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Queen marks date of her accession | Queen marks date of her accession |
(about 6 hours later) | |
The Queen has spent the day marking the death of her father, King George VI, and her accession to the throne. | |
She will remember the anniversary of her father's death in private at Sandringham before returning to Buckingham Palace on Monday. | She will remember the anniversary of her father's death in private at Sandringham before returning to Buckingham Palace on Monday. |
King George died on 6 February 1952 at the royal estate in Norfolk. He was suffering from lung cancer. | |
The Queen, who is 83, is due to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, which marks 60 years as Queen, in 2012. | |
The then Princess Elizabeth was at a hunting lodge in the foothills of Mount Kenya with Prince Philip when the news that her father had died and that she was now Queen reached her. | |
Royal gun salutes are fired around the country on Accession Day. | Royal gun salutes are fired around the country on Accession Day. |
A 41-gun salute was due to be performed by the King's Troop Artillery in London's Hyde Park and a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London by the Honourable Artillery Company. |
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