Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 96.
In Photos: The Life of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II

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Princess Elizabeth leaves Westminster Abbey in London, with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, after their wedding ceremony, Nov. 20, 1947.

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People in London read news of King George VI's death in newspapers, Feb. 6, 1952.

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Surrounded by clerics and ladies-in-waiting, Queen Elizabeth II sits in the Chair of Estate in Westminster Abbey, London, June 2, 1953, before being crowned.

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In this previously unpublished 1969 file photo, Queen Elizabeth II, background center, and Prince Philip sit with their children Prince Edward, left, Princess Anne, background, Prince Charles, foreground, and Prince Andrew, right, at Sandringham House, in Sandringham, England.