A farkon 1952, Sarauniya Elizabeth da Philip suka tashi don yawon shakatawa na Australia da New Zealand ta hanyar Kenya. A ranar 6 ga Fabrairun 1952, sun dawo gidajensu na Kenya, Sagana Lodge, bayan da suka kwana a Treetops Hotel, lokacin da labarin mutuwar Sarki da kuma sakamakon haka Elizabeth ya hau gadon sarauta. Philip ya ba da labari ga sabon sarauniya. Martin Charteris ya roƙe ta ta zaɓi sunan regnal; ta zaɓi ta kasance, "na Elizabeth". An yi mata sarauniya a duk faɗin masarautar kuma ta ziyarci Shugaba Harry S. Truman a Washington, DC, a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1951, sakatarensa na sirri, Martin Charteris, ya ɗauki daftarin sanarwar shiga cikin mulkin idan Sarki ya mutu yayin da take yawon shakatawa. A farkon 1952, Sarauniya Elizabeth da Philip sun tashi don yawon shakatawa na Ostiraliya da New Zealand ta hanyar Kenya. A ranar 6 ga Fabrairun 1952, sun dawo gidajensu na Kenya, Sagana Lodge, bayan da suka kwana a Treetops Hotel, lokacin da labarin mutuwar Sarki ya zo kuma sakamakon haka Elizabeth ya hau gadon sarauta.
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