Queen Elizabeth II: 12 Unknown Facts About Queen Elizabeth of England.
Samaj Vikas Samvad
New Delhi,
Queen Elizabeth II: 12 Unknown Facts About Queen Elizabeth of England,
Britain’s longest-serving monarch, has recently died at Balmoral Palace in Scotland after a 70-year reign, leaving behind legacy of transformed royal democracy.
The queen was 96 years old when she departed for the heaven.
in the year 1952 Queen Elizabeth ascended the British throne and she continued to witnessed huge social changes worldwide during her lifetime as Queen Of 15 Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Queen Elizabeth was one of the few female rulers around the world,
who created a history of witnessing and aligning well with the changing global political, economical and social order during her reign as queen of England.
12 unknown facts about the Queen Elizabeth of England.
Here are 10 unknown facts about the recently deceased Queen Elizabeth of England, which all of us may not have heard before.
Elizabeth became the British Queen quite unexpectedly.
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Elizabeth became the British Queen quite unexpectedly, as Elizabeth II was never meant to be the Queen of England.
She was next in line to the throne after her uncle Edward VIII and father George VI.
But an incident in the royal family changed all the equations.
after marrying the widowed woman Wellis Simpson in 1936; King Edward VIII abdicated the British thorn.
She was then succeeded by Elizabeth’s father, George VI.
Elizabeth’s Father King George VI died on 2nd February 1952.
After his death, according to the rules, Young Elizabeth succeeded to the British throne.
As such, it can be said that George VI is the last male ruler of Britain.
Queen Elizabeth sent 175,000 telegrams, wrote 45,000 Christmas cards and distributed 90,000 Christmas cakes.
Queen Elizabeth sent lots of greetings Until her death, Queen Elizabeth carried out the tasks assigned to her in the British royal family.
According to the British royal family, Queen Elizabeth sent more than 175,000 telegrams to the Commonwealth and British colonies during her lifetime.
She also sent 5,40,000 telegrams at various times to married couples in the UK and the Commonwealth of Nations to wish them wedding anniversaries.
She also used to send regular telegrams to congratulate the newlyweds.
During her reign, Queen Elizabeth wrote around 45,000 Christmas cards and distributed 90,000 Christmas cakes to her palace staff.
Never before in the history of the world has any ruler distributed so many greetings and gifts.
Queen Elizabeth performed mime During the Second World War.
Starring Queen Elizabeth During the Second World War, she performed a mime with her younger sister.
She was only 15 years old then.
For the first time in the theatre, she played Prince Florizel opposite Princess Margaret.
Originally during the World War, two sisters planned something new to spend the Christmas holidays.
11-year-old Margaret requested a puppet show she saw at a high school concert.
Elizabeth easily agreed with her younger sister’s wisdom.
Thereafter the exhibition was organized every year from 1941 to 1944. Elizabeth performed in a total of four shows.
The first was Cinderella, the second was Sleeping Beauty, the third was Aladdin and the last was Old Mother Red Riding Boots.
While playing the Prince of Salvador in Sleeping Beauty, Elizabeth played the title role in the Aladdin show.
It was while acting in Aladdin that Prince Philip’s romance with her began.
This is confirmed by a letter written by his paternal grandmother.
All four paintings from the four exhibitions have been preserved till now.
Queen Elizabeth participated in World War II.
Queen Elizabeth participated in World War II.
The British government entered the World War II In September 1939,.
Lord Hailsham, suggested that Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret should be moved to Canada to avoid the bombardment.
But The mother of the British royal linage refused, saying,
“The children will not leave without me, I will not move without the king, And the king will never go.”
The princesses lived at Balmoral Castle in Scotland until Christmas 1939,
when they moved to Sandringham House in Norfolk.
They lived at Windsor Royal Lodge from February to May 1940,
before moving to Windsor Castle, where they lived for most of the next five years.
At Windsor, the princesses produced pantomimes at Christmas with the help of the Queen’s Wool Fund, which bought yarn to knit into military uniforms.
Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast during ‘BBC’s Children’s Hour’.
In 1940, 14-year-old Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast during ‘BBC’s Children’s Hour’, to other children who had been evacuated from the cities.
In her first ever address to the nation she said:
“We are trying our best to help our brave sailors, soldiers and airmen and we are also trying to bear our own share of the dangers and sorrows of war.
