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Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, April 21, 1926 - September 8, 2022) was the Queen of the United Kingdom, as well as an additional fourteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies, from February 6, 1952 until her death on September 8, 2022. Though she held each crown and title separately and equally, she was resident in and most directly involved with the United Kingdom. Her reign of 70 years and 7 months was the longest in history for any British Monarch, and the second-longest for any Eurasian head of state; only King Louis XIV of France reigned longer.
Elizabeth II in "Hindsight"[]
Elizabeth II's coronation in June 1953 was being discussed on the radio when Pete Lundquist discovered that Mark Gordian had somehow plagiarized an unpublished work.[1]
A few days later, after Jim McGregor had arrived in Los Angeles to confront Gordian, he had dinner with Pete. Among other things, the two discussed the coronation. Lundquist thought that it was remarkable that film of the event in the United Kingdom was shown the same day on television in the United States since the networks were able to receive it by jet. McGregor agreed but was still dissatisfied and said that he would have preferred one of Arthur Clarke's relay satellites showing it as it happened.[2]
Elizabeth II in Worldwar[]
Elizabeth II was the Queen of Great Britain when the Race's Colonization Fleet arrived in 1962.[3] She exercised limited authority over the country.[4]
Elizabeth was also Queen of Canada, the only substantial outpost to remain in the British Empire after the Peace of Cairo.[5]
See also[]
- Edward VIII, Elizabeth's uncle, who abdicated as Monarch of the United Kingdom in 1936 in OTL. In The Two Georges, Edward apparently reigned until the early 1970s.
- Edward IX, a fictional British Monarch of the mid-to-late 20th century in The Two Georges.
- Charles III, a fictional British Monarch in The Two Georges, incumbent in 1995.
- Henry IX, a fictional British Monarch in In the Presence of Mine Enemies, incumbent in 2010.
References[]
- ↑ Kaleidoscope, pg. 96, MPB.
- ↑ Ibid., pg. 102.
- ↑ See, e.g., Second Contact, pg. 68, PB.
- ↑ See, e.g., ibid, pg. 328.
- ↑ See Colonization, map.
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| Preceded by George VI |
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Commonwealth realms 1952-2022 |
Succeeded by Charles III |
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| Preceded by George VI |
Queen of Great Britain and Canada (Worldwar) 1952-? |
Succeeded by Incumbent in 1966, successors unnamed |
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