On 6 February this 12 months, the Queen marked 70 years on the British throne – a feat which can be celebrated with a four-day Jubilee weekend at the start of June.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will see a number of occasions happen from the two – 5 of June, together with the annual Trooping the Color parade, a pageant, and a live performance with performances from musicians like Ed Sheeran.
To have a good time Her Majesty’s milestone, Buckingham Palace has launched 70 information concerning the Queen to have a good time her seven-decade reign.
From changing into the longest-reigning monarch in British historical past, to her first journey on the London Underground, and particulars from her marriage ceremony to Prince Philip, listed below are some belongings you won’t find out about Queen Elizabeth II.
1. The Queen is the longest-reigning monarch
On 9 September 2015, the Queen turned the longest-reigning monarch in British historical past, surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.
In a speech given on the historic day throughout an engagement within the Scottish Borders, the Queen mentioned: “Inevitably an extended life can cross by many milestones, my very own is not any exception, however I thanks all and the various others at house and abroad on your touching messages of nice kindness.”
2. Her Majesty has remodeled 150 Commonwealth visits
The Queen throughout a Commonwealth go to to New Zealand in February 1963
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Inside the Commonwealth alone, the Queen has made greater than 150 visits throughout her reign.
3. Visited greater than 100 nations
The Queen has visited greater than 100 nations as monarch, together with Canada 22 instances, greater than every other nation on this planet, and France 13 instances, greater than every other nation in Europe.
4. First solo look was in 1942
The Queen’s first solo public engagement (as Princess Elizabeth) was on 21 April 1942, her sixteenth birthday, when she inspected the Grenadier Guards at Windsor Citadel.
5. Carried out hundreds of engagements
The Queen has carried out greater than 21,000 engagements over the course of her reign.
6. Has given hundreds of Royal Assents
The Queen has given Royal Assent to roughly 4,000 Acts of Parliament.
7. Hosted over 100 state visits
The Queen has hosted 112 incoming state visits to the UK, together with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1954), Emperor Hirohito of Japan (1971), President Lech Walesa of Poland (1991) and President Barack Obama of the US (2011).
8. Her Majesty is patron of over 500 organisations
The Queen is at the moment patron of greater than 500 organisations, together with greater than 70 training and coaching organisations; over 60 sports activities and leisure organisation; over 30 religion organisations; and over 40 arts and cultural organisations.
9. Has despatched over 1 million playing cards
The Queen has despatched over 300,000 congratulatory playing cards to folks celebrating their one centesimal birthdays, and over 900,000 messages to {couples} marking their Diamond (sixtieth) Marriage ceremony Anniversaries.
10. The Queen’s face has been on cash of 35 nations
A two pound coin that includes a brand new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is displayed at The Nationwide Portrait Gallery on March 2, 2015
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No less than 35 nations have issued coinage with the picture of the Queen.
11. Has held a number of ranks and appointments in Armed Providers
The Queen has held over 50 ranks and appointments within the British and Commonwealth Armed Providers throughout her lifetime.
12. Holds title of “Defender of the Religion”
The Queen holds the title “Defender of the Religion and Supreme Governor of the Church of England”.
These titles date again to the reign of King Henry VIII, who was initially granted the title Defender of the Religion in 1521, by Pope Leo X.
13. The Queen is spiritual
The Queen is a dedicated Christian and churchgoer and has typically spoken of her religion in her speeches and broadcasts. “For me, the lifetime of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, whose delivery we have a good time immediately, is an inspiration and an anchor in my life,” she mentioned in her 2014 Christmas Broadcast.
“A job mannequin of reconciliation and forgiveness, he stretched out his palms in love, acceptance and therapeutic.
“Christ’s instance has taught me to hunt to respect and worth all folks of no matter religion or none.”
14. Has sat for over 200 portraits
The Queen has sat for over 200 official portraits throughout her reign, the primary was in 1933 when she was seven-years outdated and was a portrait painted by Anglo-Hungarian artist Philip Alexius de Laszlo.