We know, all of us know, that everything will be alright in the end”.
This emotional appeal of responsible bravery placed her in the legacy of potential British royalty.
Elizabeth made her first solo public appearance on tour with the Grenadier Guards.
In 1943, Elizabeth made her first solo public appearance on tour with the Grenadier Guards, the year before she had been appointed colonel.
As she approached his 18th birthday, the British Parliament changed the law so that
she could act in case of his father’s incapacity or absence abroad, such as his visit to Italy in July 1944.
In February 1945, she was appointed to the Auxiliary Territorial Service as an Honorary Second Subaltern with No. 230873.
Elizabeth was given the rank of honorary junior commander; she was trained as an army driver and mechanic.
Young Elizabeth trained as an army driver and mechanic and
five months later she was given the rank of honorary junior commander (the female equivalent of captain at the time) in the British army.
Queen Elizabeth of England has received many strange gifts including live animals.
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During her long reign, Queen Elizabeth received a variety of strange gifts, including live animals.
According to the British royal family’s own website, he was gifted two turtles during a trip to Sicily in 1972.
On her silver wedding anniversary that same year,
she was gifted a seven-year-old wild elephant named Jumbo in Cameroon.
Then Queen Elizabeth received two black beavers as a gift during a royal visit to Canada.
All the animals are kept in London Zoo.
Apart from these, she was gifted with sunglasses, seven kg of prawns and a pair of shepherd’s shoes.
According to various researchers, there could be many more among the strange gifts received by the Queen,
the names or numbers of which the royal family spokesmen did not want to reveal.
Queen Elizabeth has given assent to more than 3,500 Acts of Parliament.
According to British rules, any legislation first passes through the House of Lords and then the House of Commons before reaching the Queen.
Later Queen Elizabeth and her trusted and responsible members of the royal family evaluated everything.
Then only the assent of the Queen was passed.
Since 1952, Queen Elizabeth has given assent to more than 3,500 Acts of Parliament.
The British Queen Elizabeth had more than 30 pet dogs.
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Queen Elizabeth was fond of dogs, The Queen had more than 30 pet dogs.
The first one she received as a gift on her 18th birthday in 1944.
Reportedly, the dog was named Suzanne and she took it with her on her honeymoon.
It is pertinent to note that in 1947 Elizabeth and Philip honeymooned in Broadland, Hampshire and Birkhall in Balmoral State.
Like Elizabeth, her grandmother Victoria loved dogs.
Most of Queen Victoria’s dogs were German Dachshunds.
In later life he owned several Scottish Collies.
One of the Scottish collies was named Noble.
Queen Elizabeth is believed to have inherited this trait from her paternal grandmother.
Elizabeth also received ration coupons from the government Like other British citizens.
There are also many stories about the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
According to The Telegraph, Elizabeth’s first engagement to Philip took place in 1946.
However, it was recognized after Elizabeth turned 21 on April 1, 1947.
The royal wedding of Elizabeth and Prince Philip took place on November 20 of the same year.
Like other British citizens, Queen Elizabeth also received ration coupons from the government.
Because even then she was not in any important position of the royal family.
Elizabeth kept the coupons for each time.
Then at the time of marriage the British government gave her another 200 ration coupons as a wedding gift.
She was asked to buy wedding essentials with the coupons she received as a gift in her post-wedding greetings.
Elizabeth’s American $37,000 wedding dress was 13 feet long, made of ivory silk & 10,000 pearls.
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Elizabeth’s wedding dress was 13 feet long.
It was brought from America along with various handicrafts in ivory silk cloth and 10,000 pearls.
According to The Telegraph, her wedding dress alone cost $37,000 to make and bring to Britain.
Even though Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have been married for 70 years,
her wedding dress has been carefully preserved until now.
The Queen was A responsible royal mother, who loved all her four children equally.
Elizabeth-Philip couple is the father of four children in total.
Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, were born before Elizabeth became Queen.
Queen Elizabeth became the first sovereign to have children after Prince Andrew was born in 1960.
Earlier, during her reign in 1857, Queen Victoria celebrated the arrival of Princess Beatrice.
Queen Elizabeth loved all her children equally.
As he did not treat any of the princes as special, the British royal family never broke up during his reign.
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