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(1926-2022) Who Was Queen Elizabeth II? Queen Elizabeth II became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953. She was the mother of Elizabeth died on September 8, 2022, at age 96. Early Life Queen Elizabeth II was born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York (later known as At the time of her birth, most people did not realize Elizabeth would someday become the queen of Great Britain. Elizabeth, nicknamed Lilibet, got to enjoy the first decade of her life with all the privileges of being a royal without the pressures of being the heir apparent. play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play Elizabeth soon started taking on other public duties. Appointed colonel-in-chief of the Grenadier Guards by her father, Elizabeth made her first public appearance inspecting the troops in 1942. She also began to accompany her parents on official visits within Britain. In 1945, Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service to help in the war effort. She trained side-by-side with other British women to be an expert driver and mechanic. While her volunteer work only lasted a few months, it offered Elizabeth a glimpse into a different, non-royal world. She had another vivid experience outside of the monarchy when she and Margaret were allowed to mingle anonymously among the citizenry on Ascension to the Crown When Elizabeth’s grandfather George V died in 1936, his eldest son (Elizabeth’s uncle) became The event ...

Show Less Elizabeth Holmes, (born February 3, 1984, Washington, D.C.), American Theranos Inc. In 2014 she was dubbed the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, but, by June 2016, estimates of her net worth had fallen dramatically in light of serious questions related to Theranos’s business practices and her 50 percent stake in the company. Holmes was forced to relinquish control of Theranos in 2018, and four years later she was convicted of defrauding investors. Holmes, the daughter of a U.S. government aid worker and a congressional committee staffer, grew up in Washington, Explore the career and scandals of Elizabeth Holmes During a summer break from her studies at Stanford, Holmes took a job at the Genome Institute of Singapore to work on a She left Stanford during her sophomore year to launch Theranos, a company devoted to developing minimally invasive Theranos maintained that it was improving laboratory Between 2003 and 2014, Holmes grew Theranos by securing funding from investors, building Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. By late 2015 Theranos’s proprietary technologies and its primary medical testing device, the Edison, had become the subject of controversy after a series of articles by reporters from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other outlets argued that Theranos had In July 2016 CMS notified Theranos that the company had failed to provide adequate documentation showing that it had corrected its...

I n the late 1930s, the world was in turmoil, old orders were at risk of being overturned and Britain’s monarchy was still reeling from the abdication of Edward VIII. Fearful of the future, the unpopular George VI set in train the phenomenon that would keep his clan in business – just about – for another century: a newsreel photographer was hired to shadow the new king and his family, including his daughter and heir, Elizabeth. The royals were to be put on display. So reports Elizabeth: A Life Through the Lens, a slight, swift film that canters through 10 decades in an hour and seems, on the surface, to be a genuflecting biography full of nice photos. But within it is an occasionally fascinating analysis of how and why those pictures were created, illustrating a fundamental truth about the Elizabethan era: it was one long marketing campaign, trying to square the circle of making the British people love their queen without ever getting to know her. The first conscious effort to manage citizens’ view of Elizabeth came in wartime, when the privations suffered by ordinary folk prompted a move away from the rich prettiness of her earlier photoshoots. Fancy dresses were out. Muted tweeds and sturdy wool were in. Then, in 1947, on her 21st birthday, the princess delivered an address that was mainly heard at the time on radio but is seen here on film. “I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service … but I shall not have ...

A documentary on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-lived, longest reigning British monarch and longest serving female head of state in history. A documentary on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-lived, longest reigning British monarch and longest serving female head of state in history. A documentary on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-lived, longest reigning British monarch and longest serving female head of state in history.

Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Olsen was born in Sherman Oaks, California to Jarnette "Jarnie", a personal manager, and David "Dave" Olsen, a real estate developer and mortgage banker. She is the younger sister of twins As a child, Olsen received ballet and singing lessons. She began acting at age 4, and by 11 she'd had small roles in How the West Was Fun and the straight-to-video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley. Having appeared in her sisters' videos, when she was in the fourth grade, Olsen began to go on auditions for other projects, auditioning for the film Spy Kids. She almost quit acting in 2004 over the media frenzy surrounding Mary-Kate's eating disorder. She attended Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California from kindergarten through grade 12. After graduation, she enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2009, Olsen spent a semester studying in Moscow, Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre School through the MATS program at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Olsen's breakout role came in 2011, when she appeared in the film Martha Marcy May Marlene. The film, along with Olsen's performance, received critical acclaim. Olsen was nominated for and won numerous critics awards for her portrayal of the titular character Martha, a girl suffering from delusions and paranoia after fleeing her life in a cult and returning to her family. She next app...

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch. The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch. The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.