Public encouraged to submit their memories of Queen Elizabeth II as 4th anniversary of late monarch’s passing is marked

The public are being encouraged to share their personal memories of Queen Elizabeth II, as the country marks four years since the late monarch’s passing.

Hundreds of thousands of people have visited the Queen Elizabeth Digital Memorial since its launch on 21 April this year, as part of the national memorial, with many people, including famous faces, submitting their personal memories. 

Led by the Cabinet Office, the digital memorial brings together rich archive material, photography and video to map key events from Queen Elizabeth’s life and reign, and invites the public from around the world to contribute their own memories to create a lasting public record.

Today, working alongside major organisations such as Barnardos, the Scottish Women’s Institute, the National Gallery, the London Ambulance Service and others, the digital memorial will release rarely seen archival photographs and memories of the late Queen’s life to mark the fourth anniversary.

The website is underpinned by a searchable, complete record of Queen Elizabeth’s public engagements and duties across the entirety of her reign from 1952 to 2022. Anyone can visit the site, search for a particular date to see what the Queen was doing, or search a location to see if the Queen visited it. The website has also brought together collections and archives across the UK including the Royal Collection and the BBC, releasing a collection of rarely seen films ranging from her wedding in 1947 through to the Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012.