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Definition of Elizabeth II from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Elizabeth II

 
/ɪˌlɪzəbəθ ðə ˈsekənd/
 
/ɪˌlɪzəbəθ ðə ˈsekənd/
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  1. (1926–2022) the queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022. She was the daughter of King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth. She had one sister, Princess Margaret. In 1947 she married Prince Philip of Greece, who had just been made the Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey. Her father died in 1952 and Elizabeth was crowned on 2 June 1953. She was a respected monarch with a great interest in the Commonwealth. The Queen and Prince Philip had four children, Charles (now King Charles III), Anne, Andrew and Edward. see also royal family
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