Looking Back at Princess Elizabeth
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
As Matt this morning covered for us, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the big 9-0 today—“another milestone in her record-breaking reign”:
Last September, Elizabeth supplanted Queen Victoria as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the longest-reigning queen in world history. Among the major European monarchies, only Louis XIV’s 72-year reign surpasses hers.
In 1943, back when she was simply)At the time, Elizabeth was just a few months shy of another milestone birthday—her 18th. And Britain was at war.
