Sep 16, 2022
4 min read
What The World Was Like When Elizabeth Became Queen
Why are people calling her passing “the end of an era?”
On June 2, 1953, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was crowned Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
This was 16 months after her father’s death in 1952. And thus began the longest reign of any British monarch: 70 years and 214…
