She has carried out more than 21,000 engagements during her reign and sent 300,000 birthday messages to centenarians
10. The cabinet agreed that the coronation should not take place until the following year because of severe constraints on the country’s finances. The then housing minister, Harold Macmillan,The newlywed Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip wave to the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1947.
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