Editing Elizabeth II Windsor

{{Infobox politician|name=Elizabeth|birth_date=21 April 1926|birth_place=London, [[United Kingdom]]|nationality=English|image=Queen Elizabeth.png|death_date=8 September 2022|death_place=Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom}}

'''Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor''' was the Queen of the United Kingdom and several of its former colonies from 1952 to 2022. After her death in 2022, her son [[Charles Windsor|Charles]] became the King of the United Kingdom but has no popular support.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Chris Marsden|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=The death of Queen Elizabeth II: A major political crisis for British imperialism|date=2022-09-09|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/09/bjsk-s09.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909143715/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/09/bjsk-s09.html|archive-date=2022-09-09|retrieved=2022-09-09}}</ref> Since 2012, popular support for the monarchy has decreased from 73% to 62%, and only 33% of people aged 18–24 support the monarchy.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Thomas Scripps|newspaper=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|title=Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”|date=2022-06-03|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/06/03/cqws-j03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715132326/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/06/03/cqws-j03.html|archive-date=2022-07-15|retrieved=2022-09-04}}</ref>

== Reign ==
Elizabeth was placed in line for the throne in 1936 after her [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi]]-sympathizer uncle [[Edward Windsor|Edward]] abdicated. She became queen on 6 February 1952 and reigned for 70 years, longer than any other British monarch. Two days before she died, she appointed [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] [[Liz Truss]] as Prime Minister of the UK.<ref name=":0" />

== Criticism ==

=== Colonialism ===
Elizabeth and other members of British royalty benefitted from British [[colonialism]] and never acknowledged the atrocities that the British Empire committed. She ordered the suppression of an [[Anti-colonialism|anti-colonial]] uprising in [[Yemen]] in 1963.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Economic Freedom Fighters]]|newspaper=ZimEye|title=FULL TEXT: EFF Statement Slamming Queen Elizabeth Who “We Do Not Mourn”|date=2022-09-08|url=https://www.zimeye.net/2022/09/09/full-text-eff-statement-slamming-queen-elizabeth-who-we-do-not-mourn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909055809/https://www.zimeye.net/2022/09/09/full-text-eff-statement-slamming-queen-elizabeth-who-we-do-not-mourn/|archive-date=2022-09-09|retrieved=2022-09-09}}</ref>

=== Tax evasion ===
The [[Paradise Papers]] revealed that Elizabeth invested millions of pounds in a tax haven in the [[Cayman Islands]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Juliette Garside|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth|date=2017-11-05|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/paradise-papers-leak-reveals-secrets-of-world-elites-hidden-wealth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_New_Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017171728/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/05/paradise-papers-leak-reveals-secrets-of-world-elites-hidden-wealth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_New_Post|archive-date=2021-10-17|retrieved=2022-09-04}}</ref>

== References ==
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