英語名人堂：麗莎白·亞歷山德拉·瑪麗·溫莎

伊麗莎白二世(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)，現(xiàn)任英國女王，英聯(lián)邦元首、國會最高首領(lǐng)。

伊麗莎白二世全稱“承上帝洪恩的大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國及其他領(lǐng)土和屬地女王，英聯(lián)邦元首，國教(圣公會)的捍衛(wèi)者伊麗莎白二世”。于1952年2月6日登基，1953年6月2日加冕女王，是英國在位時間最長的君主。[1]

2012年6月2日至5日，英國舉辦英女王鉆禧慶典，紀(jì)念女王登基60周年。

2012年12月18日，參加內(nèi)閣會議，她成為百年來和平時期出席政府內(nèi)閣會議的第一位英國君主。

2016年4月21日英女王伊麗莎白二世90歲壽辰，英國皇家郵政發(fā)布了一張具有歷史意義的照片——英國皇室家族四世同堂。[2]

2016年6月，《福布斯》公布，2016年度全球最具影響力100名女性，伊麗莎白二世排名第29位。[3]

Queen Elizabeth II is well known throughout the world. She is the Queen of sixteen countries but lives in the United Kingdom. Her ancestors have ruled over the UK for over a thousand years. She holds enormous power over her 129 million subjects, but rarely gets involved with politics. She is a hard-working Queen who has adapted to world changes over six decades.

Elizabeth has many other positions besides being a monarch. She is Head of theCommonwealth (the collection of 16 nations), Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Chief of Fiji and head of many parts of the UK armed forces. She married a Greek prince in 1947. Her husband is known as the Duke of Edinburgh.

Elizabeth was born in London in 1926. She was third in line to the throne and never expected to become queen. She was on safari in Kenya when she received news that her father had died and she was the new Queen. She was crowned in 1953 and soon after the ceremony she went on a six-month world tour to visit her people.

Elizabeth has always taken her position as Queen extremely seriously. She has never given a press interview, and no one knows her political views. She has been the ultimate professional throughout her working life. Even her dress has stayed conservative. She is famous for her plain-coloured coats. She continues to attend many cultural events as part of her public role.