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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of Portrait Drawing and Painting the United Kingdom and 15 Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London. She is the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York Using portraits of Queen Elizabeth II drawn over her lifetime (later King George VI and Elizabeth). Her father became King after the ab- dication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936. She was educated pri- as a starting point, we will look at portraiture painting and vately at home. In World War II she was in the Auxiliary Territorial Ser- create our own self-portraits. vice. In 1947, she married Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, with whom she had four children. When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth—then 25 years old – became Queen. Sig- nificant events have included her coronation in 1953 and the celebrations of her Silver, Golden and in 1977, 2002, and 2012, re- spectively. In 2017, she became the first British monarch to reach

a . In 2022 she will celebrate her In 2021, after 73 years of marriage, her husband died at the age of 99.

Past - the time before the moment of speaking or writing ; gone by in time and no longer existing Traditional tale—a story that has been told and re-told for many years, Present - the period of time now occurring; it is a period of and consequently, becomes a story that almost everyone knows. time between the past and the future, and can vary in meaning from being an instant to a day or longer Fiction—stories that have been is invented or are untrue.

Future—a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time Non-Fiction– writing that is informative or factual regarded as still to come Characters—a person, animal or figure in a story. Timeline— a graphical representation of a period of time, on which im- Setting-where a story or event takes place. portant events are marked

Chronological order— the arrangement of things following one after another in time

Family Tree— a diagram showing the relationship between people in several generations of a family

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