queen elizabeth's 90 years

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 90th birthday, and ceremonies will be taking place across the UK for most of the summer.

Born to the Duke and Duchess of York in 1926, Elizabeth has lived a life in the public eye since she was very young, and she is now both the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch in history.

Below, on the event of her birthday, a collection of images of Elizabeth’s remarkable life, from age 1 to 90.

In this 1927 file photo, Princess Elizabeth is taken for a ride in the grounds of Windsor Castle, with her cousin, the honorable Gerald Lascelles.

On June 2, 1931, Britain's Queen Mary, left, with 5-year-old Princess Elizabeth (later to become Queen Elizabeth II), accompanied by the lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, the Duchess of York, right, returning to Buckingham Palace, London, after the Trooping of the Color Ceremony.

Britain's Princess Elizabeth is introduced by her mother, the Duchess of York, to disabled soldiers at an exhibition of their work in London on May 16, 1933.

Princess Elizabeth leans out of the Duchess's box at the “Dick Whittington” pantomime at the Lyceum Theater on February 6, 1935.

Princess Elizabeth, age 10, with her pet dog, London, in July 1936.

The little princess, age 11, appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the coronation of her father, King George VI, on May 12, 1937, in London.

June 9, 1937, then Britain's Queen Elizabeth, left, with Queen Mary, second left, and Princesses Elizabeth, nearest camera, and Princess Margaret, obscured right, driving from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping of the Color ceremony in London.

Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 13th birthday on April 21, 1939. After opening her presents in the morning, she went riding in Windsor Great Park with the King and Princess Margaret, her younger sister.

Princess Elizabeth, heiress apparent to the British throne, broadcasts a three-minute speech to British girls and boys evacuated overseas on October 22, 1940, in London, England. She is joined by her sister, Princess Margaret Rose.

Princess Elizabeth, center, ties knots under the watchful eyes of an expert at Buckingham Palace, on January 9, 1943, in London. The white stripes on her pocket proclaim her to be a Girl Guides patrol leader.

Princess Elizabeth wearing her Sea Rangers uniform on January 1, 1944.

Princess Elizabeth learns basic car maintenance as a Second Subaltern in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service on April 12, 1945.

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arm in arm on November 28, 1947.

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, wave to the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London on November 20, 1947, their wedding day.

Princess Elizabeth with her one-month-old son Prince Charles of Edinburgh, on December 21, 1948.

An undated picture showing the Royal British couple, Queen Elizabeth II, and her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with their two children, Charles, Prince of Wales (left) and Princess Anne circa 1951.

Queen Elizabeth II, in a garden with a dog, in March 1953.

Queen Elizabeth, during her coronation ceremony in London on June 2, 1953.

The Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, on June 2, 1953.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are a study in concentration in Schefferville, as they listen to explanation on workings of an iron-ore mine on another stop in their royal tour of Canada on June 20, 1959.

The Duke of Edinburgh, Jackie Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth, and President Kennedy at Buckingham Palace on June 6, 1961.

Queen Elizabeth with her two youngest children, Prince Edward, and Prince Andrew, right, in Windsor Castle on June 23, 1965.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip fly back from a visit to Yorkshire in 1969.

Prince Charles with his mother Queen Elizabeth II, in 1969.

Prince Charles and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, strolling through the woods of their estate at Sandringham, Scotland, April 1969.

Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney at the start of their royal tour of Australia, April 1970.

Queen Elizabeth II on horseback during the trooping celebration ceremony on June 11, 1977.

Queen Elizabeth joins the Prince and Princess of Wales on a Buckingham Palace balcony following their London wedding on July 29, 1981.

The park superintendent Bob Binnewies points out highlights to Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Yosemite National Park, in California, on March 5, 1983.

Queen Elizabeth walks with her husband Prince Philip through the Royal Gallery after delivering her speech during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London on November 18, 2009.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh walk at Broadlands in Romsey, southern England, in this undated photograph taken in 2007.

Queen Elizabeth rides her horse in the grounds of Windsor Castle on April 2, 2002.

Queen Elizabeth speaks next to U.S. President Barack Obama during a State Banquet in Buckingham Palace in London on May 24, 2011.

Queen Elizabeth II drives her Range Rover as she attends the Windsor Horse Show on May 12, 2011, in Windsor, England.

Queen Elizabeth meets construction workers as she attends the official opening of the refurbished Reading Station, west of London, on July 17, 2014.

A local youth takes a selfie in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to St George's indoor market on June 24, 2014, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Prince George of Cambridge talks to Queen Elizabeth outside the Church of St. Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham Estate for the christening of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge on July 5, 2015, in King's Lynn, England.

Queen Elizabeth boards her carriage as she travels on the new Scottish Borders railway line, in Scotland, on September 9, 2015.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, smile as a little robot waves to the Queen during a reception at the Technische Universitaet, or Technical University, in Berlin, Germany, on June 24, 2015.

Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she meets people being helped by the Prince's Trust on March 8, 2016, in London, England.

Four generations pose together on April 20, 2016.

Queen Elizabeth II is seen walking in the private grounds of Windsor Castle with four of her dogs: on April 20, 2016.

Queen Elizabeth is driven through Windsor in an open-top Range Rover with Prince Philip on her 90th Birthday, in Windsor, on April 21, 2016.

Queen Elizabeth smiles as she greets well wishers on her 90th birthday during a walkabout in Windsor, west of London on April 21.

Queen Elizabeth walks through Windsor on her 90th Birthday.

Six new postage stamps were issued in celebration of her 90th birthday.

Queen Elizabeth II with her five great-grandchildren and her two youngest grandchildren in the Green Drawing Room, part of Windsor Castle's semi-State apartments in Windsor England.