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unusual facts about Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom



Alan Kendall

With the Bee Gees, Kendall appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, a Command Performance for the Queen of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous other live performances.

Angus Munn

Munn was a Knight Commander in the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, past Grand Prior of the Priory of Canada, Honorary Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Arthur Wint

He ran his final race in 1953 at Wembley Stadium, finished his internship, graduated as a doctor and the following year he was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

British Embassy, Berlin

Ground was broken at the site on 29 June 1998 by Derek Fatchett MP, and the new building opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 18 July 2000.

Caleys

Caleys held two royal warrants, at the time of the closure, as 'supplier of household and fancy goods' to Her Majesty The Queen and as 'supplier of household and fancy goods and millinery' to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Canadian cultural protectionism

The report also looked at Canadian children's general knowledge of their government and most could not identify the Canadian head of state (Queen Elizabeth II) and the basis for Canada's law and founding (the British North America Act 1867).

Cannabis coffee shop

Depicted are Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Beatrix, Hu Jintao, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Silvio Berlusconi.

Chay Blyth

In 1997, Blyth was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to sailing.

G major

This is in part because of its relative ease of playing on both keyboard and string instruments: its scale comprises only one black note on the keyboard, all of a guitar's six strings can be played open in G, half of the strings on the mandolin and violin/fiddle are in the G chord when open, and the banjo is usually tuned to open G. It is the key stipulated by Queen Elizabeth II to be used for "God Save the Queen" in Canada.

Gannex

After Wilson, then the opposition trade spokesman, wore a Gannex coat on a world tour in 1956, the raincoats became fashion icons, and were worn by world leaders such as Lyndon Johnson, Mao Zedong, and Nikita Khrushchev, as well as by Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the royal corgis.

George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle

These plaques have been set up in numerous places, notably at Portsmouth Cathedral by the then First Sea Lord, Admiral The Lord West in 2005, and by the HM The Queen during her visit to Tallinn in 2010.

Gertrude Johnson

After the war the company continued to tour nationally, and in 1954 gave a Royal Command Performance at Melbourne's Princess Theatre in front of Queen Elizabeth II.

Graham Leonard

Leonard was the brother-in-law to the late academic Michael Swann (Lord Swann of Coln St Denys) and Hugh Swann, cabinet maker to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, having married their sister, Priscilla Swann, in 1943.

Hotel Trubble

She claims to be a marathon runner, running the London Marathon 30 years ago (in 2009) even though it was established in 1981, the Queen's cousin, a former actress and a grandmother.

Jamestown Settlement

The highlight for many of the nearly 25,000 at the Festival Park on October 16, 1957 was the visit and speech of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her consort, Prince Philip.

Jan Morris

She reported the success of Hillary and Tenzing in a coded message to the newspaper, "Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday stop awaiting improvement", and by happy coincidence the news was released on the morning of Queen Elizabeth's coronation.

John Northey

He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 October 2000 for his contributions to Australian football.

Jumbo Kingdom

Over 30 million visitors have visited Jumbo Kingdom, including Queen Elizabeth II, John Wayne, Tom Cruise, and Gong Li.

Karabakh horse

In 1956 a Karabakh stallion named Zaman, along with an Akhal-Teke named Mele-Kush was presented by the Soviet government to the Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II.

Lady Elizabeth Cavendish

Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish CVO (born 24 April 1926) was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret from the late-1940s until the latter's death in 2002 .

Lifelines

Look-alikes of Desmond Tutu, Madonna, and Queen Elizabeth are included, among others.

Louis Garneau

Apart from the fame stemming from his eponymous company, he is probably best known for putting his arm around Elizabeth II while having his photo taken, thus breaking what the United Kingdom considers royal protocol.

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

She was the maternal grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

Manor Royal

Manor Royal was officially named and opened by HRH Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on the 25 January 1950.

Manx pound

The front of all Manx banknotes have a pledge to honour the banknotes (the "promise to pay the bearer on demand") in the name of the Isle of Man Government, and feature images of the Lord of Mann Queen Elizabeth II (not wearing a crown) and the triskelion (three legs emblem) and motto.

Maria Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (1889–1975), Captain in the Grenadier Guards, fought in the First World War and served in the household of King George V, his widow and Queen Elizabeth II as Deputy Master of the Household, as Extra Equerry, as Equerry in Ordinary and as Comptroller, Treasurer and Extra Equerry.

Marryatville High School

The music centre's ensembles performed at the opening of the new Adelaide International Airport, for Queen Elizabeth II and in Disneyland.

Mineko Iwasaki

She entertained numerous celebrities and foreign dignitaries including United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles.

Nat Fein

Albert Einstein, Ty Cobb, Queen Elizabeth and Harry S. Truman were among the many public figures that he photographed.

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

In 1992, he was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with the title of Commander of Order of the British Empire (CBE).

No. 220 Squadron RAF

In 1953 the Squadron aircraft flew in formation in the flypast on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Northmoor Green

The Village Hall was built to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Onnig Cavoukian

During his career, Cavouk's subjects included Indira Gandhi, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, Oscar Peterson, Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, Leonid Brezhnev, Patrick Macnee, Hubert Humphrey, and Pat Nixon.

Percy Neville Barnett

Commissioning Adrian Feint and George David Perrottet to design plates which were to be gifts to the Prince of Wales and Princess Elizabeth, and which would also be included in his Woodcut Book-plates (1934).

Prince Albert Challenge Cup

The Cup was accepted by the Regatta in the presence of H.M. The Queen at Buckingham Palace in June 2006.

Prince of Wales Glacier

Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh

It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibits works from the Royal Collection.

Riverside Ground

Other facilities at the ground continued being built over subsequent years, and the club's Don Robson Pavilion was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1996.

Sandy Pflueger

On 1 February 1997, Sandy Pflueger married British Olympian and coach of the American Eventing team, Captain Mark Phillips, whose first wife was Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

Stafford Sands

His portrait appeared on the 10 Bahamian dollar note from 2001 until 2005, and again since 2010, while it was replaced by that of Queen Elizabeth II.

Stuart Shilson

Stuart Shilson LVO was the Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2001 until 2004, when he returned to management consultants McKinsey & Company, for whom he had formerly worked.

Telford College of Arts and Technology

In 2008 the college celebrated the Queens Anniversary Award with a visit to Buckingham Palace to meet Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie

Virginia Fortune Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, DCVO (b. 9 February 1933) Newport, New Jersey is an American-born Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.

In May 2007, she accompanied Queen Elizabeth II on her trip to the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of England's first American settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

Wolfson Centre for Magnetics

In 2000 Queen Elizabeth II visited Cardiff University and also saw some activity of the WCM.

Zunfthaus zur Meisen

In 19th century, Gottfried Keller and Ferdinand Hodler were among the most famous guests of the former «Café zur Meisen», in the 20th century Gustaf V of Sweden, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Jimmy Carter.


see also

Mangasha Seyum

In 1965, he was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Sandy Pflueger

Pflueger is also stepmother to Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips, the oldest grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.