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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: 87. Chapters: Recipients of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Recipients of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Margrethe II of Denmark, Harald V of Norway, Albert II of Belgium, James L. Jones, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Aleksander Kwa niewski, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Elizabeth II, Wesley Clark, Viktor Yushchenko, Lech Kaczy ski, Akihito, Valdas Adamkus, Dalia Grybauskait, Vaira V e-Freiberga, Arnold Ruutel, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Jan Syrovy, Andrew Bertie, Algirdas Brazauskas, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Jonas Kubilius, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Valdis Zatlers, Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas, Order of the Cross of Vytis, Paulius Galaun, Ina Mar iulionyt, Ri ardas Mikutavi ius, Order for Merits to Lithuania. 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 the Commonwealth and queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Her coronation service in 1953 w...
