FIFTEEN THINGS ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of England was born on April 21^st, 1926. Elizabeth Alexandra Marie Windsor has been the queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since the death of her father King George the sixth in 1952 with a long life lived for every second in the glare of the public eye you might think that we all know every little thing there is to know about this highly respected and well-regarded monarch but here are 15 things that you didn't know about Queen Elizabeth Second.

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Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning British Monarch having been crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2^nd, 1953, at the age of 25 on September 9^th, 2015, Queen Elizabeth II overtook her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become the longest reigning British monarch with her tenure currently standing at over 65 years amazingly this puts her at only number 43 on the list of the world's longest reigning monarch although she is the longest reigning present incumbent topping the list with a reign of 82 years is King Sobhuza II of Swaziland.

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Queen Elizabeth II has two nicknames though we humble civilians wouldn't dream of calling her anything other than your Majesty the Queen actually has two nicknames that have been used for many years as a child her parents and other close family members knew her as Little Bet a sweet variation of Elizabeth and something you might have picked up on in the movies the King's Speech however one name you may not be so familiar with is the pet name that her husband - Duke of Edinburgh has for her to us she is Queen Elizabeth the second but to Prince Philip she is cabbage.

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Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to have celebrated a diamond wedding anniversary it is a little-known fact but the young Lilybeth actually wanted to get married to Prince Willa when she was just seventeen but her parents persuaded her to wait until she was 21 because they were worried that she was too young for the next big step in her life at that time the Duke of Edinburgh first formal request for marriage came which was only a teenager but being the perfect gentleman that he was he waited four more years to take her hand in marriage they have been happily ever when a for nearly sixty-eight years their marriage was filled with a wedding ring of the rare Welsh gold all royal wedding ring since 1923 have been made from this precious metal.

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The Queen of England enjoys all sorts of privileges being a head of state certainly has its perks the Queen has two birthdays her actual birthday is April 21^st but her official birthday is celebrated in June among her other privileges is being able to drive without a license and travel without a passport as Queen Elizabeth Windsor is exempt from income tax but she has been paying it voluntarily since 1992 she also cannot be arrested and his attempt from Freedom of Information request and among her strangest rights is that she owns all the mute swans on the river Thames and the whales’ dolphins and surgeon in British waters.

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Queen Elizabeth II is worth half a billion dollars it is estimated that Queen Elizabeth has a personal net worth of approximately 550 million dollars this wealth comes from multiple property holdings across her country including Balmoral Castle in Scotland fruit farms stud farms and marine land, of course, being sovereignty. The Queen also possesses lots of valuable art and fine jewelry including a collection of Faberge however many of the iconic associations of the Queen Buckingham Palace, for example, are not actually owned by the royal family but instead belong to the state.

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The Windsor family wealth is thirty billion dollars when you combine the personal fortune of all members of the Windsor family into a figure that represents what is known as the Crown's estate it is estimated to be thirty billion dollars this includes all the Queen's children and their spouses and children and the top rank of British royals including cousins and nephews and nieces of Queen Elizabeth II.

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The royal family contributes an estimated 58 billion to the UK economy this figure was quoted by brand finance in February 2017. It is an unprovable figure as it is made up of tangible and intangible assets such as goodwill and tourism generation company values that tangible assets of 26 billion dollars it estimates the long term value to the British economy that is the intangible assets at 32 billion dollars.

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Queen Elizabeth II is paid by the sovereign rent although massively wealthy in her own right. The Queen is effectively paid for her role as the British monarch and the royal family is financed mainly by the hereditary revenues of the crown prior to 2011. The official expenditure I'm a senior member of the family was paid for butter Civil List which awarded an annual amount the Civil List was replaced in 2011. Which introduced the sovereign grant the grant only covers a portion of the total cost of running the monarchy which is an estimated 375 million dollars a year. The British monarchy is the most expensive in Europe.

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Queen Elizabeth II owns a stable of prize-winning racehorses. The Queen's love and affection for everything horse related is no secret at 90 years old. She still likes to go riding you can often spot her majesty at multiple horse racing events across the UK throughout the year although it is said that she never places a bet the same cannot be said for her late mother the Queen's mother however as it was widely known that she had loved to spend a little of her fortune on the favored. She shared with her daughter that except for special events like Royal Ascot the Queen attends meets where her own horses are entered and enjoys their success the Racing Post reports that for the seasons of 2013 to 2017 166 of the Queen's entries 84 were winners bringing in the total prize money of 2.2 million Dollars.

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Queen Elizabeth II has a Rolls Royce limousine. There is absolutely no question that the Queen is to travel in style wherever she goes and here at left we don't think you can get more stylish than the iconic Royals Royce brand. The Queen has had a longtime association with the world's Royce owning - specifically modified phantom visits that were used to drive her through special historic occasions like the Silver Jubilee.

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The world's most expensive brooch is in Queen Elizabeth's ownership known effectively as granny chips the brooch is worth 62 million dollars it is called granny's chips because it is made from types of the famous Cullinan diamond this Simon was found in South Africa and presented to Edward the 7^TH. It was cut into various stones with two being sent into a brooch for Queen Mary one stone is ninety-four-point four carats pear-shaped and the other is sixty-three points six-carat cushion shape Queen Elizabeth inherited the brooch.

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When Queen Elizabeth II needs some cash sheerest draws it from her personal cash machine it is generally known that the Queen rarely carries cash however when the occasion calls for it she is able to withdraw money from a cash machine installed in Buckingham Palace courtesy of Koontz bank who have been in some way the bankers to the British crown.

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The queen travels more than 40 hundred thousand miles on an official engagement in 90 years. Queen Elizabeth II has visited more than 128 countries and made a total of 271 official trips including 78 state visits to the 128 countries Canada is the most visited with 27 trips followed by Australia at 18 times.

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The Queen travels in style naturally traveling so far and so often requires comfort and luxury and the Queen has a number of options at her disposal many of the official tours were undertaken on the royal yacht Britannia the luxury liner that went into service in April 1953 and took the Queen around the world until December of 1997 when it was decommissioned for flying the Queen has in the past to use both commercial flights always British Airways and chartered royal jet, however, she no longer takes scheduled flights and for train travel, although it is called the Train of Royal. It is in fact a series of special carriages which can be hooked up to the locomotive of the train company on whose network the Royals are traveling.

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Queen Elizabeth II has posed for more than 150 official portraits as the British monarch Queen Elizabeth's picture is seen by millions every day as her head is featured on all UK bank notes and all UK stamps there is also an infinite number of photographs featuring the Queen and anyone can create artwork using her image however there is a fine number of official portraits there are specially commissioned they might mark a special occasion such as a birthday anniversary or in a royal birth etc. or they might be commissioned by an organization with whom the Queen has a long-standing association the last official portrait was commissioned on behalf of the British Red Cross for whom she has been patrons for 63 years we've reached the end of our insight into the very privileged life of Queen Elizabeth and a second.