The death of Queen Elizabeth II has brought the British monarchy’s longest ever reign to an end. She wasn’t supposed to be queen—but a series of unusual events put the princess on the world’s most powerful throne
The death of Queen Elizabeth II today has brought the British monarchy’s longest ever reign to an end. But though she descended from royalty, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor wasn’t supposed to be queen—until a series of historical vagaries placed her in the crosshairs of the world’s most visible monarchy.Queen Victoria reigned over the British Empire for nearly 64 years, the longest of any British monarch until her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II surpassed her in September 2015.
George V had a 25-year reign, and after his death in 1936 his eldest son, Edward VIII—Elizabeth’s uncle—took the throne. But when he fell in love with the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson, he decided toThis created a constitutional crisis, and again the line of succession veered to another arm of the family. If Edward VIII had had children of his own, they might have stepped up. Instead, the disgraced king’s brother, George VI, reluctantly took the throne.
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