The first generation to grow up in the reign of Elizabeth II; a group of children photographed in Liverpool, England, 1954. Swipe through for a further six images charting the decades in which the Queen has been on the throne, or follow our bio link for a comprehensive visual chronology.
1. John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
2. Mandy Rice-Davies (centre right) and Christine Keeler (behind) leave the Old Bailey during the trial of Dr Stephen Ward, at the height of the Profumo Affair | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
3. The Sex Pistols with their manager Malcolm McLaren, signing a new contract with A&M Records after being dropped from EMI, outside Buckingham Palace, London, 10th March 1977. The contract was terminated after one week | Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
4. Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp peace demonstration at RAF Greenham Common, 28th May 1982 | Reed White/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Getty Images | @mirrorpix_archive
5. Labour party supporters in the bar at Trimdon Labour Club, Sedgefield, during Tony Blair's successful 1997 General Election campaign to become Britain's first Labour Prime Minister since 1979 | Tom Stoddart/Getty Images | @tomstoddphotos
6. Spectators watch proceedings from the roof of a house outside of the ground during day five of the fifth npower Ashes Test match between England and Australia at the Brit Oval on September 12, 2005, in London, England | Clive Rose/Getty Images | @clive_rose
7. A performer in the role of Queen Elizabeth II parachutes out of a helicopter hovering above the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012 in London, England | Lars Baron/Getty Images | @larsbaron1975
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