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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch and the second-longest of any sovereign state.

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark. Their marriage lasted 73 years until his death in 2021. They had four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward.

When her father died in February 1952, Elizabeth, then 25 years old, became queen of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (known today as Sri Lanka), as well as head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth reigned as a constitutional monarch through major political changes such as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, devolution in the United Kingdom, the decolonisation of Africa, and the United Kingdom's accession to the European Communities as well as its subsequent withdrawal. The number of her realms varied over time as territories gained independence and some realms became republics. As queen, Elizabeth was served by more than 170 prime ministers across her realms. Her many historic visits and meetings included state visits to China in 1986, to Russia in 1994, and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and meetings with five popes and fourteen US presidents.

Significant events included her coronation in 1953 and the celebrations of her Silver, Golden, Diamond, and Platinum jubilees. Although there was occasional republican sentiment and media criticism of her family—particularly after the breakdowns of her children's marriages, her annus horribilis in 1992, and the death in 1997 of her former daughter-in-law Diana—support for the monarchy and her personal popularity in the United Kingdom remained consistently high. Elizabeth died aged 96 at Balmoral Castle, and was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III.

Albert Ganado was born in Valletta on the 9th of March 1924, to parents Judge Dr Roberto Federico and Marija nee’ Vassallo. He started his studies at St Joseph High School, Lyceum and University of Malta where he obtained his B.A. (1943) and LL.D. (1946).

In 1947 he obtained his warrant and was able to practice as a lawyer. In 1954 he was nominated to act as a Magistrate for the Maltese courts and between 1962-1963, he became the president of the Guild of Graduates. During the same time, between 1960-1963 he was nominated as an examiner of Maltese Constitutional History by the Royal University of Malta. Ganado was also involved in politics; he was a member of the executive committee of the Malta Nationalist Party where he attended the Round Table Conference in London as one of the delegates (1955). In 1956 he was assigned the role of assistant secretary, however he resigned from this political party in 1959. In 1955 he was the co-founder of ‘Zghaghah Nazzjonalisti’, whilst serving as a president for the same movement between 1955-1959. In 1959 he was declared as the honorary president of the same movement. In 1958 he was a compromiser for the Democratic Nationalist Party, in 1959 he was elected as the vice-president and from 1960 he was the secretary general for the same party.

In 1963, Ganado attended the Malta Independence Conference in London as an advisor for the party. Albert Ganado was also a social activist; he was the co-founder of the Malta Historical Society (1950), the treasurer (1951-1957) and a committee member twice in 1960 and 1963. On numerous occasions he was a committee member of the Chamber of Lawyers. He was also a co-founder and member of the St Paul Apologetic Circle, where he engage in multiple conferences about catholic apologies in many Maltese towns and villages. Moreover, he conducted a course about Constitutional law for the Social Action Movement (Movument Azzjoni Socjali) twice, and in 1962 he presented lectures about Maltese History to German students at the Royal University of Malta.

He is also a collector of Maltese artifacts mainly books, manuscripts, maps and photos.