--- title: Queen Elizabeth II: See Her Reign (So Far) in TIME Covers description: From baby princess to record-breaking ruler canonical: https://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-08T16:36:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T01:53:04.000Z article:section: History og:title: Queen Elizabeth II: See Her Reign (So Far) in TIME Covers og:description: From baby princess to record-breaking ruler og:url: https://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt497a560e0c7ffcc4/698861ef0b72e33afd6e5a3c/20020603_400.jpg?branch=production&width=400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 400 og:image:height: 225 og:image:alt: June 3, 2002 - TIME Europe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Queen Elizabeth II: See Her Reign (So Far) in TIME Covers twitter:description: From baby princess to record-breaking ruler twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt497a560e0c7ffcc4/698861ef0b72e33afd6e5a3c/20020603_400.jpg?branch=production&width=400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Every TIME Cover Featuring Queen Elizabeth II > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:53 AM UTCPublished: Sep 8, 2015 4:36 PM UTC  Queen Elizabeth on the June 3, 2002, cover of TIME's Europe edition, marking her Golden Jubilee Queen Elizabeth on the June 3, 2002, cover of TIME's Europe edition, marking her Golden JubileeCover Credit: KARSH / CAMERA PRESS by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:53 AM UTCPublished: Sep 8, 2015 4:36 PM UTC Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-ruling British monarch, [died Sept. 8, 2022](https://time.com/4619423/queen-elizabeth-dies/). To mark this moment, TIME released a commemorative issue dedicated to the longtime monarch. Here, a visual history of her appearances on the cover of TIME over the past 90 years. **_Read the cover story about her ascension to the throne, from 1952, here in the TIME Vault_**: [Elizabeth II](http://time.com/vault/issue/1952-02-18/page/30/)  © Cecil Beaton— Victoria and Albert Museum, London [**_Buy a print of the Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cover here_**](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/queen-elizabeth-1926-2022-cecil-beaton-victoria-and-albert-museum-london.html)  Queen Elizabeth on the June 4, 2012, cover of TIME's Europe edition, marking her Diamond Jubilee EQUANIMITY BY CHRIS LEVINE (ARTIST) AND ROB MUNDAY (HOLOGRAPHER) [**_Buy a print of The Diamond Queen cover_**](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/the-diamond-queen-2012-equanimity-by-chris-levine-holography-by-rob-munday.html)  The Queen appears (near the bottom right) as a member of the TIME 100 on the May 14, 2007, cover of TIME Photo-Illustration for TIME by Sean McCabe  Queen Elizabeth on the Apr. 17, 2006, cover of TIME's Asia edition, at the time of her 80th birthday Photograph by Anwar Hussein Collection—LFI  Queen Elizabeth on the June 3, 2002, cover of TIME's Europe edition, marking her Golden Jubilee KARSH / CAMERA PRESS  Queen Elizabeth (at top)—along with Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Juan Carlos of Spain, Margrethe of Denmark, and Bernhard and Juliana of the Netherlands—on the May 3, 1976, cover of TIME (Top, clockwise) Serge Lemoine-Sygma; Agence Norma; Eddie Adams; Hubert le Campion-Sygma; Daniel Simon-Gamma/Liaison  The Queen on the June 29, 1959, cover of TIME TIME [**_Buy a print of the Queen Elizabeth II 1959 cover_** ](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/queen-elizabeth-ii-1959-bernard-safran.html)  Queen Elizabeth, as Person of the Year for 1952, on the Jan. 5, 1953, cover of TIME Boris Chaliapin [**_Buy a print of the Woman of the Year cover_** ](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/queen-elizabeth-ii-woman-of-the-year-1953-boris-chaliapin.html)  Queen Elizabeth on the Feb. 18, 1952, cover of TIME, following her ascension to the throne Boris Chaliapin [**_Buy a print of the Queen Elizabeth II 1952 cover_** ](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/queen-elizabeth-ii-1952-boris-chaliapin.html)  Then-Princess Elizabeth on the Mar. 31, 1947, cover of TIME Boris Chaliapin [**_Buy a print of the Princess Elizabeth 1947 cover_**](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/princess-elizabeth-1947-boris-chaliapin.html)  Then-Princess "Lilybet" on the Apr. 29, 1929, cover of TIME TIME [**_Buy a print of the Princess Elizabeth 1929 cover_**](https://timecoverstore.com/featured/princess-elizabeth-1929-time.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/"},"headline":"See Every TIME Cover Featuring Queen Elizabeth II","datePublished":"2015-09-08T16:36:03.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T01:53:04.000Z","description":"From baby princess to record-breaking ruler","url":"https://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/","keywords":["Media","photography","royals","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt497a560e0c7ffcc4/698861ef0b72e33afd6e5a3c/20020603_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt497a560e0c7ffcc4/698861ef0b72e33afd6e5a3c/20020603_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"June 3, 2002 - TIME Europe","caption":"June 3, 2002 - TIME Europe","creditText":"Cover Credit: KARSH / CAMERA PRESS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/media/","name":"Media"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/","name":"See Every TIME Cover Featuring Queen Elizabeth II"}}]}] ```