Elizabeth II

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is the queen of 16 independent states, which are known as the Commonwealth realms. She was born in London on 21st April 1926, declared as the queen at the age of 25, and has reigned for more than five decades of enormous social change and development. Queen Elizabeth II was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who subsequently became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

By the age of 12, she distinguished herself as a gifted and eager horsewoman. At an early age of 14, with the breaking of World War II she made her first radio broadcast, reassuring the safety of orphaned children. Although she was born and brought up in a royal family, her parents were determined that Elizabeth should neither be shielded nor spoiled. On 20th November 1947, she got married to Philip, who was the Duke of Edinburgh and her third cousin through queen Victoria. It was the perfect blend of her sense of regal duty and a love of simple pleasures, which uniquely characterized the royalty and integrity of her reign.

The Coronation

"Sirs, I here present unto you

Queen ELIZABETH,

your undoubted Queen:

Wherefore all you who are come this day

to do your homage and service,

Are you willing to do the same?"

The public signified its willingness and joy by loud and repeated acclamations, with one voice crying out, "God Save the Queen", and hence, she was formally accepted to rule the hearts of British people, for decades to come.

The Queen's Accomplishments

From all the daunting experiences she had during her reign, Queen Elizabeth II understood the tautology of Shakespeare's observation, which states, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown". The challenges she had to face as a ruler were painstaking, but were successfully overcome by her, and she ruled with supreme authority over her people. Some of her major accomplishments are as follows:

♕ After the end of the second world war, princess Elizabeth traveled extensively to attend public functions throughout the British Isles. These visits included attending the launch of a new aircraft carrier in Belfast, a tour of Ulster in March 1946, and attending the National Eisteddfod of Wales in August 1946.

♕ In 1957, the Queen on her official visit to the United States, became the first monarch to open the nation's Parliament.

♕ Queen Elizabeth II has constantly been an integral part of the ongoing transformation of the old British empire into the new British Commonwealth, and its modern successor (the Commonwealth of Nations). She acts as the host to the Heads of States of the Commonwealth realms. She holds Investitures in Britain and other Commonwealth countries, at which she presents honors to people who have distinguished themselves in public life.

♕ When she was declared a queen, she succeeded her father as Colonel-in-Chief of all the Guards Regiments and the Corps of Royal Engineers, and as Captain-General of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.

♕ Throughout her reign, Elizabeth has also demonstrated support for inter-faith relations and has rendered respect for all the religions.

♕ Most important of all, she has achieved an excellent reputation as a good and wise ruler, and is truly loved and respected by her people.

♕ In common practice, Queen Elizabeth II is referred to as "The Queen or Her Majesty", and in the year 2002, she celebrated 50 years of her reign.

♕ In 2012, the Queen celebrated her 'diamond jubilee' on completion of her 60 years of sovereignty.

Despite the controversies and scandals surrounding her children and other members of the royal family, and the sad demise of princess Diana, she still remains the respected head of the state.

The day of Jubilee is the 8th day after all is complete.

all the hats she wants

Privately the HM the Queen owns Balmoral castle and Sandringham house which she inherited from her fater in 1952. Through the Monarchy the Queen owns in right of the crown all Royal Palaces such as Buckingham palace, Windsor castle, Kensington palace, Clarence house, tower of London... Etc etc. If the Monarchy were to be abolished Palaces would become their private property.. At the moment they are held in trust for the succession to the throne so as the King or Queen have a place to conduct state affairs.

The current Queen is of the House of Windsor, The Virgin Queen Elizabeth I ( ruled l558-l603) was the last Tudor monarch- a daughter of Henry Viii. ( the Phil Spector with a crown!) He only managed to actually knock off two of his six wives, the others were divorced, or died of natural causes. Anne Boleyn and Katharine Howard literally got the Axe! By the way it is bad form to refer to Anastasia Romanov as that, she should be styled HIH Anastasia Nicolaievna, Just as it is horrible form and may even be a misdemeanor to refer to Queen Elizabeth II as ( Betty Windsor!) show some respect!By the way England does not have the nobiliary title of Grand Duchess. Duchess, yes, but not Grand Duchess, like the Romanov girls. different title for different royal and Princely houses. In Russia a Grand Duchess outranked a regular princess, and was co-terminously a Crown Princess or Czarevna.

Elizabeth 1 reigned from November 17th, 1558 to March 24th, 1603.

Princess Elizabeth as she was at the time and Her Sister, Princess Margaret were educated privately at home by their governess/nanny, Marion Crawford.