15. Holds the Royal Assortment in belief
The Royal Assortment, held in belief by the Queen for her successors and the nation, is estimated to have over 1,000,000 particular person items, together with over 8,000 work, 160,000 watercolours, prints and drawings, 200,000 images, 300,000 objects of ornamental artwork and 200,000 books and manuscripts.
16. Hosted greater than 1.5 million folks at backyard events
Greater than 180 backyard events have been held at Buckingham Palace since 1952 and over 1.5 million folks have attended a Backyard Occasion throughout the Queen’s reign.
17. The Queen has seen 14 US presidents all through her reign
There have been 14 presidents of the US throughout the Queen’s reign, and, apart from President Lyndon B Johnson (1963-9), she has met every one.
18. Has been served by 14 UK prime ministers
Theresa Might sits with Queen Elizabeth on April 19, 2018
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The Queen has been served by 14 prime ministers of the UK throughout her reign – her first Prime Minister was Winston Churchill.
19. Her Majesty has owned greater than 30 corgis and dorgis
The Queen has owned greater than 30 corgis and dorgis throughout her reign, most of which have been descended from her first corgi, Susan, who was gifted to her on her 18th birthday in 1944.
20. She first travelled on the Underground in 1939
The Queen travelled on the London Underground for the primary time in Might 1939 along with her governess Marion Crawford and her sister Princess Margaret.
Since then, she has opened the brand new part of the Victoria Line (1969); opened the Piccadilly Line extension to Heathrow Airport (1977); visited Baker Road Station to mark the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the London Underground (2013); and visited the Crossrail development website at Bond Road Station (2016).
21. Made her first radio broadcast in 1940
The Queen made her first radio broadcast in 1940 when, aged 14, she recorded a message of assist for younger folks affected by the struggle in Europe, notably these being evacuated from their properties, on the BBC’s Kids’s Hour.
“I can honestly say to you all that we youngsters at house are stuffed with cheerfulness and braveness,” she mentioned.
“We are attempting to do all we are able to to assist our gallant sailors, troopers and airmen, and we are attempting, too, to bear our personal share of the hazard and unhappiness of struggle.”
22. Joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945
The Queen joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (the ladies’s department of the British Military throughout the Second World Battle) in 1945, changing into the primary feminine member of the Royal Household to hitch the armed companies as a full-time, energetic member.
As a Subaltern, she discovered to drive and keep automobiles.
23. First official abroad go to was in 1947
The Queen’s official abroad go to was in 1947 as Princess Elizabeth, when she toured South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe) and the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland (Botswana) with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen celebrated her twenty first birthday in South Africa, which was marked by a speech broadcast throughout the Commonwealth.
Within the speech the Princess pledged nothing lower than her life’s work to her topics, saying: “I declare earlier than you all that my complete life whether or not it’s lengthy or brief shall be dedicated to your service.”
24. Her first navy appointment was in 1942
The Queen’s first navy appointment was as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
The appointment was made in February 1942 following the demise of her nice uncle and Godfather, The Duke of Connaught.
25. First abroad Christmas broadcast
In 1953 she made the primary Christmas broadcast from abroad, broadcasting dwell from New Zealand.
Within the broadcast, the Queen spoke of how welcomed she felt: “I’ve travelled some hundreds of miles by many altering scenes and climates on my voyage right here.
“Regardless of all that, nonetheless, I discover myself immediately fully and most fortunately at house.”
26. First used the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1954
The Royal Yacht Britannia was first utilized by the Queen when she embarked with the Duke of Edinburgh on 1 Might 1954 at Tobruk, Libya, for the ultimate stage of their Commonwealth Tour, returning to the Pool of London.
The final time the Queen was on board Britannia for an official go to was on 9 August 1997 for a go to to the Isle of Arran.
27. Despatched her first e mail in 1976
On 26 March1976, the Queen despatched her first e mail throughout a go to to the Royal Radar Institution, Malvern, now referred to as the Royal Indicators and Radar Institution.
