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Queen Elizabeth’s 66th Year on the Throne

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February 1, 2018

February 1, 2018

Queen Elizabeth’s 66th Year on the Throne

Today is the 66th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

To celebrate the Queen’s 66th year on the throne, we’ve pulled together a collection of our favourite images. View them in the gallery below.

Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret (R) travel in an open carriage during a ceremony at which the Queen, as Colonel in Chief of the Regiment, presented the new standards to the Household Cavalry

Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a traditional Maori cloak made from Kiwi bird feathers, receives the challenge of Mita Mohi MBE as she enters the New Zealand Maori Arts and Craft Institute in Rotorua, November 2.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip laugh after bidding farewell to the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina at Windsor Castle in Windsor, southern England April 11, 2014.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip watch the sack race at the annual Braemar Highland Gathering in Braemar, Scotland, Britain September 3, 2016.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh walk at Broadlands in Romsey, southern England in this undated photograph taken in 2007. The Queen and Prince Philip will mark their diamond wedding anniversary with a special service of thanksgiving on November 19, 2007.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is seen sitting at a desk in the 1844 Room after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth, in Buckingham Palace, in this undated photograph received in London, Britain December 24, 2017.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth attends the Commissioning Ceremony of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, in Portsmouth, December 7, 2017.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth meets George Adesola Oguntade, the High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as he presents his Letter of Credence, with his wife, Mrs Oguntade, during a private audience at Buckingham Palace in central London, Britain December 6, 2017.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh stand with the President and First Lady of the United States Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (both centre), in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle ahead of a private lunch hosted by the Queen in Windsor, Britain, April 22, 2016.

Queen Elizabeth II departs Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade June 12 which marks the Queen’s official birthday celebrations.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II presents the Order of Merit medal to President Nelson Mandela at the start of a brief meeting at Mandela’s office, March 20. The Queen is in South Africa, her first to the country since 1947

March,1953- Queen Elizabeth II of England–closeup in garden with herdog.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth meets her race horse Knock Castle during The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery 70th parade in Hyde Park in London, Britain, October 19, 2017.

Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh walk in the grounds of Broadlands, England, on their honeymoon, November 1947.

Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Centennial Stadium in a 1939 MacLaughlin Buick for the opening ceremonies of the XV Commonwealth Games

HRH Queen Elizabeth II greets Jamaican Girl Scouts during a stop in a park in Kingston

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip wave as the Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and his wife Eva leave Buckingham Palace October 20. The President was on a three day state visit to the country

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh look at the mass of floral tributes laid outside Buckingham Palace in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, September 5.

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