Queen Elizabeth II

Born: 21 April 1926 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, UK

Died: -

Biography: (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952. She is Head of the Commonwealth, and the Queen of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognize how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

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The world´s first escalator was built in Coney Island, New York in 1896.

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