Queen Elizabeth begins celebrations to mark 70 years on throne

Queen Elizabeth begins celebrations to mark 70 years on throne

From brecorder.com

A smiling Queen Elizabeth kicked off celebrations for the 70th anniversary of her accession to the British throne by inviting local community groups on Saturday to her Sandringham residence in the east of England. Sunday will mark the queen's platinum jubilee, a first for a British monarch. Elizabeth, 95, became the queen of Britain and more than a dozen other realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand on the death of her father King George VI on Feb. 6, 1952, while she was in Kenya on an international tour. The queen's guests at Sandringham included Angela Wood, who as a cookery student in 1953 helped to ... (full story)

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