Top 15 secrets of Queen Elizabeth II you probably don’t know about Queen Elizabeth II.
Top 15 secrets of Queen Elizabeth II you probably don’t know about Queen Elizabeth II.
- Queen passed away on Thursday at the age of 96, according to the British Royal Family.
- According to a tweet from the Royal Family, the revered Queen passed away quietly.
1. Her birthplace wasn’t a royal one.
Queen Elizabeth II was not born in a palace, but rather in a townhouse in London that belonged to her Scottish maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, on April 21, 1926. Queen Elizabeth II was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), and the eldest granddaughter of King George V.
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HOME-SCHOOLING
Elizabeth never attended a public school and was never exposed to other kids, like many royals of her era and previously. Instead, she and her younger sister Margaret received their education at home.Her father, an Eton College senior teacher, various French and Belgian governesses who taught her French, and the Archbishop of Canterbury who taught her religion were among of those who taught her.
Elizabeth’s education also includes lessons in ballet, music, fine art, and swimming.
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ROYAL TAXPAYER
Even though she was the queen, she paid taxes, at least starting in 1992.
4. When her father passed away, she was in Kenya.
When her father King George VI passed away in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip were in Kenya. While alone with his wife on a vacation to Kenya, Philip informed her of King George VI’s passing.
5. At age 25, she was crowned queen.
On February 6, 1952, her father King George VI passed away at the age of 56 when Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, were visiting Kenya. On June 2, 1953, Westminster Abbey in the heart of London hosted the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
6. After being crowned, she assumed leadership of seven separate Commonwealth nations.
Queen Elizabeth II, when 25 years old, was crowned regent of seven autonomous Commonwealth nations. These nations included the Head of the Commonwealth, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka).
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15 UK Prime Ministers have served the Queen during her reign.
include Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson, and Winston Churchill.
8. The Queen has two birthdays
Her official birthday is celebrated on a Saturday in June, when the weather is nicer, while her actual birthday is on April 21.
9. She keeps an elephant, two enormous turtles, a jaguar, and two sloths as pets.
Foreign gifts that are all residents of the London Zoo.
10. Her preferred dogs breed is the corgi.
She even created the “dorgi,” a new breed of dog created when her corgi mated with a dachshund owned by her sister, Princess Margaret.
11. She was the historical monarch who travelled the most.
The record for the most nations visited by a single monarch belongs to Queen Elizabeth II. On six continents, she travelled to more than 120 nations. She visited Canada more frequently than any other country outside of the UK.
12. She was the British monarch who served the longest.
The longest reign of any British monarch is that of Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled for 70 years and 7 months.
13. Prior to her diamond jubilee, she travelled over all of Great Britain.
Prior to the four-day celebration in June to honour the jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II visited every region of the United Kingdom, while other royals travelled the Commonwealth.
14. Her visit to the Republic of Ireland was the first by a British monarch.
The first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland since it gained independence in 1922, Queen Elizabeth II made the politically sensitive trip there in 2011.
15. At age 6, Queen Elizabeth got her first home.
when the Welsh people gave her a home on Windsor’s Royal Lodge grounds. The name Y Bwthyn Bach translates to “small cottage.”