During WWII she and her sister were sent to the countryside for safety, but when she reached eighteen she joined the women's services and as a second lieutenant drove and repaired military trucks.
In 1947, she married Phillip Mountbatten, a prince of Greece and Denmark, who renounced his titles in order to marry her.
On February 6, 1952 whilst in Kenya, on a world goodwill tour, they received word that her father had died. Immediately, she was proclaimed Queen, but it would take over a year for the full coronation ceremony to took place.
She would finally be crowned on June 2, 1953 as Queen of the United Kingdom, in a ceremony that dates back for a millennium.
During her rule, she has set many firsts for the monarchy, among them being the first reigning monarch to visit many of the commonwealth countries and the first monarch ever to pay income tax.
Despite beginning to give some of her duties to her children, she is still going strong and is showing no signs that she'll stop anytime soon.
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