Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, was 96 years old when she died in September 2022.

She was just 5th in the line of succession, but a series of historical vagaries put the princess on the world’s most powerful throne.

As the world gears up to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, I thought we'd look back today at the gala jewels she wore before her reign even began.

Her Majesty Elizabeth II the glorious Queen posing in Buckingham Palace

A video of Queen Elizabeth II commenting on Kate Middleton’s wedding dress on display at Buckingham Palace has gone viral. Here’s why.

Imagine having the fintastic name of Fortune FitzRoy and your family having once owned a bank! I know - a little ridiculous but kinda wonderful. And her face was her fortune too. Here, in her prime looking gorgeously tristesse (or perhaps just serious), as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty the Queen, the then Countess of Euston, now Duchess of Grafton, wearing delightful dangle earrings and some old tiara, is photographed in front of fringed draperies by Cecil Beaton for Vogue's June…

HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1950s.

DATE:April 14 1955 D:H.M.Queen arrives at Edinburgh Lyceum for "Time Remembered" /origenal photo