The e-mail was despatched to the US Secretary of Defence to formally open the UK/US collaboration on a navy programming language.
28. The primary British monarch to go to China
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh go to the Nice Wall of China on October 1986
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In 1986 the Queen turned the primary British Monarch to go to China.
29. The primary British monarch to deal with US Congress
The Queen was the primary British Monarch to deal with the US Home of Congress, on 16 Might 1991.
30. Launched Buckingham Palace’s first web site in 1997
In 1997 the Queen launched Buckingham Palace’s first official web site, in 2014 she despatched her first tweet and in 2019 printed her first Instagram put up.
31. Witnessed Swan Upping in 2009
In 2009 the Queen witnessed Swan Upping for the primary time.
This annual occasion on the River Thames consists of the weighing and measuring of the swans and checks are made on their well being and well-being.
Because the twelfth Century, the Monarch has retained the precise to say possession of all unmarked mute swans present in a specific part of the River Thames.
32. Launched Elizabeth Cross in 2009
The Queen launched the Elizabeth Cross in 2009. It was the primary medal to which she had put her identify.
The award was instituted to provide particular recognition to the households of those that have died on navy operations or because of terrorism since 1948.
On asserting the Cross, she mentioned: “This appears to me a proper and correct means of displaying our enduring debt to those that are killed whereas actively defending what’s most expensive to us all.”
33. Made first state go to to Eire in 2011
The Queen made a State Go to to Eire in 2011, the primary time a reigning British Monarch has visited the nation since its separation from the UK.
She started the speech that she gave on the State Banquet in Irish, saying: “A Uachtarain agus a chairde” (President and buddies).
34. She was recognised with honorary Bafta in 2013
In 2013 the Queen turned the primary Monarch to be offered with an Honorary Bafta award in recognition of a lifetime’s assist of British movie and tv.
35. The Queen and Prince Philip celebrated 70 years of marriage in 2017
The Queen and Prince Philip on their diamond marriage ceremony anniversary
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their Platinum Marriage ceremony Anniversary in 2017, the primary time a reigning monarch had executed so.
36. 670 boats took half in Diamond Jubilee
To mark the Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was held on 3 June 2012.
670 boats took half within the parade on the Tideway of the River Thames, making it the most important ever parade of boats, surpassing the earlier world report of 327 vessels set in Bremerhaven, Germany, in 2011.
37. The Queen’s longest abroad tour lasted 5 months
The longest abroad tour that the Queen has undertaken started in Bermuda in November 1953 and resulted in Gibraltar in Might 1954.
She was away for 168 days and visited 13 completely different nations.
38. The Queen has visited 14 nations in a single journey
The best variety of nations that the Queen has visited in a single journey is 14.
This was throughout her 1966 journey to the Caribbean.
39. Her Majesty offered the soccer World Cup Trophy in 1966
In 1966 the Queen offered England males’s soccer captain Bobby Moore with the World Cup Trophy.
The World Cup Remaining attracted the most important ever British tv viewers with 32.3 million viewers.
40. The Queen first flew in Concorde in 1977
In September 1966 the Queen visited the British Plane Company’s services in Filton, Bristol, and inspected the progress of the Concorde mission.
She first flew in Concorde in 1977 and went on to make use of it for a number of abroad excursions earlier than it was retired in 2003.
41. She opened the Sydney Opera Home
In 1973 the Queen opened the Sydney Opera Home.
42. A vogue award was created within the Queen’s identify in 2018
Following her ninetieth birthday celebrations in 2016, it was agreed that an award could be created in her identify to recognise rising British vogue expertise.
The inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for Design was offered to Richard Quinn throughout London Style Week 2018.
The Queen sat within the entrance row of Quinn’s present subsequent to Dame Anna Wintour earlier than presenting the award.
43. She has met 4 Popes
The Queen has met 4 Popes on official visits throughout her reign: Pope John XXIII (1961), Pope John Paul II (1980, 1982 and 2000), Pope Benedict XVI (2010) and Pope Francis I (2014).
