The blue-eyed girl nicknamed 'Lilibet' who grew up to capture the world's hearts: How spirited Princess Elizabeth became Britain's longest-serving monarch during an extraordinary life of devotion to her family and subjects

• Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary arrived into the world at 2.40am on April 21 1926 in London's Mayfair
• Fair-haired and blue-eyed, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York was a sensible soul taught at home
• The young Princess was given the nickname Lilibet when she found Elizabeth difficult to pronounce
• Ten years after her birth her father became a reluctant king and she would ascend to the throne aged just 25
• Her Majesty had told her parents: 'I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong'
• And so it was, she was a figure of continuity as UK changed in the 20th century and well into the 21st century
• Full coverage: Click here to see all our coverage of the Queen's passing

By MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER and DANNY HUSSAIN and HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY CORRESPONDENT FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:30, 8 September 2022 | UPDATED: 19:11, 8 September 2022


Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary arrived into the world at 2.40am on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton Street in London's Mayfair in the year of the General Strike. Above, the future monarch with her parents at her christening ceremony in May that year

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Wow. Oyibo no go kill person walahi

These two photographs show HM the Queen (right) and HRH Princess Anne (left) when they were very young. It is hard to tell the mother and daughter apart. Both photographs were taken by the same photographer, the late Marcus Adams

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Wetin i want carry picture of a dead woman do? Chaii.. Nonsense!

Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) with her daughters Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in an undated shot (left); and (right) the two sisters pose in their Brownie uniforms in an edited shot from the 1930s

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Elizabeth, Duchess of York poses (left) in the garden of the Royal Lodge at Windsor in 1936 with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret; and (right) the future monarch looks happy posing in a ballet outfit in 1932

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The blue-eyed girl nicknamed 'Lilibet' who grew up to capture the world's hearts: How spirited Princess Elizabeth became Britain's longest-serving monarch during an extraordinary life of devotion to her family and subjects

• Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary arrived into the world at 2.40am on April 21 1926 in London's Mayfair
• Fair-haired and blue-eyed, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York was a sensible soul taught at home
• The young Princess was given the nickname Lilibet when she found Elizabeth difficult to pronounce
• Ten years after her birth her father became a reluctant king and she would ascend to the throne aged just 25
• Her Majesty had told her parents: 'I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong'
• And so it was, she was a figure of continuity as UK changed in the 20th century and well into the 21st century
• Full coverage: Click here to see all our coverage of the Queen's passing

By MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER and DANNY HUSSAIN and HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY CORRESPONDENT FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 18:30, 8 September 2022 | UPDATED: 19:11, 8 September 2022


Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary arrived into the world at 2.40am on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton Street in London's Mayfair in the year of the General Strike. Above, the future monarch with her parents at her christening ceremony in May that year

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Which Camera snapped this first picture in 1926? Just asking.

As I was born in 80s I grew up to meet this which my elder ones used too.
Indeed my dad was a big man..

And many amongst us .....have no childhood memories even some of our elites ...some will tell you there was no photographic activities then.

Now she has gone to answer before her maker.

Queen Elizabeth II was really born with a Silver Spoon in her mouth

Wow!!! Very interesting! She lived all her life in the public sphere.

Princess Elizabeth, left, at the Royal Tournament, at Olympia, London and right, cuddling up to a family pet at Glamis Castle

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Small remain i would have marry her

Cool