV. In 1992, she ____ a particularly difficult year, as several of her children’s marriages broke up and a fire ____ part of her home in Windsor Castle. Elizabeth ____ many anniversaries and ____ the longest serving king or queen in British history. Some people ____ that a royal family was too expensive for the country, so after 2012, she reduced spending and received less money from the government. Many people ____ to find the royal family interesting, as shown by the popularity of TV programmes about the Queen and her family, such as The Crown. Philip ____ in 2021 and the Queen died a year later. Her son ____ King Charles the Third, aged seventy-three. It ____ to many British people like they had lost their grandmother.

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