Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II (right) and Prince Philip on a tour of Trinidad and Tobago, 1966.

Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with a well-wisher while standing next to the General and Governor of Bermuda, Sir Alexander Hood, 1961.

Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to Sudan, 1964.

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HEADLEY, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 02: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh arrive to meet with patients and staff at the defence medical rehabilitation centre on May 02, 2013 at Headley Court in Surrey, England. (Photo by David Parker - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth II arrives to meet with patients and staff at the defense medical rehabilitation centre in Headley Court in Surrey, England, on May 02, 2013.

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Queen Elizabeth II receives an honorary Bafta from actor and director Kenneth Branagh in recognition of a lifetime's support of British film and television - and for being the most "memorable Bond girl yet" during a reception to celebrate the British film industry at Windsor Castle in Windsor on April 4, 2013. The Queen appeared in a film sequence alongside James Bond, played by actor Daniel Craig, during the opening ceremony of the Olympics when she appeared to parachute into the stadium with agent 007.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 27: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Queen Elizabeth II leaves after opening the new National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation at Queen Mary, University of London on February 27, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Indigo/Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth II is given flowers as she leaves the recently refurbished Bristol Old Vic Theatre during her visit to Bristol as part of her Jubilee tour on November 22, 2012 in Bristol, England.

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Queen Elizabeth II attends a Garden Party at Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Aug. 07, 2012.

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Queen Elizabeth II watches a University of Maryland vs. University of North Carolina football game at Maryland's Byrd Stadium during her 1957 official visit to the United States.

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Queen Elizabeth II ("a little fagged after four days of royal touring," as LIFE put it in its Dec. 7, 1953, issue) prepares to speak at University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1953.

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Queen Elizabeth II upon her arrival in India in 1961, the first British monarch to visit since George V in 1911.

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Queen Elizabeth II, at RAF Valley in northern Wales on April 1, 2011, is scheduled to arrive in Dublin on Tuesday

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh travel in a Semi-State Landau carriage along the Processional Route to Buckingham Palace, after the wedding service, in London, on April 29, 2011.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, and the President of South Africa Jacob Zuma with his wife Tobeka Madiba Zuma, left, look at a chess set given to the Queen by Nelson Mandela in 1996

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Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace

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Queen Elizabeth II studies the new layout of the Monarchy Web site.

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HRH Queen Elizabeth II participates in a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House May 7, 2007 in Washington, DC.

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Sir Jimmy Saville watches as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II names Cunard's newest cruise ship, the Queen Elizabeth in Southampton, Oct. 11, 2010.

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A picture dated October 16, 2008 shows a poster with an image of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II incorporated into the Google's logo at the company U.K. headquarters, in London.

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Lord Justice Brian Leveson holds a summary of his report whilst posing for photographers before its release at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Nov. 29, 2012.

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Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.

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Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia in 1965.

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Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II speaks to the House of Lords in 2001.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during her walkabout in Guildford High Street

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"Inside the Palace" The Obamas, tour the Portrait Gallery at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II.

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U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle pose with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

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A combination of still images from video shows former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaking at an inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, in London January 21, 2011

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Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston; the cast of Heroes; Britney Spears; Zinedine Zidane; and Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II

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Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.

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Not published in LIFE. Queen Elizabeth II during her 1966 tour of the Caribbean.

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