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64 From Princess to Queen: The Story of Elizabeth II · The Story Time With Lucky Podcast

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  Welcome back to Storytime with Lucky Podcast. Today we're going to read Queen Elizabeth II.
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  Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
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  Elizabeth II, you say, the second.
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  Is the Queen of the United Kingdom. She's also the head of a group called the Commonwealth.
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  Well, here she is with some commonwealth leaders.
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  This is a map of the world.
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  The Commonwealth, countries are called in orange.
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  The United Kingdom is part of the Commonwealth.
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  We call it the UK for short. It is read on this map.
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  Early years. Elizabeth was born on 21th April 1926.
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  Her grandparents were king and queen.
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  Of the UK. Her parents were a duke and duchess.
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  Elizabeth was a princess. Here is the real family at baby Elizabeth's christening.
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  And when Elizabeth was four years old, her parents had another baby, Margaret. Margaret.
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  Elizabeth liked looking after her little sister.
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  They all lived in London near the king's home, Buckingham Palace.
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  Wait, is that Margaret?
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  That's Margaret. I've seen something.
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  Elizabeth at home Elizabeth and Margaret had a governor's called Miss Crawford,
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  they called her Crawfie the princess did not go to school Crawfie gave them
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  lessons at home she also played with them and put them to bed.
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  Elizabeth was very tidy. For her sixth birthday, she was given a playhouse.
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  It was meant to look like a Welsh cottage.
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  And Margaret loved cleaning and polishing everything inside.
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  Elizabeth playing. Elizabeth always loved horses.
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  She got her first pony when she was just three years old.
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  But by the time she was 10, she could ride really well.
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  Elizabeth enjoyed playing outdoors. At weekends, her family went walking and
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  cycling into the countryside.
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  They went on holiday to Scotland, where the princesses went swimming at the seaside.
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  Moving house. When Elizabeth was ten, her father became king,
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  People came to clap and cheer and smile Elizabeth smiled and waved at the crowd
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  Later, she wrote a story about the wonderful day,
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  Elizabeth and her family went to live at Buckingham Palace Elizabeth did not
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  like it because it was big and cold,
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  When she was 11,
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  she joined the Girl Guides.
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  She enjoyed being a guide. Elizabeth on the right with the other Girl Guides.
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  That's Elizabeth, right?
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  The Second World War, when Elizabeth was 13, a war broke out.
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  Many people were killed and no one had enough food.
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  Elizabeth wanted to cheer everyone up, so she spoke on the radio to children across the world.
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  The war was called the Second World War.
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  The army needed young people to help with the war work When Elizabeth was 19,
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  she joined the army She learned to fix cars and drive trucks,
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  A wedding and a funeral Elizabeth fell in love with a navy officer Called Prince Philip Mountbetten,
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  They got married in 1947.
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  Their son, Charles, was born a year later, and their daughter, Anne, was born in 1950.
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  Elizabeth and Philip were on holiday in Africa when something very sad happened.
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  Elizabeth's father, the king, suddenly died.
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  This meant that Elizabeth was the queen.
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  She flew back to England at once.
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  The king dies in his sleep.
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  Elizabeth is crowned at her coronation in 1953.
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  Elizabeth wore rich robes and sparkling jewels.
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  People all over the world watched on television.
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  This was the first time so many people had seen such an amazing event.
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  Elizabeth's husband did not change his title. He stayed in a prince.
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  Their son Andrew was born in 1960, and their son Edward was born four years after that.
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  The Queen's work. The Queen works hard.
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  She often talks about the government with the Prime Minister.
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  She also goes to events like Remembrance Sunday Ceremony, which is to remember people who died in wars.
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  This picture shows her in the parade called Trooping the Colour.
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  Every year, the Queen goes on television to wish everybody a happy Christmas.
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  She sends a birthday card to people who are 100 years old.
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  She also holds.
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  Ceremonies to honour the people who have done good work.
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  Queen Elizabeth knighting a man in Buckingham Palace. meeting people.
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  The Queen often often visits towns and villages in the UK.
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  Lots of people wait to see her. She walks about talking to them.
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  Every summer, she holds garden parties for hundreds of her subjects.
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  The Queen travels all over the world to meet leaders of other countries Sometimes,
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  she invites them to Buckingham Palace,
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  She thinks it's important that people everywhere should be friends It's important,
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  It's a happy and sad time The year 1977 was called Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee,
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  Because she had been queen for 25 years People were happy for her and held parties all over the UK,
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  and Commonwealth.
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  1981.
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  A man shot at the Queen during trooping the colour.
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  Luckily she was not hurt. In 1992.
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  There was a fire at her favourite home, Winsleby Castle.
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  Many of the things she loved got burned.
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  The Golden Jubilee When Elizabeth first became Queen, there were no motorways,
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  supermarkets or computers There have been many changes in the world since then,
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  Now people talk on mobile phones, go shopping on the internet and send emails,
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  The year 2002,
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  is the Queen's Golden Jubilee This means that Elizabeth has been queen for 50 years now,
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  Events like this are celebrated all over the world They are also special for
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  the royal family The end and thank you for listening.