Little-known secrets about Queen Elizabeth II

Besides the things everyone has heard about Queen Elizabeth II such as her royal hats, her long marriage with Prince Philip and her love for the Welsh dog breed, the queen also has other secret that few people know.

1. She has two birthdays

Everyone has a birthday. Some people want to extend this special anniversary for up to a week, but probably no one celebrates it twice a year continuously like the Queen of England. This is because Britain rarely has sunny days, so the country decided to choose a Saturday in June, which is summer, to celebrate the queen’s official birthday. As for her real birthday on April 21 with a high chance of rain, she will celebrate it privately within the family.

2. She had more than 30 Welsh dogs during her reign

Most people who own dogs will have a beloved dog during their childhood and have one or two more as adults. But the queen had 30 dogs during her reign. Her first corgi was an 18th birthday gift, named Susan. The dogs that followed were all descendants of Susan. Currently, the Queen owns five Welsh dogs, Emma, Linnet, Monty, Holly and Willow, along with four other dorgi dogs named Cider, Berry, Candy and Vulcan.

3. She used to be a Boy Scout

In 1937, at the age of 10 or 11, Elizabeth II became a scout with Princess Margaret. They were members of Buckingham Place, unit number 1 and she had been captain.

4. She does not have a passport or driver’s license

Although Queen Elizabeth II has traveled all over the world, she does not have a passport. This is natural because the person who issues the British passport is her. She also does not need a driver’s license for the same reason. You might assume that the queen has her own driver to accompany her from place to place. However, the queen still regularly drives one of her favorite cars, the Range Rover, around the royal grounds.

5. She has Facebook

The Queen doesn’t have her own profile page where people can add friends or “like” a status of hers, but there is an official community page for the British monarchy. This page has more than 1.2 million “likes” and regularly posts every day. The articles range from facts about historical milestones to adorable photos of little Prince George.

6. She was the first person from the state to send an email

In 1976, before most of us were aware of email, and before the invention of the modern Internet, the Queen sent her first email. The email was sent over ARPANET, the predecessor to today’s Internet, and was sent from a military research facility. There were no other details about the email’s content or who received it.

7. She survived a shooting and a stalker

On 13 June 1981, during the Queen’s official birthday celebration, a bullet was fired into the parade while the Queen was riding her horse. Luckily, the bullet hit point blank. The Queen patted her horse and continued walking. The shooter was a teenager haunted by the assassinations of John Lennon and JFK. This guy spent years in a mental prison after the failed incident.

Even more shocking, a man named Michael Fagan broke into the castle not once, but twice in 1982. The first time, he entered through a maid’s window, causing her to She was startled but no one believed her story. Meanwhile, the intruder wandered the palace hallways and drank Prince Charles’s wine and then left because he didn’t know where to go next. Fagan returned a few weeks later and this time he crawled through a window, which unfortunately turned out to be the Queen’s bedroom window. The bold man woke the queen and she quickly called for help. Fagan was arrested soon after.

8. She has racing pigeons

This is probably one of the most bizarre on the list because a lot of people don’t know that pigeons can race. But in fact, there has been a long history of royal pigeon racing. This tradition began in 1886 when King Leopold II of Belgium presented racing pigeons as a gift to the British Royal family. The sport started there and Queen Elizabeth II is a patron of several racing pigeon clubs.

9. She was an army driver and mechanic during World War II

This may explain the Queen’s penchant for driving around the castle. After begging her father to join the army during World War II and being accepted, the Queen trained as a truck driver and mechanic. At the age of 18, she began serving in the army and completed her duties well. To date, Elizabeth II remains the only queen to have joined the army.