King George VI died in his sleep. It was a defining moment in the British monarchy. Princess Elizabeth, then 25, was in Kenya ...
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The death of her father meant the then-Princess Elizabeth became the Queen when she was 25 years old. As she was in Kenya at the time, Her Majesty became the first sovereign in over 200 years to ...
Queen Elizabeth at Mitchell Park (Nairobi show) during her visit to Kenya, 1959. [File, Standard] Seventy years ago this week, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were in colonial Kenya ...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 6, 1952 (UP) -- Britain's sovereign queen began her reign today in tears and sorrow. The former Princess Elizabeth broke down and wept when a radiotelephone call from London ...
(Footage: ITN Source/ITV Studios) Following the death of King George VI, Princess Elizabeth immediately flew back from an official tour of Kenya. BBC cameras captured the moment she steps off the ...
It was during a 1952 visit to Kenya with Prince Philip that Elizabeth II, then still a princess, received news of her father's demise. The information abruptly forced her to confront not only her ...
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were on a tour of Kenya when they received the tragic news that the Princess's father, King George VI had died after a long battle with illness. King George is ...