Queen Elizabeth IIhas been known bymanytitles over the years.
From her physical appearance to her personal style, to even her personality, she is thequeenof transformation.
How exactly did she manage to seamlessly evolve before our eyes?
You might just want to keep on reading.
In fact, her father wasn’t even king.
Hebegan to rule in 1936when Queen Elizabeth II was just 11 years old.
Knight was very strict and routine-oriented quite the party-pooper.
Thankfully for the then-princess, a younger nursery maid, Margaret MacDonald, was also hired.
Whether correlated or not, the queen grew up"painfully shy."
We now know him as Prince Philip,the queen’s husband.
Just about a month after their wedding, Elizabeth became pregnant.
In November 1948, the princess at the time gave birth to a son, Prince Charles.
The transition from newlywed to mother wasn’t necessarily an easy one.
Nevertheless, the new mother was happy.
That’s essentially what happened whenElizabeth II became queen in 1952.
When her father passed, Elizabeth was on a diplomatic tour.
She and Philip were gifted a stay at a lodge in Kenya as a belated wedding present.
That must have been heartbreaking.
“He’d love it,“Timereported her as saying.
In perhaps her greatest transformation of all, she left England a princess and returned Queen Elizabeth II.
“My father died much too young and so it was all very sudden.”
Ain’t that the truth.
Regardless, she took her role seriously.
Philip came with, but the couple’s two children stayed behind with the Queen Mother.
She embarked on a career of endless meet-and-greets, formal handshakes, and the exchanging of niceties.
And when she wasn’t meeting crowds, she had, well, anRBF it’s true!
Often, her facial expression made her appear cranky when she wasn’t.
“I don’t have a naturally smiley face,” she explained.
You do you, Queen E, you do you.
Ultimately, she and Prince Philipdecided to have more childrenand, in May 1959, she became pregnant.
At the end of her second trimester, she took a much-needed break from her official responsibilities.
On Feb. 19, 1960, she gave birth to her third child and second son.
Queen Elizabeth II decided to name the child Andrew after Philip’s late father.
Prince Andrew was the first baby born to a reigning monarch since the days of Queen Victoria’s rule.
In 1964, the queen went on to have another son, Prince Edward.
His birth was significantly different than that of his siblings.
Things were different in the ’50s so we won’t be too hard on him.
In the 1960s, the queen began experimenting with some pretty bold choices.
The queen herself was quick to follow.
She didn’t stop there, though.
The hats were a way for the public to spot the queen quickly, according to de Guitaut.
That’s right the queen was becoming a fashionista.
Staying visible
Hats aren’t the only medium the queen uses to get herself noticed.
This means she needs to be noticed fromgreatdistances away.
What better way than to use her fashion as a means to accomplish the incredible feat?
Well done, Your Majesty.
She even lived through war-torn Englandduring World War II.
She has witnessed more change than many of us can even begin to imagine.
Of their close friendship, the queen’s dresser toldTheTelegraphback in 2007, “We are two typical women.
We discuss clothes, make-up, jewelry.
We say, ‘Would this piece of jewelry look nice with that outfit?’
and things like that.”
Over the years, it’s evolved as she has, but certain elements remain sacrosanct.
Regardless, she will not be seen without them no matter what.
An insider noted the queen’s boisterous laugh is so loud it reverberates around her expansive country estate.
Naturally, the queen is also allowed to bend the rules whenever she pleases.
Bennett advised, “She is not nearly as formalistic as people might imagine.”
Except she lives in a palace, of course.
