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Did you know?
- Since 1952, she has conferred over 404,500 honours and awards.
- Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II is the most sculpted figure of all the Madame Tussauds wax figures?
- In the past 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II has undertaken over 261 official overseas visits, including 96 state visits, to 116 different countries.
Royal Timeline
- Queen Elizabeth II was born in Mayfair in 1926
- She married Prince Philip of Greece in 1947
- In 1952 she succeeds to the throne of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
- 2012:Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee marking 60 years on the throne. Madame Tussauds Blackpool unveiled her figure to mark the celebrations. Opened the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
- In 2022
- Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee
- Queen Elizabeth II passed away on 8th September 2022
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Lee Kuan Yew
"I have been accused of many things in my life. But not even my worst enemy as ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind."
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Queen Elizabeth II
"I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
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Xi Jinping
“The yearning of people for a better life is a goal for us to strive for”
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Joko Widodo
"Where we see challenges, I see opportunities. Indonesia's challenges are your opportunities."
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Barack Obama
"We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it."
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Narendra Modi
"Democracy is such a framework that everyone has the right to live their lives, fix their goals, their aims, their dreams and the ways to achieve them according to their own choice"
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Yusof Ishak
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