With the announcement of Elizabeth II’s death, Thursday, at the age of 96, there are secret facts about the Queen, who was Britain’s most popular queen, and ascended the throne for the longest period in the history of the United Kingdom.
The newspaper publishedAndbandentBritish, a report that monitors 6 secret facts about the life of the Queen, who sat on the throne of Britain for seventy years.
She didn’t have a passport
Since a British passport is issued in the Queen’s name, it is not necessary for the Queen to have one.
The cover of the British passport contains the following wording: “Her Majesty’s Foreign Secretary, and in the name of Her Majesty, requests all persons concerned to allow the bearer to pass freely without permit or hindrance and to grant the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.”
Elizabeth II also did not need a “driving licence”, according to The Independent.
You weren’t born to be a queen
When Elizabeth’s grandfather George V died in 1936, his eldest son (Elizabeth’s uncle) King Edward VIII became the heir to the throne, however, Edward loved American Wallis Simpson, and had to choose between the crown and his heart, in the end, Edward chose Simpson and abdicated the crown, according toBiography.
As the daughter of King George V’s youngest son, the young Elizabeth had little chance of assuming the throne until her uncle Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) abdicated in favor of her father on December 11, 1936.
The event changed the course of her life, and made her the presumed heir to the British crown, as her father, King George VI, took the throne in 1937, and she became the presumptive heir to the throne of Britain, according to the website “”britannica“.
In the summer of 1951, King George VI’s health seriously deteriorated, and on February 6, 1952, Elizabeth II, aged 25, took the throne.
Since that date, she assumed the routine duties of the King and carried out her first term in Parliament on November 4, 1952, and her coronation ceremony was held at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
She cannot be prosecuted for crimes
Queen Elizabeth was literally above the law, and a statement on the royal family’s website read: “Although no civil and criminal action can be taken against the King as a person under UK law, the Queen is keen to ensure that all of her activities are carried out in her personal capacity in strict accordance with the law.” , according to The Independent.
Worked mechanically during WWII
With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Elizabeth and her sister remained largely outside London, having been moved to Windsor Castle.
From there she made her first famous radio program in 1940, with this special speech to reassure British children who had been evacuated from their homes and their families, according to the website “britannica“.
Elizabeth soon began to assume other public duties, her first public appearance to inspect the troops in 1942, and she also began to accompany her parents on official visits within Britain.
In 1945, Elizabeth joined the British Territorial Service to assist in the war effort, and trained alongside other British women to become a chauffeur and mechanic.
At the time, she worked as a “truck driver and mechanic”, and she was only 18 years old, according to “The Independent”.
She was apparently a fan of Arsenal.
In a speech to the British House of Commons in 2016, former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke of his knowledge of “the team the Queen encourages”.
In 2007, then-Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas spoke of the Queen’s encouragement to the London team, according to The Independent.
Her words reached the moon.
Before the Apollo 11 mission set off on its historic voyage, several world leaders were invited to write letters on a “little disk” that US astronaut Neil Armstrong left on the moon.
Queen Elizabeth’s message at the time read: “On behalf of the British people, I salute the skills and courage that have brought man to the moon, and I hope that this endeavour will increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind.”