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Queen Elizabeth II at 90

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  The then the Duke and Duchess of York with their daughter Princess Elizabeth at her christening on May 1, 1926. It was not expected that Elizabeth would become Queen

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  Princess Elizabeth waving from the carriage as she drives in London in May 1928

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  Princess Elizabeth arriving at Olympia for the Royal Tournament in 1930

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  Two-year-old Princess Margaret with her sister Princess Elizabeth in 1933

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  Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) with her eldest daughter on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after the coronation of King George VI in May, 1937

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  Princess Elizabeth after she broadcast on Children's Hour from Buckingham Palace in October 1940

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  Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) and King George VI with Elizabeth in April 1944, shortly before her 18th birthday

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  Elizabeth at the wheel of an Army vehicle when she served during the Second World War in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in January 1945

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  Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten at Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony, November 20, 1947

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  Elizabeth holding her son Prince Charles after his christening ceremony in Buckingham Palace in December 1948

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  And with her baby daughter, Princess Anne, after her christening at Buckingham Palace in October 1950

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  Queen Elizabeth II, in a black mourning outfit, waving as she returns to Clarence House in London the day after she became Queen in February 1952

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  Queen Elizabeth wearing the St Edward Crown and carrying the Sceptre and the Rod after her coronation at Westminster Abbey, June 2 1953

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  Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill bowing to Queen Elizabeth as he welcomes her and the Duke of Edinburgh to 10 Downing Street for dinner in April 1955

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  Her Majesty holds Prince Andrew during an outing in the grounds at Balmoral, Scotland. He was the first child to be born to a reigning monarch for 103 years

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  Queen Elizabeth wearing a leopard-skin coat at a Sandown Park race meeting in March 1962

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  England captain Bobby Moore receives the Jules Rimet Trophy from The Queen after England defeated West Germany on July 30, 1966

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  The Royal Family in the grounds of Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire. Left to right: Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew in 1968

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  The Queen sitting with her corgis at Virginia Water to watch competitors, including Prince Philip in the Marathon of the European Driving Championship, part of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, in May 1973

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  The Queen Elizabeth on a walk-about in Portsmouth during her Silver Jubilee tour of Great Britain in June 1977

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  Her Majesty on a walkabout during a visit to Liberia, Antigua, during her Silver Jubilee tour of the Caribbean in October 1977. The Queen has travelled around the world 42 times, visiting 117 countries according to the official count during her 90 years - and all without a passport

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  The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, Prince William, Prince Harry and the Prince and Princess of Wales after the christening ceremony of Harry in December 1984

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  Her Majesty takes the salute of the Household Guards regiments during the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in London in June 1985

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  The Queen surveys the scene at following the fire at Windsor Castle in November 1992

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  South Africa's President Nelson Mandela greets The Queen as she steps from the royal yacht Britannia in Cape Town at the official start of the her first visit to the country since 1947

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  The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh viewing the floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at Buckingham Palace following her death in 1997

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  Her Majesty - and Berry the corgi - with the England rugby squad after the 2003 Rugby World Cup win

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  The Queen in the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace in London looking at some of the cards which have been sent to her for her 80th birthday in April 2006

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  On stage outside Buckingham Palace in London with Charles, Camilla and a host of pop stars at the Diamond Jubilee concert during celebrations to mark her 60 years as sovereign in 2012

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  Her Majesty attends the formal unveiling of the new logo for Crossrail, which is being named the Elizabeth line, at the construction site of the Bond Street station in central London, February 23, 2016

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