She died after 70 years of reign and an oh so full family and emotional life. Elizabeth II, whom her heir King Charles III affectionately called “mom“, in her first speech, was the head of a family much loved by her family. Busier for her own children, at the beginning of her reign, she was a grandmother very close to her grandchildren.
Elizabeth II had 12 great-grandchildren
Babies and children who brought him a lot of joy. And thanks to them, 2021 was not entirely a “annus horribilis” for Queen Elizabeth II, ultimately. After the death of her husband”beloved“, Prince Philip, on April 9, that of his little Dorgi, named Fergus, and the incessant criticism of the Sussexes in an interview, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, against the royal family, the monarch also had the right good news…
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Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi had their baby Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi on September 18, 2021, a year after getting married on July 17, 2020, in the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, in strict privacy , in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.
A very prolific 2021!
Before that, little Lilibet Diana that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were expecting was born on June 4, 2021! Earlier that year, two births were already celebrated by the royal family. As a reminder, August, the son of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, was born on February 9, 2021. Finally, Lucas, the son of Zara Phillips with Mike Tindall, was born on March 21, 2021. A damn prolific year for the Windsor clan!
In all, at the end of 2021, the account had therefore risen to 12 great-grandchildren for Elizabeth II. We then counted the Cambridges, the children of Kate Middleton and Prince William: George, Charlotte, Louis, the Sussexes, children of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry: Archie and Lilibet, the Philips, children of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly: Savannah, Isla, the Tindalls, children of Zara and Mike Tindall: Mia, Lena, Lucas, the Brooksbank, child of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank: August, and the Mapelli Mozzi, child of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: Sienna .
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