Queen Elizabeth II and China
Sep 22, 2022
4 minutes
By Kerry Brown
Copyedited by G.P. Wilson
he passing of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, after a reign of over 70 years, brought to the end an extraordinary life, and an era in British and European history. Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne on the death of her father King George VI in February 1952 when Winston Churchill was prime minister. She died only days after appointing the 15th incumbent to this position, Liz Truss. Churchill was born in 1874, and Truss in 1975. There is a gap in the birth years between the first and last prime ministers who served the
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