notes of Elizabeth ii that I choose

·         Elizabeth was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 at her maternal grandfather's London house， She was named Elizabeth after her mother, Alexandra after George V's mother, and Mary after her grandmother.

·         Elizabeth was educated privately at home. She learned French from a succession of native-speaking governesses. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, Elizabeth married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They have four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward. and numerous grandchildren．

·         I am very interested of Elizabeth’s marriage.She met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and 1937. After another meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth – though only 13 years old – fell in love with Philip, and they began to exchange letters. They married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth and Philip received 2500 wedding gifts from around the world. They had eight bridesmaids and two kilted page boys in　their weddings. The nine-foot high, four-tier wedding cake, was made with ingredients given by Australian Girl Guides. The wedding cake was cut using The Duke's Mountbatten sword. After the wedding, pieces of cake were given to schoolchildren and institutions. Elizabeth wore her grandmother's tiara and a beautifully designed wedding dress. In order to be able to purchase the material for her wedding dress, Elizabeth saved up ration cards. The wedding dress of her was decorated with 10,000 white seed pearls, imported from America, silver thread, sparkling crystal and transparent appliqué tulle embroidery. Attached at the shoulders was a 15-foot star-patterned full court train, embroidered in pearl, crystal and appliqué duchesse satin. The ensemble was completed by a silk tulle veil held in place by a diamond fringe tiara, lent to the bride by her mother as 'something borrowed', and ivory duchesse satin high-heeled sandals, trimmed with silver and seed pearl buckles." "The richly embroidered white satin wedding dress shimmered with her every movement. Softly spaced throughout the dress were garlands of pearl orange blossom, syringa, jasmine and White Rose of York. These were skilfully combined with flowing lines of wheat ears, the symbol of fertility, and worked in pearl and diamante." Elizabeth's "wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David's mine near Dolgellau." Elizabeth wore a "ensemble of a dress and matching coat in mist-blue with mushroom-coloured assesories."After the wedding, a lunch was held in the Ball supper-room at Buckingham Palace. Favours for the guests were individual posies of myrtle and white Balmoral heather. Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948。

·         In 1943, at the age of 16, Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed Colonel-in-Chief the previous year.

·         In 1992, which Elizabeth termed her annus horribilis, meaning horrible year, two of her sons separated from their wives, her daughter divorced, and a severe fire destroyed part of Windsor Castle.

·         In 1993, her former daughter-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris.

·         Though Elizabeth has enjoyed good health throughout her life, in 2003 she had keyhole surgery on both knees, and in June 2005 she cancelled several engagements after contracting a bad cold. In October 2006, the Queen missed the opening of the new Emirates Stadium because of a strained back muscle that had been troubling her since the summer. Two months later, she was seen in public with a plaster on her right hand, which led to press speculation of ill health. She had been bitten by one of her corgis while she was separating two that were fighting.