Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years on the British throne.Born in April 1926, Elizabeth Windsor became heir apparent, aged 10, when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated and her father George VI became king.In 1947 she married navy lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, a Greek Prince, at London’s Westminster Abbey before being crowned there in 1953 in the world’s first televised coronation.In this special episode of our sister podcast, Dan Snow’s History Hit, Dan is joined by historian Kate Williams to look at The Queen’s childhood, adolescence in WWII and the upbringing that made her a monarch admired around the world.Producer: Charlotte Long Audio editor: Dougal Patmore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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