Queen Elizabeth II begins her reign with tears, UPI reports - UPI Archives

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was in Mombasa, Kenya, when she learned she was to be Britain's new sovereign ruler, Queen Elizabeth II. She wept at the news.

Queen Elizabeth II's death: When the British monarch visited Philadelphia

Queen Elizabeth II's death: When the British monarch visited Philadelphia

Queen Elizabeth II, UK's longest-serving monarch, dies at 96

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II had been under medical supervision shortly before death

Queen Elizabeth II, UK's longest-serving monarch, dies at 96

Friday briefing: 'She was woven into the cloth of our lives', Queen Elizabeth II