Queen Elizabeth II was born, April 21, 1926; she was given the name Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. She was born to Prince Albert, Duke of York and her mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in Mayfair, London, United Kingdom.

Her father, King George VI became king, after his older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated (resigned) in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, making Elizabeth next in line for the throne.

Elizabeth was coronated on June 2, 1953 after her father King George VI had passed away; previously suffering from lung cancer, he had a lung removed; it was later determined that he had died of a coronary thrombosis.

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