Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II (born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of the royal house of Windsor) is the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and as Head of the Commonwealth, is Queen of a further 12 countries. At 91 years of age, she is currently the oldest monarch in the world and holds the record for Britain's oldest ever, as well as being the longest-reigning at over 65 years on the throne. She was born in Mayfair, London in 1926, during the reign of her grandfather, King George V ( SEI ). As the eldest of two daughters to the second son of the King, it was never expected that she would one day be crowned Queen. Everything changed in 1936, due to the sudden and unprecedented abdication of her childless uncle, King Edward VIII ( IEI ) in order to marry his American divorcee lover, Wallis Simpson ( EIE ). Duty fell on her father, Prince Albert, Duke of York to sit the throne and he was crowned King George VI ( EII ), ...
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