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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: Commanders of the Order of Charles III, Grand Crosses of the Order of Charles III, Grand Crosses with Collar of the Order of Charles III, Knights of the Order of Charles III, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Olav V of Norway, Margrethe II of Denmark, Pedro I of Brazil, Otto von Habsburg, Albert II of Belgium, Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Francois Achille Bazaine, Elizabeth II, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Fidel V. Ramos, Prince Gaston, Count of Eu, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Ambrosio de Benavides, Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Antonio Caballero y Gongora, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, David E. Hughes, Jagatjit Singh, Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse, Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, Tomas Alvarez de Acevedo, Collingwood Dickson. Excerpt: Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. As Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations; as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Elizabeth was educated privately at home. Her father ascended the throne as George VI in 1936. Elizabeth began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. When her father died in 1952, Elizabeth became Head of th...
