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unusual facts about 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.

Barberà de la Conca

For a while it functioned as a public school after Queen Elizabeth II ceded the rights to the municipality.

Big Horn, Wyoming

Queen Elizabeth II stayed in Big Horn in October 1984 during a visit with her close friends, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, (née Jeanne Wallop) at Senator and Mrs. Wallop's Canyon Ranch.

Blore

Blore Hall was the home of the Bassett family, (from whom the Queen is descended) ; William Bassett, the last of the male line, died in 1601 and his magnificent alabaster tomb, erected by his wife about 1630, can be seen in the church.

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.

British Rail corporate liveries

In 1977 two Class 47 locomotives, 47163 and 47164, were painted by Stratford TMD with silver roofs and other decorations including a full body height Union Flag on each side, in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee.

Burton P. C. Hall

Hall was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001, and in 2003 he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester (KSS) by Pope John Paul II.

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.

Edmund Ser

He studied tailoring from a master cutter who fashioned clothes for Queen Elizabeth II.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Diana, Princess of Wales was his descendant as well as every reigning British monarch from George I to the current Queen Elizabeth II.

Franklin Miller

He has received the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in the grade of Grand Officer, the French Legion of Honor in the grade of Officer, and, in December 2006, he was awarded an honorary knighthood, a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), by Queen Elizabeth II.

Future ship project 21

FSP21 is a proposal to construct a replacement vessel for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's yacht "HMY Britannia", retired in 1997.

Graham Townsend

He toured extensively throughout Europe and in Australia for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Canadian government, and gave a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II.

H. J. Heinz II

In 1979, Queen Elizabeth II made Heinz an Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, citing him "for significant contribution in the furtherance of British-American relationships, especially in the cultural, educational and economic fields."

History of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

In 1954, the College was awarded royal patronage by Queen Elizabeth II - for its service to the Commonwealth in the area of education and for its contribution to the war effort; and was officially renamed the "Royal Melbourne Technical College".

Howard Lew Lewis

His father Oswald Tenby-Lewis was awarded membership of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by Queen Elizabeth II for his personal services to the royal family.

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.

Kazakhstan–United Kingdom relations

President Nazarbayev, along with several Kazakh business leaders, met with Evans, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth II, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Lord Mayor John Stuttard and Jean Lemierre, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in London, England on 21 and 22 November 2006.

Kilve

This part of the village, formerly known as Putsham, also contains the village hall, which was extended to celebrate the coronation of Queen 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 .

Lee Iu-cheung

Dr. Lee's awards include an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by HM King George VI in 1949, an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1952 and a C.B.E (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1958, the latter both awarded by HM 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.

Michael Ogio

On 26 April 2011, Queen Elizabeth II conferred the honour of Knighthood and invested him as Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George on his appointment as Governor-General of Papua New Guinea at Windsor Castle.

Negru de Purcari

The wine is produced in some Moldovan wineries, mainly in the Purcari area of the Stefan Voda district of Moldova (the Southwestern wine zone); it is locally called the "Queen of England’s wine", because Queen Elizabeth II regularly orders the 1990 vintage.

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.

Pardon for Morant, Handcock and Witton

In October 2009, the Australian military lawyer, Commander James William Unkles, of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve sent petitions for pardons for Morant, Handcock, and Witton to both Queen Elizabeth II and to the Petitions Committee of the Australian House of Representatives in October 2009.

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.

Robert Henry Solly

He maintained his seat on the Council for the remainder of his life, punctuated by his one year term as Lord Mayor of Melbourne in 1953-54, which was most notable for the high profile visit in 1954 of Queen Elizabeth II.

Roll of the Peerage

It was created by Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II dated 1 June 2004, is maintained by the Crown Office within the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice, and is published by the College of Arms.

Rosina Raisbeck

After leaving Covent Garden in 1953, she sang frequently in concert, and was one of the huge choir at Westminster Abbey that sang during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Samuel S. Coursen

In continuous service since, the ferry has carried heads of state visiting Governors Island and New York City including Queen Elizabeth II in her first visit as queen on October 21, 1957, and the King of Norway in a visit in the early 1990s.

