This year is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen
Elizabeth II, which is the international celebration throughout 2012, marking
the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's reign on the
thrones of seven countries which began on the death of her father, King George VI on
February 6, 1952.
Other interesting facts about Queen
Elizabeth include….
- The
Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have four children: Prince Charles, The Prince
of Wales, Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, The Duke of York,
and Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex.
- The
Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have eight grandchildren - Peter Phillips, Zara
Phillips, Prince William, Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie,
Lady Louise Windsor, and James Viscount Severns. She has one
great-grandchild Savannah.
- The
Queen is the only person in Britain who can drive without a license or a
registration number on her car. And, she doesn't have a passport.
- The
Queen introduced a new breed of dog known as the "dorgi", when one of
the corgis mated with a dachshund.
- The
Queen has nine Royal thrones - One at the House of Lords, two at Westminster
Abbey, and six in the throne room at Buckingham Palace.
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| Queen Elizabeth II today |
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| The Queen arriving at the Royal Norfolk Show in 1981 |
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| Diamond Jubilee emblem designed by 10 year old Katherine Dewar |
