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Achivments the queen Elizabeth II

1.

Achievements of the
British Queen
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3.

The Queen carries out a great
many important tasks on behalf
of the nation.

Head
of
state
As Head of State, the Queen goes on
official State visits abroad. She also
invites other world leaders to come to
the United Kingdom. During their visit,
Heads of State usually stay at
Buckingham Palace, or sometimes at
Windsor Castle or Holyroodhouse in
Edinburgh.

5.

Head of the
Armed
Forces
The Queen is also the Head
of the Armed Forces. She is
the only person who can
declare when the country is
at war and when war is
over, although she must
take advice from her
government first.

6.

Head of the Church of
England
The Queen is Head of the
Church of England - a
position that all British
monarchs have held
since it was founded by
Henry VIII in the 1530s.
The Queen appoints
archbishops and bishops
on the advice of the
Prime Minister.
The spiritual leader of the
Church of England is the
Archbishop of
Canterbury.

7.

Represents the Nation
The Queen represents the nation at times of great
celebration or sorrow. One example of this is Remembrance
Day ceremony at the Cenotaph monument in Whitehall. The
Queen lays a wreath there each year to honour the members
of the armed forces who have died fighting for their country.

8.

Royal Garden Parties
At least three Royal Garden Parties are
held at Buckingham Palace each year and
about 8,000 guests attend each one.

9.

Visits
Alongside her other duties the Queen
spends a huge amount of time travelling
around the country visiting hospitals,
schools, factories and other places and
organisations.

10.

Interesting
Facts about
the Queen

11.

Interesting Facts about the
Queen
The Queen is the fifth longest
serving British monarch

12.

Only four other kings and queens in
British history have reigned for 54
years or more. These are:
Queen
Victoria
1837-1901
(63 years)

13.

King
George III
1760-1820
(59 years)

14.

James VI
of
Scotland,
1567-1625,
James I of
England
1603- 25
(58 years)

15.

King Henry III
12161272
(56 years)

16.

Every Tuesday the Queen is visited by the Prime Minister
As Head of State, The Queen maintains close contact with the
Prime Minister, with whom she has a weekly audience when she is
in London.
Over the reign, Her Majesty has given regular Tuesday evening
audiences to 10 Prime Ministers.

17.

The Queen and Duke
of Edinburgh have
been married for 60
years.
They were married
on 20 November
1947 in Westminster
Abbey.
The Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh
are both great, great
grandchildren of
Queen Victoria.

18.

The Queen sends a telegraph to people
who reach the grand age of 100 years
The Queen has sent 100,000 telegrams to centenarians
in the UK and the Commonwealth.

19.

The Queen sends a telegraph to
couples celebrating their diamond
wedding aniversary.
The Queen has sent more than 280,000 telegrams to couples
in the UK and the Commonwealth celebrating their diamond
wedding (60 years) anniversary.

20.

The Queen has two birthdays
The Queen's real birthday is on 21
April and the date is a private
celebration.
The Queen's public birthday is
celebrated in June with Trooping of
the Colours.

21.

Every year the Queen opens
Parliament
The Queen has opened Parliament every year except
1959 and 1963, when she was expecting Prince Andrew
and Prince Edward respectively.

22.

The Queen favourite pet are
her Corgis
The Queen has owned
more than 30 corgis
during her reign,
starting with Susan who
was a present for her
18th birthday in 1944. A
good proportion of
these have been direct
descendants from
Susan. Her Majesty
currently has five corgis
- Monty, Willow, Holly,
Emma and Linnet.

23.

24.

The Queen has 9 Royal
Thrones
One at the House of Lords, two at Westminster Abbey,
and six in the throne room at Buckingham Palace.

25.

Things The
Queen was
first to do

26.

In 1953–54 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II became the
first monarch to circumnavigate the globe on a
six month around-the-world tour with H.R.H
Prince Philip also becoming the first to visit
Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

27.

Queen Elizabeth II is the first monarch to send her
children to boarding schools in order to remove
them from the ever-probing media.

28.

Queen Elizabeth II was the first, and so far
only, female member of the royal family to
actually serve in the armed forces, though
other royal women have been given honorary
ranks.

29.

Queen Elizabeth II was the first British monarch
since the Act of Union, in 1801, to be out of the
country at the moment of succession, and also the
first in modern times not to know the exact time of
her accession (because George VI had died in his
sleep at an unknown time). She was in Kenya.

30.

Buckingham Palace was opened to the public for
the first time
Queen Elizabeth II was the first British Monarch to
visit China when she visited in 1986.

31.

Who will be
the next King
or Queen?

32.

Tony Blair 1997-2007

33.

Prince Charles, The Prince of
Wales

34.

Prince Charles is
presently heir (next in
line) to the British
throne. He will not
become king until his
mother, Queen
Elizabeth, abdicates
(gives up the throne),
retires or dies. When
either of these happen,
Prince Charles may
abdicate and pass the
throne to his eldest son
Prince William.

35.

What is the title of the heir to the
British throne?
The heir to the
throne is always
called the Prince
of Wales. The
title was
introduced by
King Edward l in
1301, after the
conquest of
Wales.

36.

If the eldest child of the monarch is
female, will she become heir to the
throne?Yes, if she does not have any
brothers.
No, if she has a brother.
In Britain the crown was
normally passed from monarch
to eldest son. As King George VI
had no son, it passed to his
elder daughter, now Queen
Elizabeth II.
If a monarch had sons, they
took precedence over
daughters: thus, although HR
The Princess Royal is older than
her brothers HRH The Duke of
York and HRH The Earl of
Wessex, they (and their
children) precede her in the

37.

From 2013, this all changes. Now the oldest child in herit the
throne regardless of being a daughter or a son. This means that if
William and Kate had had a daughter she would have inherited
the throne even if she had a younger brother.

38.

The current Royal Line of Succession
is:
1.
HRH The Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales (1948), eldest son of HM Queen
Elizabeth II
2.
HRH Prince William of Wales (1982), elder son of HRH The Prince Charles, The
Prince of Wales
3.
Prince George of Cambridge (b 2013), son of Prince William, Duke of
Cambridge
4.
HRH Prince Henry of Wales (popularly referred to as Prince Harry), (1984),
younger son of HRH The Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
5.
HRH The Prince Andrew, The Duke of York (1960), second son of HM Queen
Elizabeth II