The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine
The State Dining Room is Set for the State Dinner in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

Similar

The State Dining Room is Set for the State Dinner in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

description

Summary

Photographs Related to the George W. Bush Administration

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The House of Windsor is the royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Founded by Ernest Anton, the sixth duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, it is the royal house of several European monarchies, and branches currently reign in Belgium through the descendants of Leopold I, and in the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms through the descendants of Prince Albert. It succeeded the House of Hanover as monarchs in the British Empire following the death of Queen Victoria. The name was changed from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor in 1917 because of anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I. Windsors were originally a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha that have provided five British monarchs to date, including four kings and the present queen, Elizabeth II. The name had a long association with the monarchy in Britain.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is, and has been since her accession in 1952, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and Head of the Commonwealth. She is also Queen of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession: Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

date_range

Date

07/05/2007
create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

Explore more

state
state