44. The Queen and Philip had been married in 1947
The Queen and Prince Philip on their marriage ceremony day
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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh had been married on 20 November 1947 in Westminster Abbey.
The then Princess Elizabeth, carried a bouquet of flowers which included a sprig of myrtle taken from a bush grown from the unique myrtle in Queen Victoria’s marriage ceremony bouquet.
Her marriage ceremony ring was constituted of a nugget of Welsh gold, which got here from the Clogau St David’s mine close to Dolgellau and the official marriage ceremony cake was made by McVitie and Value Ltd, utilizing elements given as a marriage reward by Australian Woman Guides.
45. The monarch wore two crowns on her Coronation Day
The Queen wore two crowns on her Coronation Day: St Edward’s Crown (which was used for the crowning ceremony) and the Imperial State Crown, which was worn for the return procession and subsequent balcony appearances at Buckingham Palace.
On the journey to Westminster Abbey, The Queen wore the State Diadem: a circlet of diamonds, which she has gone on to put on for the journey to and from the State Opening of Parliament.
46. Greater than 2,000 journalists had been on the Coronation route in 1953
There have been greater than 2,000 journalists and 500 photographers from 92 nations on the Coronation route in 1953.
The Coronation Service was broadcast dwell on the BBC, enabling tens of millions of individuals to see their Monarch topped for the primary time.
47. Many royal excursions came about on the Royal Yacht Britannia
Previous to its de-commissioning in 1997, lots of the Queen’s official excursions had been undertaken on the Royal Yacht Britannia.
She was launched on 16 April, 1953 and was commissioned for service in January 1954. Throughout her time in service, Britannia travelled greater than 1,000,000 miles on Royal and official duties, transporting the Queen to over 700 Royal visits.
48. She has solely missed one Christmas broadcast
The Queen has made a Christmas Broadcast to the Commonwealth yearly of her reign besides 1969, when a repeat of the movie Royal Household was proven and a written message from the Queen issued.
49. She congratulated the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969
The Queen despatched a message of congratulations to Apollo 11 astronauts for the primary moon touchdown on 21 July 1969. The message was micro-filmed and deposited on the moon in a steel container. “You’re right here.”
50. She despatched a message to Tim Peake who joined the Worldwide House Station in 2016
In 2016 the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh despatched a message to British astronaut Tim Peake as he joined the Worldwide House Station.
He responded with a video message from house saying, “Thanks once more on your properly needs, ma’am. I hope I can carry the nation collectively to have a good time Britain in house and our nice custom of scientific exploration. And earlier than I log out, I’m undecided that this has ever been mentioned in house earlier than, so I’ll be the primary: God save The Queen.”
51. The Queen made a radio broadcast on the night of her Coronation
The Queen at her Coronation
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On the night of the Coronation, the Queen made a radio broadcast through which she said: “All through all my life and with all my coronary heart I shall try to be worthy of your belief”.
52. The Queen has obtained jaguars and sloths as items
Throughout her reign, the Queen has obtained many items together with a wide range of dwell animals.
The extra uncommon animals had been positioned within the care of zoos, amongst them jaguars and sloths from Brazil, an elephant from Cameroon and two black beavers from Canada.
53. The Trooping the Color parade has been cancelled simply as soon as
There was a Trooping the Color Parade yearly of the Queen’s reign, aside from 1955, which was cancelled as a consequence of a railway strike.
In 2020 and 2021 a smaller ceremony came about at Windsor Citadel because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
54. Windsor Citadel is now the Queen’s essential residence
Windsor Citadel, at the moment the Queen’s essential residence, is the oldest and largest occupied palace on this planet.
55. She was born in 1926
The Queen was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Road in Mayfair, London, and was the primary baby of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later turned King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
56. She obtained her first pony from King George V
The Queen’s first pony was given to her by her grandfather, King George V.
The Shetland pony was referred to as Peggy.
