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Celebrating Britain's royal family

Queen Elizabeth II is Britain's longest-reigning monarch. CNN takes a look at the eventful, often colorful lives of the Queen and the royal family.

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  • Queen Elizabeth II smiles in Victoria Square during her Diamond Jubilee visit to the City on July 12, 2012 in Birmingham, England.

    The Queen at 90: The life of Elizabeth II

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  • Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, during the Trooping the Color, to mark the Queen's 90th birthday at The Mall in London on June 11, 2016.

    Queen Elizabeth II marks 90th birthday in neon style

  • In this image released by the Royal Mail on Wednesday April 20, 2016, Britain's Prince George stands on foam blocks during a photo shoot for the Royal Mail in the summer of 2015 in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London for a stamp sheet to mark the 90th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.  The image features four generations of the Royal family, from left, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. (Ranald Mackechnie/Royal Mail via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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  • Britain's Prince Harry and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge try out light sabers during a tour of the Star Wars set at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, England, on Tuesday, April 19.

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  • Bill Clinton
Years in office: 1993 - 2001
Bill Clinton met the queen more than once during his tenure, taking tea with her at Buckingham Palace in 2000 and also at a service to mark 50th anniversary of the D Day landings in Normandy in 1994. He recalled the occasion fondly saying: "She's a highly intelligent woman who knows a lot about the world ... I always marvel when we meet at what a keen judge she is of human events. I think she's a very impressive person. I like her very much." During a trip to Europe in 2000, Clinton said he drank a little coffee as they talked while first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton sipped tea. The president said he noticed that although her hair had turned gray, she had what he described as, "youthful eyes." "She has these baby blue eyes just piercing," he said.

    From Truman to Obama: Presidents meet Queen

  • George H. W. Bush
Years in office: 1989 - 1993
President Bush Sr. visited the queen at Buckingham Palace in 1989 and in May 1991, she was guest of honor at a state dinner in the White House. The pair exchanged toasts about the legacy of human rights and the rule of law bequeathed upon the United States by Great Britain. Meanwhile the queen spoke about her previous visits to the White House, and the history of diplomatic relation between the two countries. "The relationship between America and Great Britain, which perhaps has never been so special. We have got a lot of things in common. Americans shares the queen's love for horses ... Most of all what links our countries is less a place than an idea. The idea that for nearly 400 years has been America's inheritance and England's bequest. The legacy of democracy, the rule of law and basic human rights," said President Bush Sr. during his welcome address.

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  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has gaffed again, asking a group of female community 'Who do you sponge off?'

    Prince Philip: The man behind the queen

  • Estimate with jockey Ryan Moore (left) taking up the running on the way to Gold Cup glory at Royal Ascot earlier this year.

    All the Queen's horses: A monarch's passion

  • Queen Elizabeth II on the balcony of Government House, Melbourne, during her tour of Australia, March 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Royals on tour

As the Queen visits a military camp in Christchurch, New Zealand, a Maori warrior performs the Haka in February 2002.

Queen Elizabeth's guide to globetrotting

The Queen raises a glass with the President of Germany, Joachim Gauck, as they attend a garden party at the British Embassy residence on a state visit to Germany on June 25, 2015 in Berlin.