A witness to history: How The Queen spanned 70 years of global events, from astronauts to actresses

From Marilyn Monroe and Yuri Gagarin to Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump, The Queen was at the heart of history and rubbed shoulders with the people who made it throughout her reign.

In the 70 years after Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, the world changed in ways that would have seemed unimaginable in 1952. We look back at some of the major events, and how Her Majesty was so often face-to-face with the people who shaped the late 20th and early 21st…