Yesterday I got eight postcards including one from the United Kingdom.
The card from the United Kingdom shows Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on 21st April 1926. When she born, she was the third in line to the throne. After her uncle abdicated in 1936 her father became king and she became heir presumptive. She started to undertake public duties during World War II. In 1947 she married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark and in 1948 their first son was born, Prince Charles. She was crowned in 1953 after her father died in 1952. During her reign many former colonies became independent. She is today the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Belize, the Bahamas, Barabados, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the United Kingdom. In 2015 she became the longest-reigning British monarch and she is also Britain's longest-lived monarch.
With great matching stamps:
80th Birthday of The Queen Mother (issued 04-08-1980)
London Festival of Stamps (from set of two) (issued 06-05-2010)
The stamp shows Queen Elizabeth II together with her grandfather, King George V.
Definitive (from set of two) (issued 26-08-1981)
Wales Definitive (from set of five) (issued 23-07-1980)
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (issued 08-06-1977)
Queen Elizabeth II is also the Head of the Commonwealth.
with a special postmark about Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday
Thank You very much Kwanjira!
That's a lovely photo of the Queen.
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