Princess Elizabeth received private tuition in constitutional history from Henry Marten, Vice-Provost of Eton College, and learned French from a succession of native-speaking governesses

Children of HRH Prince Charles are:

HRH Prince William of Wales

HRH Prince Henry of Wales

Children of HRH The Princess Royal are:

Peter Phillips

Zara Phillips

Children of HRH Prince Andrew are:

HRH Princess Beatrice of York

HRH Princess Eugenie of York

Children of HRH Prince Edward are:

Viscount Severn

Lady Louise Windsor

Queen Elizabeth the First did not have any children

Queen Elizabieth the Second. Princess Anne to Captain Mark Philips

It is inconceivable that Princess Anne, now known as the Princess Royal, has not attended any of the Diamond Jubilee events. It is possible that she has been given a lower media profile because she is 10th in line to the British throne.

They intermarried with other royal houses and noble houses in Europe. Especially with those of France and later Germany. So they would sometimes marry people who were distant relations.

They were not nearly as bad as the Habsburgs, who would marry nieces or first cousins constantly.

At the moment, her OFFICIAL surname is Windsor.

BUT, In or around the early 1910's the Royals were encouraged to change their German name (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) to the more British "Windsor." This is because they were fighting Queen Victoria's nephew Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and the English people didn't like the idea of having Germans for their King and Queen. Windsor Castle is one of the oldest and most respected royal residences and so the name was changed from the German Duchy's of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. This pleased the people of England.

Prince Philips family (also German) at this time changed their name from the German "Battenberg" (berg meaning mount or mountain) to the English sounding "Mountbatten." So, basically, they kept their name the same, just changing the German "Berg" for the English "Mount." So Philip's ancestors became Mountbattens.

So, then Philips Grandfather was ASKED to take the job as King of Greece (they needed one and he was out of work). So, he took the job. Then Philip was technically without a last name and known only as "Philip of Greece." His mother, Princess Alice of Greece was now a Greek Orthodox nun and led a very strict, almost monastic (like monks lead) life. She had no fine clothes or jewels, preferring to dress in nuns habits and live with her family. When Philip's uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India invited him to live in England, he couldn't refuse and moved with his mother.

When he married Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, she was unable to change her last name because she outranked him. However, she offered a truce. She would allow "some" of the children to be named Mountbatten as long as enough to "ensure the succession of the throne were named Windsor." In other words, as long as a Windsor sat on the Throne, he could name the other children Mountbatten. However, this DID NOT GO WELL with Prime Minister and others and it did not happen. I believe he was then offered to hypenate the last names of the last 2 or 3 children, but he refused that. So, the Windsor name is secure still.

Charles Martel

Yes, Mrs. Windsor has signed Death Warrants since she became the unelected Head of State of the United Kingdom and British Colonies and Territories in 1952 and she continues to do so.

Notably, she signed the Death Warrant upon black British revolutionary, Michael X in Trinidad in 1975.

Although Capital Punishment was abolished in the UK in 1969, Mrs. Windsor continued to sign the Death Warrants of her 'subjects' in former colonies, where, despite them having independence, Britain retained judicial control of these countries through the ‘Privy Council’ in London, yet did not rescind the Death Penalty in those nations.

In 1999, Mrs. Windsor signed the Death Warrants of a plethora of people, thus authorising a ‘mass hanging’.

Mrs. Windsor has continued to sign Death Warrants ever since. She reportedly revoked the appeal for clemancy of one man, and signed the Death Warrant, because he had killed his dog.

She was the last monarch of the Tudor Dynasty.

On 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey.

She wasn't married so probably but who really knows?

meeting Florance Nightingail, having 9 kids, becoming the longest reigning monarch ever, and being the first ever person to live in Buckingham Palace.

Queen Elizabeth II has two middle names actually, Alexandra and Mary - after her paternal great-grandmother Queen Alexandra and grandmother Queen Mary respectively.

in your bum

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth does not have nicknames.

A lot, the Queen (not The Crown) owns the Duchy of Lancaster, areas such as urban development, historic buildings etc. With the Income from the Duchy of Lancaster (about £400 million) And with Tourists from US ect, visiting the palace, it makes her wealth around £600 million. The Average upkeep of the royal family is about 67p from each Briton per year, that's a tiny amount to ask for and I don't see why people complain so much.

Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen married King William IV of the United Kingdom and became the Queen Adelaide (Queen Consort of the United Kingdom) in 1831.

After tryin Jimm BoB thistlequake and navin lic4cak tryed to over run tha thrown by tryinto ascasinate the queens pet corgies. The attemp did NT succeed soo wee must devise another plan muhahahaaha!