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.

Silk Cut

Production company Gallaher held a Royal Warrant of Appointment for 122 years, until the warrant was revoked in 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II; the Prince of Wales' rigorous anti-smoking campaigning is thought to be a major influence on that decision.

South African republic referendum, 1960

When the Republic of South Africa was declared on 31 May 1961, Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state, and the last Governor General of the Union, Charles R. Swart, took office as the first State President.

The Queen's Walk

The creation of pedestrian access along the south bank of the Thames was seen as an integral part of the creation of the Jubilee Walkway to mark the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.

Tony Kettle

Completed ahead of schedule in 2002 and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, the Falkirk Wheel honours the bold vision and imagination behind the Millennium Link itself.

Victorian state election, 1955

Leader of the Liberal and Country Party, Trevor Oldham, had died on 2 May 1952 in a plane crash on his way to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Village sign

Many signs commemorate significant events such as the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the passing of Millennium or local celebrations such as the centenary of the formation of local councils.

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.

Wolfson Centre for Magnetics

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

World Athletes Monument

The monument was dedicated during the Centennial Olympic Games by Lord Morris of Castle Morris representing Queen Elizabeth II.


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Ackland

Heber Ackland, Royal Navy commander and equerry to Queen Elizabeth II

Addington Palace

In 1953, it was leased to the Royal School of Church Music, initially to house choirboys assembled from all over Britain to sing at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.

Adeane

Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane (1910-1984), private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II

Coins of the South African pound

The obverse features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Mary Gillick, while the reverse continued the previous designs by George Kruger Gray.

Country definitives

Each stamp had a reduced size portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin with a national emblem in the top left corner, the latter designed by Jeffery Matthews.

Craig Hawker

Jumping into the world of polymer chemistry, he undertook a post-doctoral fellowship with Professor Jean Fréchet at Cornell University from 1988 to 1990 and then returned to the University of Queensland as a Queen Elizabeth II Fellow from 1991 to 1993.

Edward of Wessex

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (born 1964), youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II

Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht

This link makes Sarah Ferguson and her ex-spouse, Queen Elizabeth II's second son Prince Andrew, Duke of York, distant cousins.

George Kruger Gray

The reverse design for the crown (5 shillings) of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II was later used for the Krugerrand beginning in 1967.

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the tiara, designed by Arnold Machin, has appeared on many Commonwealth currencies, including those of Britain, Australia, Jamaica, Canada and Ceylon.

Heseltine

William Heseltine (born 1930), former Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II

History of Hong Kong Police

HRH Princess Alexandra was appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to become the Commandant General of the Royal Hong Kong Police.

Karl Bélanger

He remained Senior press secretary under the interim leadership of Nycole Turmel, who later gave him one of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals every member of parliament was allowed to hand out.

Keiko Holmes

Holmes was awarded the O.B.E by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on 28 April 1998.

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.

Marion Coakes

In her second season as a senior Marion won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup—a former international ladies class event—that took place at the Royal International Horse Show.

Mark Bedford

He also performed with them both on the roof of Buckingham Palace in June 2012 as part of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Concert and for the band's appearance in August at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Michael Bowes-Lyon

Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1928–1987), first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret

Michael Vernon

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1985 for services to consumer affairs and was also awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, also for services to consumer affairs.

Nicholas Bacon

Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet (born 1953), Premier Baronet of England, lawyer, and Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II

Princess Elizabeth Land

Princess Elizabeth Land was named by Mawson after Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Belfast

In 1966 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip opened the "Queen Elizabeth II bridge".

Ryde School with Upper Chine

In late 2012, Dr Nicholas England was announced as a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and also, his replacement following his retirement in the summer of 2013 was announced as Mark Waldron, the head of The English College in Prague.

Sandy Pflueger

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

Westminster Abbey

# 14 November 1973: Princess Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II was married to Captain Mark Phillips