IN PICS | Queen Elizabeth's Life Before Becoming The Monarch Of Great Britain

Young Princess Elizabeth with her pony, at age 10. She always had an interest in horses. She was given her first horse, a Shetland pony at the age of 4 which she began riding at the age of 6. By 18, she was an accomplished rider and rode for pleasure well into her nineties. Aside, from horses, Queen Elizabeth II was known to love dogs as well. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Elizabeth at her father King George VI's coronation on May 12, 1937 is greeted by Earl Marshal Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, while the Lord George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood stands behind her, holding her coronet in his role of Page of Honour. (Image Source: Getty)

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret making a broadcast to children of the Empire during World War II in 1940. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in costume for a production of Aladdin. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Elizabeth in her Girl Guides uniform. The Girl Guides was founded In 1909, and the Royal family was a fan of the group. Princess Elizabeth was signed up as a Girl Guide at the age of 11 by her aunt Princess Mary. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Margaret Rose eludes a midshipman while playing a game of tag aboard the HMS Vanguard. The two princesses, Princess Elizabeth II pictured at top left, and the Royal Family are traveling aboard the battleship on their way to South Africa. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Elizabeth dances with her fiance, Philip Mountbatten, in public for the first time at a ball at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, July 15, 1947. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Elizabeth, and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh on their wedding day in 1957. (Image Source: Getty)

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on honeymoon at Broadlands near Romsey, Hampshire, walking on the Broadlands estate after a service in Romsey Abbey. (Image Source: Getty)