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Queen Elizabeth II visited Historic Jamestowne on May 4, 2007, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 1607. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh accompanied her on her trip. During this visit, the Queen saw the 1607 James Fort site discovered in 1996 and thousands of artifacts on display in the Archaearium at Historic Jamestowne. She ... visited the Jamestown Memorial Church where dignitaries exchanged gifts. The Duke visited the vault and conservation lab while the Queen toured the Archaearium.
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Queen Elizabeth II met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece, as a 13 year old in 1939. Throughout her teens, she stayed devoted to Philip. Prince Philip proposed to Elizabeth in 1946. Reportedly, the two were taking a walk on a sunny summer day at Balmoral when Philip popped the question. Elizabeth was quoted as later saying
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Her Majesty The Queen was born in London on April 21, 1926 and later christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The Princess Elizabeth, along with her sister the Princess Margaret (born four years later), had her early education at home and, after her father succeeded to the Throne in 1936, became heiress presumptive. Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she was appointed Counsellor of State during the King's absence and, for the first time, exercised certain functions of the Crown.
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Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926, in London, the oldest child of the Duke of York and his wife, Elizabeth. Her father became King George VI, of Great Britain and Ireland in 1936 when his older brother Edward VIII abdicated the throne. Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten in November 1947, and they had four children - Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward.
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During an Official tour of Kenya in 1952 Princess Elizabeth was informed of the death of her father, and that she was now Queen Elizabeth II. She immediately returned to England to take up her duties and to lead the nation in mourning the death of King George VI. Her coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
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Not long after, the Queen and Prince Philip, from 1953 to 1954, made a six-month, around the world tour, becoming the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe. She ... became the first reigning monarch of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji to visit those nations. Since then, Elizabeth II has undertaken many overseas voyages. In October, 1957, she made a state visit to the United States, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, and proceeded to tour Canada, wherein she became the first Canadian Monarch to open a session of that nation's parliament. She made another state visit to the United States, as Queen of Canada, hosting the return dinner for President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. In February, 1961, she visited Ankara with Cemal Gursel, and later toured India, Iran, Pakistan and Nepal for the first time.
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