Today in History

February 6 , 1952

Elizabeth II becomes Queen

On February 6th, 1952 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. Her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh broke the news to her that George VI, the king of the United Kingdom and her father, had died peacefully in his sleep at age 56. She was asked what she wanted to be called. Her reply was "my name, of course." At that moment, she became by succession Elizabeth II, the Queen of seven countries including the United Kingdom, formally declared two days later on February 8th as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith. The Queen's coronation took place in Westminster Abbey, on 2 June 1953.

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