In 1952, 25-year-old Elizabeth abruptly learned of her father’s passing—and her subsequent ascension to the British throne.
On February 5, 1952, King George VI spent his morning and afternoon shooting at Sandringham House and his evening at a dinner party, followed by a walk. He wasn’t in good health—months earlier, surgeons removed his entire left lung after finding a malignant tumor. He had, however, been well enough in late January to see off his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, and her husband Prince Philip, at the airport as they departed on a royal tour of Africa.
6,000 miles away, a 25-year-old Elizabeth sat with Philip at Sagana Lodge in Nyeri, Kenya. They had spent the night before at the nearby Treetops Hotel and, at breakfast, the Princess mentioned how well her father had looked lately. An hour later, Granville Roberts, a reporter from the East African Standard, was at lunch at the Outspan hotel when got a phone call from Nairobi. The King, he learned, was dead.
Roberts called Elizabeth’s secretary, Major Martin Charteris, to the phone, where he too heard the then-rumor. In shock, he decided not to share it with the royal until more was known. Charteris spent the next few hours frantically calling diplomats across the continent, clearing all the lines at a local post office. Finally, he informed Prince Philip. At 12:45 p.m.
Archibald George Blomefield Russell , the Lancaster Herald, reads the Proclamation of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II from a royal carriage at Charing Cross on February 8. 1952.Queen and Head of the Commonwealth. “By the sudden death of my dear father I am called to assume the duties and responsibilities of sovereignty," she said in front of 150 British officials and dignitaries at St. James Palace.
This weekend marks 70 years since Queen Elizabeth has ascended to the throne. Reflecting on what happened seven decades ago is important to mark a milestone moment. It’s also a historical blueprint of what’s eventually to come: the Queen, after all, is 95, with some health scares of her own. It’s likely that in the near future, aides will be scrambling to alert Prince Charles, who will then utter a proclamation oath of his own, and the monarchy will carry on.
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