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This Day in History: Elizabeth Becomes Queen

February 6, 1952. After a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland died in his sleep. Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya at the time of her father's death. Groomed as a young girl to succeed her father, she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27.