57. She doesn’t have a passport or driving licence
As British passports and driving licences are issued within the Queen’s identify, she is just not required to have both, a privilege held by her alone.
58. Her Majesty speaks fluent French
The Queen speaks fluent French and has typically used the language throughout audiences and State Visits.
59. She launched the Queen’s Commonwealth Cover initiative in 2015
Nearly 70 forest conservation initiatives throughout the Commonwealth have joined the Queen’s Commonwealth Cover initiative since its launch in 2015, representing greater than 100 million timber preserved for future generations as a part of the battle towards deforestation.
60. Winston Churchill’s first monarch in parliament was Queen Victoria
The Queen and Winston Churchill in 1950
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Sir Winston Churchill, her first prime minister, turned a Member of Parliament throughout the reign of the Queen’s great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria.
61. The Queen was a Woman Information
The Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) turned a Woman Information In 1937 aged 11, studying learn how to pitch tents, prepare dinner on campfires and administer first help.
At 16, she joined the Sea Rangers: a separate unit of the Woman Guides created for these with a robust naval curiosity. She was made a was made a Sea Ranger Commodore in 1945.
62. She rode the identical horse for 18 Trooping the Color parades
In 1969 the Queen was given a black mare, named Burmese, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The previous Service horse was ridden by the Queen for Trooping the Color for 18 consecutive years from 1969 to 1986.
63. She attended her dad and mom’ Coronation
Then 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth, attended her dad and mom’ Coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1937 and wrote about it for the King and Queen in an essay entitled, To Mummy And Papa, In Reminiscence Of Their Coronation. From Lilibet, By Herself. “I believed all of it very, very great and I anticipate the Abbey did, too,” she wrote.
“The arches and beams on the prime had been lined with a type of haze of marvel as Papa was topped, at the very least I believed so.”
64. The Queen selected her Coronation costume from 9 completely different designs
The Queen’s Coronation costume was designed by British couturier Sir Norman Hartnell.
He submitted 9 completely different designs and the Queen accepted the eighth.
65. The Queen’s Coronation was the primary to be broadcast
The Queen’s Coronation ceremony was the primary to be broadcast on tv, because of which individuals bought tv units of their tens of millions.
27 million folks watched within the UK alone, and tv was ushered in as a mainstream medium.
66. The Queen and Princess Margaret joined crowds incognito on Victory in Europe Day
The Queen and Princess Margaret in 1948
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On 8 Might 1945, Victory in Europe Day, the Queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and her sister Princess Margaret, aged 19 and 14 respectively, joined the crowds in London incognito, Princess Elizabeth along with her ATS uniform cap pulled down over her face.
She later mentioned of the day, “I keep in mind traces of unknown folks linking arms and strolling down Whitehall, all of us simply swept alongside on a tide of happiness and aid.”
67. Her Diamond Jubilee Belief has enabled over 100,000 folks to have eye surgical procedure
The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Belief has enabled over 100,000 folks to have sight-saving surgical procedure; handled greater than 22 million folks with antibiotics to cut back the unfold of trachoma; constructed or upgraded over 81,000 latrines and washing services to forestall the unfold of an infection; screened over 13,000 infants for retinopathy of prematurity; and screened greater than 200,000 folks for diabetic retinopathy.
68. She has carried out tons of of investitures
The Queen has carried out over 650 investitures all through her reign.
69. She has been awarded the George Cross
The Queen has awarded the George Cross – given for “acts of the best heroism or of essentially the most braveness in circumstances of maximum hazard” – collectively to only two teams over the course of her reign: officers and households of the Royal Ulster Constabulary for his or her bravery throughout the Troubles in Northern Eire and, most not too long ago, to NHS workers for his or her work throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
70. She appeared alongside “James Bond” on the 2012 Olympics
As a part of the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, fictional undercover agent “James Bond” escorted the Queen from Buckingham Palace to the Olympic Stadium by helicopter earlier than they each appeared to parachute into the occasion.
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