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10 fun facts about "cabbage" - the longest reigning queen in the history of Great Britain, Elizabeth II
Today, September 9, 2015, Queen Elizabeth II will beat the record of Queen Victoria and will become the longest reigning monarch of Great Britain! Site picked up dozens of little-known facts about the record holder. < 1. The journalists managed to calculate that just 63 years during the reign of Elizabeth II made 256 official visits to 129 countries.
2. It is interesting that none of these trips are not the queen took the passport, which she did and no, because all passports issued in the UK by its name.
3. Queen Elizabeth II is fluent in French and abroad often use this skill without resorting to the services of an interpreter.
4. A well-known fan of tea, the Queen prefers sort of "Earl Grey". However, as they say, not a single tea: before dinner monarch against drink gin and "Dabonneta" for better digestion.
5. In the case of holiday feasts at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II has always personally inspects serving, to the coming of the high-ranking guests at the main table everything was in perfect order.
6. Queen could marry at the age of 17 years - and the applicant hands and hearts of the young beauty played by none other than the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, her current husband. However, if the parents of Elizabeth II thought it is not ready for marriage and Philip agreed to the proposal, only four years later.
7. For the past decade for the queen in the country stuck the nickname "Lilibeth", but within the family the husband calls her "cabbage» (cabbage).
8. Once, during a visit to Australia, the journalists managed to shoot a violent scene where Elizabeth II, is rumored to be even threw in her husband's pair of tennis shoes and racquet. However, because of the great respect that all the British have for the monarch, this video was sent to Buckingham Palace, and subsequently never published.
9. During the reign of Elizabeth II brought the country's economy 57 billion pounds ($ 87 billion). As for the cost of the monarchy as a whole, of them journalists - on the eve of the holiday - tactfully silent.
10. Today (09/09/2015) Queen Elizabeth II took the throne 63 and 217 days - a day longer than Queen Victoria.
Read also: 10+ unexpected facts about the Queen of England
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2. It is interesting that none of these trips are not the queen took the passport, which she did and no, because all passports issued in the UK by its name.
3. Queen Elizabeth II is fluent in French and abroad often use this skill without resorting to the services of an interpreter.
4. A well-known fan of tea, the Queen prefers sort of "Earl Grey". However, as they say, not a single tea: before dinner monarch against drink gin and "Dabonneta" for better digestion.
5. In the case of holiday feasts at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II has always personally inspects serving, to the coming of the high-ranking guests at the main table everything was in perfect order.
6. Queen could marry at the age of 17 years - and the applicant hands and hearts of the young beauty played by none other than the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, her current husband. However, if the parents of Elizabeth II thought it is not ready for marriage and Philip agreed to the proposal, only four years later.
7. For the past decade for the queen in the country stuck the nickname "Lilibeth", but within the family the husband calls her "cabbage» (cabbage).
8. Once, during a visit to Australia, the journalists managed to shoot a violent scene where Elizabeth II, is rumored to be even threw in her husband's pair of tennis shoes and racquet. However, because of the great respect that all the British have for the monarch, this video was sent to Buckingham Palace, and subsequently never published.
9. During the reign of Elizabeth II brought the country's economy 57 billion pounds ($ 87 billion). As for the cost of the monarchy as a whole, of them journalists - on the eve of the holiday - tactfully silent.
10. Today (09/09/2015) Queen Elizabeth II took the throne 63 and 217 days - a day longer than Queen Victoria.
Read also: 10+ unexpected facts about the Queen of England
via tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/2244820
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