In March, her second son, Prince Andrew, separated from his wife, Sarah; her daughter, Princess Anne, divorced Captain Mark Phillips in April; [146] angry demonstrators in Dresden threw eggs at Elizabeth during a state visit to Germany in October; [147] and a large fire broke out at Windsor Castle, one of her official residences, in November. She trained as a driver and mechanic and was given the rank of honorary junior commander (female equivalent of captain at the time) five months later. Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, spent much of wartime at Windsor Castle after their parents rejected suggestions they be evacuated to Canada. Crawford published a biography of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood years entitled The Little Princesses in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family. Although support for republicanism in Britain seemed higher than at any time in living memory, republican ideology was still a minority viewpoint, and Elizabeth herself had high approval ratings.

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Elizabeth toured Yugoslavia in October 1972, becoming the first British monarch to visit a communist country. Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest following a state funeral on Monday (September 19), with senior members of the royal family, heads of state from around the world, members of the royal household and personal friends of the late monarch among the guests attending services at both Westminster Abbey in London and St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.Elizabeth's visit also signified the acceptance of both countries that sovereignty over Hong Kong would be transferred from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Mitchell, James (2003), "Scotland: Cultural Base and Economic Catalysts", in Hollowell, Jonathan (ed. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Bedaling Pass, on the Great Wall of China, on the third day of their State Visit to China.

Philip complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children. She would later describe him as “my strength and stay” through 74 years of marriage, before his death in 2021, aged 99. Public engagements were cancelled and Windsor Castle followed a strict sanitary protocol nicknamed "HMS Bubble".