8 interesting facts about Her Majesty

6/14/2018

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History Story: 8 interesting facts about Her Majesty

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is the longest ruling monarch in the world. This woman is associated with authority and dignity. Let’s find out some little-known facts about her life.

#1 She became a queen at the age of 25

Actually, she was not supposed to become a queen. King Edward VIII, her uncle, was crowned king. However, he gave up the crown and Elizabeth's father came to the throne.

#2 The Queen met her husband in the childhood

They saw each other for the first time at a wedding ceremony. Later Elizabeth accepted Philip’s proposal without saying to her parents. They got married when she was 21 (in 1947) at Westminister Abbey.

#3 The Queen is fond of Corgis

These dogs are her favorite dog breed. Her first dog’s name was Susan. It was a present for Elizabeth's birthday.

#4 Little Elizabeth on the radio

In 1940, she made her first radio broadcast in order to support all other children during the war.

#5 She is a trained mechanic and a driver

At the age of 18, the future queen joined the women’s branch of the British Army. It was the time of World War II. She learnt how to drive a military truck and fix it. So, she is the only British monarch who can change a sparking plug. Furthermore, she is the only woman in the noble family who has entered the defence forces.

#6 The Queen behind the camera

Elizabeth's first camera was a Box Brownie, presented by her father before the war. While travelling she always has a portable camera in her bag.

#7 She can drive without a driving license

She is also allowed to drive without a license plate on her car. As for a passport, all of them in the UK are issued in her name, so she doesn’t need one. She has visited more than 116 countries during her reign without this document.

#8 An email from the Queen

Elizabeth II was the first ruler to use electronic mail. It happened in 1976. The email was sent from a British army base while participating in a network technology demonstration at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.

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47 Comments

dnewcomer

Interesting facts but somebody needs to edit the sentence structure.

Michael Downing

Fact #! 1: King Edward VIII abdicated BEFORE his coronation!!!

John Littlechild

Please do try and get your facts right. King Edward V!!! was NEVER crowned. He abdicated from his responsibilties before he was crowned.

Linda Spreng

I like her. She seems like a real person. I wonder if she ever gets tired of being queen. Who else could do it ... I mean she's got seniority --70 years. Who keeps a job that long? AND I agree with newcomer, you guys need an editor. Preferably somebody who has some knowledge of English grammar.

werma

She sure had an interesting life.

Julie Domaille

I think her being Queen for life is lovely but with the Jubilee celebrations last week... give the poor girl a break. She's 96.! I feel knackered after one night out. Let her have a cup of tea, a piece of cake and watch it on TV between naps.

Lorna Lake

So Quizzclub simply raided some Instagram posts, collected them and calls them 'interesting facts'. The first one is simply untrue as already stated - there's no point in reading them when the first one is so obviously wrong.

rsmatt

King Edward VIII was never crowned

Ian Swindale

Edward VIII was never actually crowned as he abdicated before he could be.

Barbara Knight

The picture that goes with the section about her military service is of the Queen in Girl Guide uniform, not military uniform.

Irene Townsend

Sorry but these are known facts, nothing new among them

L Lh Adams

She has lived a fantastic life and a full one.

Teresa Atwood

I found this quite interesting.

Julie Zilavy

Your Majesty, I Love the news about the Royal Family. I have watched all the weddings at an ungodly hour but, I wouldn’t miss them. I can’t wait for Prince Harry baby. I wish them Happiness.

Marian Spitzig

There was absolutely nothing new here, except the fact that 2 pictures had been removed. Very poor post

Cathie Roth Lonnquist

I wasn't able to view two of the pictures and one of them was "Elizabeth as a child on the radio" which was disappointing but overall I enjoyed this presentation. Queen Elizabeth was quite a woman. I would have thought that someone born to wealth and titles would give a person quite an ego but it doesn't seem to have done that with Elizabeth. This presentation gave me a reason to respect her for her compassionate nature and her sense of obligation.