Below, The Independent looks back on the life of the Queen, from being born into the royal family to becoming the longest reigning monarch in British history. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is ...

2006 – April 21: Elizabeth celebrates her 80th birthday. 2007 – April 21: Elizabeth becomes the oldest-ever reigning British monarch. 2010 – June 2: Elizabeth celebrates 60 years since her ...

She became the longest-reigning British monarch in September 2015, when she surpassed the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Elizabeth II and Victoria have been the only two ...

However, that is not the same thing as them being crowned as joint monarchs, which has only happened once in British history. The coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II in 1689 is ...

Queen Elizabet II made history last year as she became the first British monarch to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee - 70 years on the throne. She became the longest-reigning British monarch in ...