TIME magazine's 1952 Woman of the Year: Queen Elizabeth II of England (Jan. 5, 1953 cover)
In February 1952, Princess Elizabeth was touring Kenya with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh when she received the bad news that her father, King George VI of Great Britain, had passed away. Thus, at the tender age of 25, Elizabeth ascended the throne to become Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. She took the title Queen Elizabeth II although she was not a descendant of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), who was the last Tudor queen. Queen Elizabeth II belongs to the Royal House of Windsor, formerly known as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
During the Queen’s reign, there have been 11 U.S. presidents. Queen Elizabeth II has met every one of them except Lyndon B. Johnson. She met Harry Truman before she became queen and Herbert Hoover when he was a former president.
Here is a photo gallery of Queen Elizabeth II and 12 U.S. Presidents:
The Queen with President Barack Obama in 2009
The Queen with President George W. Bush in 2003
The Queen with President Bill Clinton in 2000
The Queen with President George H. Bush in 1991
The Queen with President Ronald Reagan in 1982
The Queen with President Jimmy Carter in 1977
The Queen with President Gerald Ford in 1976
The Queen with President Richard Nixon in 1970
The Queen with President John F. Kennedy in 1961
The Queen with former President Herbert Hoover in 1957
The Queen with Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower (top) in 1957 and Harry Truman (bottom) in 1951
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