The queen is nearly 97 years old, and is Britain’s longest serving monarch. Here are some interesting facts about the Queen.
- She was born in Mayfair in 17 Bruton Street – which is now actually a high class Chinese restaurant
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She is 40th monarch since 1066 – William the Conqueror and now the longest reigning monarch ever. Queen is 95, she has two birthdays – why?
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One birthday is private (real birthday) 21st of April, usually for family, and one is for outside celebration usually the second Monday of June.
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King George II was born in October, and the weather is not so good, in 1748 he decided to have one in Summer with a military parade, so it can be celebrated outside.
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- She reigns not only UK but many other countries, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
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She doesn’t need a driving license, or a passport – because she is the queen.
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Her alarm clock is a bagpipe player! A bagpipe player stands under the Queen’s window every morning to wake her up for 15 minutes at 9am. A tradition since 1843
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The queen loves corgis She has owned over 30 during her reign as the Queen. Queen invented a new breed of dog, she loves Corgis, and she mixed it with Dachshund, she created the new mixed-breed Dorgi species of dog
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Eating with the Royals is like a race, because as soon as the monarch stops eating, everybody must put down their knives and forks. Of course, royal dinners are pretty lavish, but if you don’t want anything going to waste, you’d better keep up. Have to wait for her to sit down after her, and wait for her before leaving.
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The Queen owns all the dolphins and whales in Britain and swans. Fishes Royal
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Prince Charles has someone iron his shoelaces.
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The Queen’s handbag isn’t just a fashion accessory, she also uses it to send secret messages to her staff. Normally, on the left, but when she moves it to the right she is looking for someone to help her get move on… On the table it needs to be finished within 5 minutes. ALso when she puts it on the floor. When she twists her ring , she needs rescue immediately.
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The Queen has answered more than three-and-a-half million items of correspondence during her reign so far, and has sent more than 175,000 telegrams to centenarians in the UK and the Commonwealth. She has also sent more than 540,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and the Commonwealth celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary. The Queen has penned more than 45,000 Christmas cards during her reign, and has given out upwards of 90,000 Christmas puddings to staff.
