The queen of 16 states in the Commonwealth of Nations, Queen Elizabeth II, became the oldest and longest-reigning Monarch of Britain. The Queen is also the longest-reigning female queen in the history.
The Queen has thanked all the well-wishers at home and overseas for their “touching messages of kindness” as she becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. On September 9, 2015, she surpassed her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria as Britain’s longest ruling monarch, who reigned for 63 years. On this occasion we’ve assembled this list of surprising facts about Her
10 Unknown Facts About Queen Elizabeth II
- Queen Elizabeth II was born as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on April 21, 1926, but officially celebrates her birthday in June.
- After getting married to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, she dint take her husband’s name.
- She was just 25 years when she became the Queen of Great Britain.
- Since 1952, she has been granted over 404,500 honors and awards.
- All the Royal Navy ships are named after queen and referred as HMS(Her Majesty’s Ship).
- Continuing the custom of King George V and VI, she has been giving approximately 90,000 Christmas puddings to staff since her reign.
- Elizabeth has 30 godchildren.
- She sent a message of congratulations to Apollo 11 astronauts for the first moon landing which was microfilmed and deposited on the moon in a metal container.
- She has reportedly visited 116 countries during her 60-year reign.
- Elizabeth does not hold a passport to travel to another country.
