loyal support and service to the country.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on 20 November 2012.They have four children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Prince Charles, now The Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the throne, was born in 1948, and his sister, Princess Anne, now The Princess Royal, two years later. After Princess Elizabeth became Queen, their third child, Prince Andrew, arrived in 1960 and the fourth, Prince Edward, in 1964. Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were the first children to be born to a reigning monarch since Queen Victoria had her family.grandchildren are Peter and Zara Phillips (b. тисячі дев'ятсот сімдесят сім and 1981); Prince William of Wales and Prince Henry of Wales (b. 1 982 and 1984); Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York (b. +1988 And 1990); and The Lady Louise Windsor and Viscount Severn (b.2003 and 2007), children of The Earl and Countess of Wessex.
And in the summer of 2 006, The Queen celebrated her 80th birthday by taking a cruise with all her family through the Western Isles of Scotland.6 February 2013 marked the 61st anniversary of The Queen's Accession to the throne.
Princess Diana of Wales is no less interesting person of the Royal Family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Walesgt ;, whom she married on 29 July 1981. She was also well known for her fund-raising work for international charities and as an eminent celebrity of the late 20th century. Her wedding to Charles, heir to the British throne lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/British_thronegt; and those of the then 18 Commonwealth realms lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Commonwealth_realmgt ;, was held at St Paul s Cathedral lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/St_Paulraquo; s_Cathedral gt ; and seen by a global television audience of over 750 million. While married she bore the titles Princess of Wales lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Princess_of_Walesgt ;, Duchess of Cornwall lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Duchess_of_Cornwallgt ;, Duchess of Rothesay lt ; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Duchess_of_Rothesaygt ;, Countess of Chester lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Countess_of_Chester_ (title) gt; and Baroness of Renfrew lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Baroness_of_Renfrewgt ;. The marriage produced two sons, the princes William lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cambridgegt; and Harry lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Prince_Harry_of_Walesgt ;, who became second and third in line lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_thronegt; to the British throne.
On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Walesgt; died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l Alma lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Pont_de_lraquo; Alma gt; road tunnel in Paris, France. Her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Dodi_Fayedgt ;, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140 lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W140gt ;, Henri Paul lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Henri_Paulgt ;, were also pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The bodyguard of Diana and Dodi, Trevor Rees-Jones lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Trevor_Rees-Jones_ (bodyguard) gt ;, was the only survivor. Although the media pinned the blame on the paparazzi lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Paparazzigt ;, the crash was ultimately found to be caused by the reckless actions of the chauffeur. An 18-month French judicial investigation concluded in тисяча дев'ятсот дев'яносто дев'ять that the crash was caused by Paul, who lost control of the car at high speed while drunk lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Drunkennessgt ;. His inebriation may have been made worse by the simultaneous presence of an anti-depressant lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Anti-depressantgt; and traces of a tranquilizing anti-psychotic lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Anti-psychoticgt; in his body. The son of Diana, Princess of Wales Prince William Duke of Cambridge married a Catherine Middleton lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridgegt ;, who had been one of William's university flatmates lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Roommategt; and whom William began dating in 2003. The wedding took place on 29 April 2011 in Westminster Abbey lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Westminster_Abbeygt ;, London. The day was made a bank holiday lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Bank_holidaygt; in the UK. Estimates of the global audience for the wedding range from 300 million to 2 billion people, whilst 24.5 million watched the event live in the United Kingdom. A few hours before the wedding, it was announced that William had become Duke of Cambridge lt; http: //en.wikipedia/wiki/Duke_of_Cambridgegt ;, Earl of Strathearn lt; http: //en.wik...
