As the nation enjoys the Diamond Jubilee over the bank holiday weekend, we celebrate Her Majesty's 60-year reign with a historic look back through the life and times of the Queen - from her coronation in 1952 to the recent royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011.
Flick through our gallery of the royal family through history:
The Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) sits in the Natal National Park in South Africa on her 21st birthday, April 21, 1947.
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