June 2, 1953 –
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor-Mountbatten officially becomes the head of her family’s business and had her coronation on this date.
The entire ceremony was, save for the anointing and communion, televised throughout the Commonwealth, and was watched by an estimated 20 million people, with 12 million more listening on the radio.
The Queen’s reign is longer than those of her four immediate predecessors combined (Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI). She is the longest reigning British or English monarch, the second-longest-serving current monarch of a sovereign state (after King Bhumibol of Thailand, who reigned for 70 years, 126 days) and the oldest reigning British monarch.
Here are the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom who served QEII
Sir Winston Churchill * 1952 – 1955
Sir Anthony Eden 1955 – 1957
Harold Macmillan 1957 – 1963
Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963 – 1964
Harold Wilson 1964 – 1970
Edward Heath 1970 – 1974
Harold Wilson 1974 – 1976
James Callaghan 1976 – 1979
Margaret Thatcher 1979 – 1990
John Major 1990 – 1997
Tony Blair ** 1997 – 2007
Gordon Brown 2007 – 2010
David Cameron *** 2010 – 2016
Theresa May 2016 – 2019
Boris Johnson 2019 – present
- Incredibly Churchill had the distinction of being the only MP to be elected under both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II.
** Tony Blair was the first Prime Minister to have been born during the Queen’s reign. He was born in early May, 1953 – a month before the Coronation.
*** David Cameron was born in 1966; Prince Andrew, the Queen’s third child was already 6 years old at the time.
And boy, while Charles is chomping at the bit, I bet Kate is starting to measure the curtains.
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