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Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth’s full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. As a child she called herself “Lilibet’, a name that members of her family still use.

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Elizabeth was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. She studied French, history, art and music, learned to ride and swim.

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The Queen has 2 birthdays – her real one, on the 26 th of April, and an official one, on the second Saturday of June each year.

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The British royal family goes back more than a thousand years. Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s 40 th monarch.

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Elizabeth II is a ‘constitutional monarch’. This means that the country is actually run by the government, led by the Prime Minister. So she isn’t a political force. She is a symbol of Britain’s long history and traditions.

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In the 60 years of her reign, the country has had 12 prime ministers. She became Queen so long ago, David Cameron hadn’t even been born!

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In the past 60 years, Elizabeth II has been on 261 official visits to 116 different countries.

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The Queen in the only person in Great Britain who doesn’t have a passport! She is also the only person in the country who can drive without a licence or number plate on her state car.

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The Queen’s hobby is photography. She also enjoys horse racing, fishing and walking in the countryside.

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Queen Elizabeth joined Facebook in November 2010, with a page called the British Monarchy. She joined Twitter in 2009, and now teams at Buckingham Palace tweet daily updates.

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The Queen has many hats, because she always wears one when she is out on royal visits. She has worn more than 5,000 different hats over the past 60 years.

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She speaks French very well and often uses the language during her state visits. She doesn’t need an interpreter.

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