As the longest-reigning British Sovereign in history, Queen Elizabeth II saw enormous changes in engineering, science and technology during her lifetime, and showed an active interest in new developments. She inaugurated many of the UK’s most important engineering projects, from the Channel Tunnel to the Diamond Light Source, and helped to inspire new generations of engineers by allowing her name to be given to the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, which celebrates bold, ground-breaking engineering innovation of global benefit to humanity.
Founded in 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering, the Royal Academy of Engineering acquired its Royal Charter in 1992. Following the passing of The Queen, the Academy would like to invite Fellows to join us in paying tribute to her support for engineering and her interest in our profession. Please use the form below to share your memories and stories of The Queen. You may also wish to upload photos. The Academy will contact you before sharing or publishing your story.
If you would rather email your tributes to us directly, please contact execservices@raeng.org.uk
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You can read the Academy's full tribute to The Queen on our News pages.