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When and where Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II: See the photos

Maria Puente
USA TODAY
Feb. 4, 2022Updated Sept. 8, 2022, 2:47 p.m. ET
On Feb. 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth, then just 25, was in a treehouse-style lodge in a remote part of Kenya, where she and husband Prince Philip were on holiday and she was thrilled to be taking pictures of wildlife all around. Unbeknownst to her at the time, back home in Britain her father, King George VI, had died, making her the new sovereign. At modern Treetops Lodge in Aberdare National Park in Nyeri, Kenya, they're very proud of that history.
On Feb. 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth, then just 25, was in a treehouse-style lodge in a remote part of Kenya, where she and husband Prince Philip were on holiday and she was thrilled to be taking pictures of wildlife all around. Unbeknownst to her at the time, back home in Britain her father, King George VI, had died, making her the new sovereign. At modern Treetops Lodge in Aberdare National Park in Nyeri, Kenya, they're very proud of that history.
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A photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is displayed in the suite called "Princess Elizabeth" at modern Treetops Lodge where she was staying when she became queen, in Aberdare National Park in Nyeri, Kenya.
A photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is displayed in the suite called "Princess Elizabeth" at modern Treetops Lodge where she was staying when she became queen, in Aberdare National Park in Nyeri, Kenya.
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A photo of the original Kenyan treehouse-style lodge where then-Princess Elizabeth II was staying the night she became queen. She was deep in the Kenyan forest spotting wildlife from the treetops with her camera when her father, King George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952, at Sandringham. This picture was taken on April 10, 2021, at modern Treetops Lodge in Aberdare National Park in Kenya.
A photo of the original Kenyan treehouse-style lodge where then-Princess Elizabeth II was staying the night she became queen. She was deep in the Kenyan forest spotting wildlife from the treetops with her camera when her father, King George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952, at Sandringham. This picture was taken on April 10, 2021, at modern Treetops Lodge in Aberdare National Park in Kenya.
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Modern Treetops Lodge in Aberdare National Park in Nyeri, Kenya, today.
Modern Treetops Lodge in Aberdare National Park in Nyeri, Kenya, today.
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The view from modern Treetops Lodge near where then-Princess Elizabeth was staying when her father, King George VI, died in 1952 and she became queen. This picture, taken on April 10, 2021, shows something of what the princess would have seen from the treetops as she snapped pictures of the wildlife gathered at the watering hole.
The view from modern Treetops Lodge near where then-Princess Elizabeth was staying when her father, King George VI, died in 1952 and she became queen. This picture, taken on April 10, 2021, shows something of what the princess would have seen from the treetops as she snapped pictures of the wildlife gathered at the watering hole.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA, AFP Via Getty Images
As far as these buffalo are concerned, perhaps not much has changed since 1952 near the original treehouse-style lodge where Princess Elizabeth, with her husband, Prince Philip, and a royal entourage stopped for a brief holiday in Kenya before a planned royal tour standing in for her ailing father. Instead, they rushed home to London where she was proclaimed queen.
As far as these buffalo are concerned, perhaps not much has changed since 1952 near the original treehouse-style lodge where Princess Elizabeth, with her husband, Prince Philip, and a royal entourage stopped for a brief holiday in Kenya before a planned royal tour standing in for her ailing father. Instead, they rushed home to London where she was proclaimed queen.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA, AFP Via Getty Images
King George VI and and his wife, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), pose with Princess Elizabeth on her 18th birthday at Windsor Castle, April 21, 1944.
King George VI and and his wife, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), pose with Princess Elizabeth on her 18th birthday at Windsor Castle, April 21, 1944.
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