08 Things you Might Don't know about Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

From 6 February 1952 until her passing in 2022, Elizabeth II reigned over the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth states. She held the title of monarch in 15 of the 32 sovereign states where she governed as queen regnant during her lifetime. She ruled for 70 years and 214 days, the longest known tenure for a female head of state in history and the longest of any British monarch. She wed former Greek and Danish royal Philip Mountbatten in November 1947; their union lasted 73 years, until he passed away in April 2021. They had four kids together. Now let us discuss the seven things you might not know about Queen Elizabeth II currently.

(08) She was homeschooled

The last members of the royal family to have their formal education at home were the Queen and Princess Margaret. Both their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, oversaw their education. Although neither sister received any formal education, their knowledge was extensive. The young Princess Elizabeth later became fluent in both French and German. The pair were taught to read and write by their mother until they were seven years old.

Henry Marten, the vice provost of Eton, taught the monarch about the development of the constitutional system. The former princess also studied arithmetic, history, dancing, art, and singing, according to royalcentral.co.uk. A string of native-speaking governesses taught the young Elizabeth II French. In order for her to interact with girls her own age, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company of the Girl Guides was launched.

(07) At age 25, she was declared queen.

When her father, King George VI, passed away at the age of 56 on February 6, 1952, Elizabeth took the throne at the age of 25. Elizabeth and Prince Philip were traveling to Kenya on official business at the time. When her uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in December 1936, it was no longer anticipated that she would succeed to it. Following that, on June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in the heart of London. A TV audience of 20 million people watched this moment. After being crowned, she assumed leadership of seven separate Common Wealth nations.

Elizabeth II presided over seven independent nations in 1952, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon(Sri lanka). Since then, former colonies and dependencies have gained their freedom, and some realms have evolved into republics. She also serves as the Commonwealth's Head of State.

(06) She was the monarch who traveled the most in history.

She was the most traveled monarch, covering at least 1,032,513 miles while visiting 117 different nations, which is why she is referred to as the "million mile Queen." To put that into perspective, that is the same as 42 trips around the globe's diameter. The Queen's travel life was always  important to her. She spent decades studying various cultures while traversing the globe on numerous occasions while residing at Buckingham Palace, making her the most traveled monarch. The Queen always knew how to make a stylish world tour. Here we take a closer look at her life in travel.

(05) She was the British monarch who served the longest.

a record being broken. Elizabeth II surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to become Britain's longest-reigning queen as of 5:30 p.m. British time on September 9, 2015. At the time, Elizabeth was 89 years old and had been queen for 23,226 days, 16 hours, and roughly 30 minutes. celebrating 70 years of wedlock

(04) Queen Elizabeth became a homeowner at just six years old

The Queen is a large-scale landowner in the UK. The Queen could sell any of these as she pleases; some of them are owned by the Crown Estate while others are privately owned. The Crown Estate is the owner of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, Windsor Castle in Berkshire, Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland, and Buckingham Palace in London. The Queen inherited her father's private property holdings. They are Sandringham House in Norfolk, Balmoral Castle in Scotland's Aberdeenshire, Craigowan Lodge in Norway, and Delnadamph Lodge in Norway.

However these properties were given to the Queen upon her coronation, but one British property had belonged to her since she was six years old, albeit as a joint owner. The Welsh people gave the Queen and Princess Margaret a straw-thatched cottage on the grounds of the Windsor Royal Lodge for their birthdays in March 1932. The little cottage had a garden with hedges and borders and was well furnished. At the time the house was created by architect Edmund Willmott, no one anticipated that the six-year-old princess would one day become Queen. The home has been called "the most glamorous Wendy house ever" by Princess Beatrice, granddaughter of the Queen.

(03) Corgis were Princess Elizabeth's favorite dog.

Since she was a little kid and felt in love with the corgis owned by the Marquess of Bath's children, the Queen has had a special affection for corgis. In 1933, Dookie was welcomed home by King George VI. One of the many changes that the passing of Queen Elizabeth II has brought about for Britain is one that will impact the four tiniest and maybe cutest members of the royal family. These include a cocker spaniel, two corgis, a corgi-dachshund hybrid, and a dorgi.

(02) Princess Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast in October 1940, during the Second World War.

Princess Elizabeth, at 14 years old, made her first public speech and radio broadcast in October 1940 on the BBC's Children's Hour, giving a "message of sincere sympathy" to refugees during World War II. She is massaging from underneath.

In wishing you all 'good evening' I feel that I am speaking to friends and companions who have shared with my sister and myself many a happy Children's Hour. Thousands of you in this country have had to leave your homes and be separated from your fathers and mothers. My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all.

To you, living in new surroundings, we send a message of true sympathy and at the same time we would like to thank the kind people who have welcomed you to their homes in the country. All of us children who are still at home think continually of our friends and relations who have gone overseas - who have travelled thousands of miles to find a wartime home and a kindly welcome in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America.

My sister and I feel we know quite a lot about these countries. Our father and mother have so often talked to us of their visits to different parts of the world. So it is not difficult for us to picture the sort of life you are all leading, and to think of all the new sights you must be seeing, and the adventures you must be having.

But I am sure that you, too, are often thinking of the Old Country. I know you won't forget us; it is just because we are not forgetting you that I want, on behalf of all the children at home, to send you our love and best wishes - to you and to your kind hosts as well.

Before I finish I can truthfully say to you all that we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear our own share of the danger and sadness of war.

We know, everyone of us, that in the end all will be well; for God will care for us and give us victory and peace. And when peace comes, remember it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place.

My sister is by my side and we are both going to say goodnight to you.

Come on, Margaret.

Goodnight, children.

Goodnight, and good luck to you all.

(01) She was the first British Monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland

On the request of Irish President Mary McAleese, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, paid a state visit to the Republic of Ireland from May 17–20, 2011. Since Elizabeth's grandfather King George V's tour of the region in 1911, when the entire island of Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, this was the first trip by a reigning British monarch to the region that is now the Republic of Ireland. Even though it was the Queen's first trip to the Republic, she had previously visited Ireland on numerous occasions during her reign, but she had never ventured beyond Northern Ireland.

 Also, President Mary Robinson and President McAleese paid her a personal visit in London in May 1993 and 1997, respectively. As the first Irish president to conduct a state visit to the UK, President Michael D. Higgins returned the Queen's visit in April 2014.