Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 96.
In Photos: The Life of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II

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President Ford and Queen Elizabeth dance during the state dinner in honor of the queen and Prince Philip at the White House, July 17, 1976 in Washington.

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Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, wave to a crowd of well-wishers, Aug. 10, 1977, from a partly closed window in Hillsborough Castle, 12 miles south of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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South African President Nelson Mandela is accompanied by Queen Elizabeth II in a carriage ride to a Buckingham Palace lunch on the first day of his state visit to Britain, July 9, 1996.

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip view the floral tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, at London's Buckingham Palace, Sept. 5, 1997.