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On February 6, the Queen of England Elizabeth II will celebrate her 70 years of reign, the longest of the British monarchy. The opportunity to return to his conditions of accession to the throne: Ln February 6, 1952, she learned of the death of her father while she was traveling in Kenya.
On January 31, 1952, Elizabeth went on a diplomatic trip to Kenya in place of her ailing father, King George VI. His daughter leaves with peace of mind, but she will not see her father alive again. On February 6, it was her husband Philippe who announced the king’s death to her. In the United Kingdom, it is the shock wave, George VI was appreciated. Elizabeth return to London the next day. It is at the airport named today Heathrow that she is taking her first steps as a queen on British soil.
At 25 only years, she already displays an impressive mastery, her signature even today. The young princess had prepared herself for this fate. On February 8, she gives her very first speech of queen in the palace Saint-James, his proclamation is announced immediately after. After long preparations, she was crowned fifteen months later, on June 2, 1953. His 70 year reign is the longest in the country’s history.