Does the Queen need a passport to travel? Where was Elisabeth when she learned that she was succeeding her father? Which country cut ties with the British monarchy last year? On this February 6, the seventieth anniversary of the accession of the sovereign to the throne of England, test your knowledge by playing the quiz of International mail.
Never had a monarch reached the bar of seventy years of reign, across the Channel. Until this Sunday, February 6, with Elisabeth II, queen of all records. Absolute ruler of globetrotters, too.
“She is the queen of miles”, press The Daily Telegraph. Since 1952, Her Majesty has traveled over 1.7 million kilometres. Walked the soil of 120 countries. Danced in Accra with Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, in 1961, “at a time when racial segregation was still relevant in the U.S.United States”. Shaking hands with Marshal Tito, in 1972 in Yugoslavia, behind the iron curtain. “Rest and relaxation? Very little for her”, London daily life is fun. His favorite destination? Canada, visited 27 times.
In seven decades, Elizabeth witnessed the fall of the British Empire up close, as during a visit to Guyana, just one hundred days before the country’s independence in 1966. Then the consolidation of the Commonwealth. Now 95 years old, the monarch lifts her foot. His last trip outside the United Kingdom, scheduled for the end of 2021, was canceled for health reasons. But the queen continues to honor her commitments in the four corners of the kingdom. The equivalent of 42 laps of the globe later, the hour of rest and relaxation still does not seem to have come.