Prince Charles pays tribute to his mother on her Platinum Jubilee – The Henry Club

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

Elizabeth was born on 21 April 1926 in London. She is placed here by her mother, also named Elizabeth. Her father later became King George VI.

Princess Elizabeth poses for a picture at her London home in 1928.

Princess Elizabeth is seen with her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, during a visit to Balmoral, Scotland, in September 1933. He became King Edward VIII in 1936. But when he abdicated later that year, Elizabeth’s father became king and she became the heir apparent.

Princess Elizabeth, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, from left, wave to the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on June 22, 1939.

Elizabeth rides a horse in Windsor, England, 1940. His love for horses is well documented.

Elizabeth, 14, sits next to her sister for a radio broadcast on October 13, 1940. On the broadcast, she said for the first time that the children of England were full of enthusiasm and courage.

Princess Elizabeth shakes hands with an officer of the Grenadier Guards on May 29, 1942. King George VI made Elizabeth an honorary colonel in the Royal Army Regiment.

Elizabeth, right, and Princess Margaret wear summer dresses circa 1942. Margaret is Elizabeth’s only sibling.

With the Drakensberg Mountains behind her, Princess Elizabeth sits in Natal National Park, South Africa, on April 21, 1947. It was his 21st birthday.

On November 20, 1947, Elizabeth married Prince Philip, Lieutenant in the British Navy, who was born into the royal families of Greece and Denmark. After becoming a British citizen and relinquishing his Greek title, Philip became His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His wife became the Duchess of Edinburgh.

Princess Elizabeth arrives at a state banquet in London in March 1950.

Elizabeth ascended the throne in February 1952, when her father died of lung cancer at the age of 56. Here, she visits the altar during her coronation ceremony on June 2, 1953.

Queen Elizabeth II photographed on the balcony of Government House in Melbourne during her tour of Australia in March 1954.

From left, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother visit Epsom Downs Racecourse in June 1958.

The Queen holds her son, Prince Andrew, while his sister, Princess Anne, looks on during a family holiday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in September 1960. The Queen has four children, including sons Charles and Edward.

Queen Elizabeth II is seen during the State Opening of Parliament in April 1966.

Queen Elizabeth II with her eldest son, Prince Charles, in 1969. Charles is in line for the throne.

Prince Charles accommodates his coronation in 1969 during his induction as Prince of Wales.

The Queen and Prince Philip wave from the ramp of an aircraft shortly before take off from Tokyo in May 1975.

The Queen takes a portrait at Windsor Castle on her 50th birthday on 21 April 1976.

The Queen meets the crowd during her royal tour of New Zealand in 1977.

Elizabeth walks with some of her corpses at the Windsor Horse Trials in May 1980.

The Queen stands next to Prince Charles as he kisses his new bride, Princess Diana, on July 29, 1981.

Elizabeth takes pictures of her husband during a horse show in Windsor in May 1982.

Elizabeth drives her Land Rover during the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May 1992.

The Queen and Prince Philip are seen at Buckingham Palace paying floral tributes to Princess Diana after her tragic death in 1997.

The Queen addressed the nation the night before Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997.

Prince Charles looks at his mother after marrying Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in April 2005.

The Queen, second from right, greets the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on April 29, 2011. Her grandson Prince William, third from left, had just married Catherine Middleton.

The Queen’s signature is seen in the visitor’s book to Aras en Uchtrain, the official residence of the Irish President in Dublin in May 2011.

Madame Tussauds London revealed the Queen’s wax statue in May 2012.

Prince Charles kisses his mother’s hand on stage as singer Paul McCartney is seen at the Diamond Jubilee concert in June 2012. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations marked Elizabeth’s 60th anniversary as Queen.

The Queen visited the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London in December 2012.

A boy takes a selfie in front of the Queen in June 2014 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The Queen enters the Great Hall at Edinburgh Castle after attending a memorial service for the Scottish National War Memorial in July 2014.

The Queen waits to deliver her speech during the State Opening of Parliament in May 2015.

Elizabeth listens to her great-grandson, Prince George, outside a church where George’s sister, Charlotte, was being christened in July 2015. George and Charlotte are the children of Prince William, left, and Duchess Catherine.

The Queen takes a picture with her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren in April 2016.

The Queen poses with her four dogs on the private grounds of Windsor Castle in April 2016.

The Queen and Prince Philip greet guests attending their 90th birthday celebrations in London in 2016.

Elizabeth talks to 14-year-old Avi Mills at a hospital in Manchester, England in May 2017. Evie was injured in a bombing when people exited Ariana Grande’s concert.

The Queen sits at a desk at Buckingham Palace after recording her Christmas Day broadcast in 2017.

The Queen arrives for the wedding of her grandsons Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018.

The Queen laughs with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex during a bridge-opening ceremony in Halton, England in June 2018. It was Meghan’s first royal visit without her husband, Prince Harry, by her side.

The Queen and Prince Philip look at a homemade anniversary card given to them by their great-grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis in November 2020.

The Queen received the Duke of Edinburgh’s rose from Keith Weed, President of the Royal Horticultural Society, in June 2021. The new breed of rose was officially named in honor of Prince Philip.

The Queen drives her Range Rover as she attends the Royal Windsor Horse Show in Windsor, England in July 2021.

The Queen attends a Royal Windsor Cup polo match and carriage-driving demonstration by the British Driving Society in July 2021.

The Queen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greet guests during the Windsor Castle reception for international business and investment leaders in October 2021.