In February 1952, Princess Elizabeth was touring Kenya with her
husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh when she received
the bad news that her father, King George VI of Great Britain,
had passed away. Thus, at the tender age of 25, Elizabeth
ascended the throne to become Queen of the United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and
Ceylon. She took the title Queen Elizabeth II although she was
not a descendant of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), who was the
last Tudor queen. Queen Elizabeth II belongs to the Royal House
of Windsor, formerly known as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. During the
Queen’s reign, there have been 11 U.S. presidents. Queen
Elizabeth II has met every one of them except Lyndon B. Johnson.
She met Harry Truman before she became queen and Herbert Hoover
when he was a former president. Here is a photo gallery of Queen
Elizabeth II and 12 U.S. Presidents: Readers, for more on the
Queen, scroll down the right sidebar to “Categories” – “People”
– “Queen Elizabeth II”