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If needs be. We did execute Charles I.
Public outrage over his affair with an American woman also forced Edward VIII to abdicate.
The Queen: 81 fascinating facts
By SEBASTIAN LANDER
and CORINNE ABRAMS
April 18, 2007
AS the Queen prepares to celebrate her 81st birthday, here are 81 facts you might not have known.
Did you know that the monarch can speak fluent French and was once given a live jaguar as a gift?
Or that she has received 3million items of post in her lifetime?
Read on to learn more fascinating personal information about the Queen:
1. Queen Elizabeth II is the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror.
2. At 76 years old in 2002, the Queen was the oldest monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee. James I was the youngest at 51 years old.
3. Her Majesty has handed out 387,700 awards and honours in her reign.
4. The Queen has held 540 investitures.
5. The monarch can speak fluent French.
6. She has received 3million items of correspondance since the beginning of her reign.
7. Around 1.1million people have attended garden parties at the Queen's homes.
8. The Queen has held Tuesday evening audiences with 10 British Prime Ministers.
9. Tony Blair is the first British Prime Minister to be born during the Queen's reign.
10. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh hold small lunch parties to meet distinguished people from all professions, trades and vocations.
11. She is patron to 620 charities and organisations.
12. During her reign, the Queen has undertaken 256 official overseas visits to 129 different countries.
13. The Royal yacht Britannia, launched by the Queen in 1953, travelled more than a million miles on royal and official duties until it was decommissioned in 1997.
14. The Queen first used Britannia to go on a tour of the Commonwealth with the Duke of Edinburgh in May 1954. She last used it to travel to Arran in August 1997.
15. She has visited Australia 15 times, Canada 23 times, Jamaica six times and New Zealand 10 times.
16. The Queen has visited Edinburgh nearly every year since 1952.
17. The most unusual gifts she has received are a live jaguar and some sloths. She has also been given beavers and 7kg of prawns.
18. Her majesty has sent around 100,000 telegrams to people in the UK and the Commonwealth on their 100th birthdays.
19. She has sent more than 280,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and Commonwealth celebrating their 60th wedding anniversaries.
20. The Queen's real birthday is on April 21, but it is celebrated in June.
21. She has attended 34 Royal Variety performances.
22. The monarch has opened 15 bridges in the UK during her reign.
23. The Queen has given more than 91 state banquets during her reign.
24. Since 1952, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have undertaken 78 state visits.
25. The monarch has launched 23 ships in her lifetime.
26. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have sent 37,500 Christmas cards.
27. The Queen has given out about 78,000 Christmas puddings to staff.
28. Every year, the Queen sends Christmas trees to Westminster Abbey, Wellington Barracks, St Paul's Cathedral, St Giles, Edinburgh, The Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Crathie Church and local schools and churches in the Sandringham area.
29. She learnt to drive in 1945 when she joined the Army.
30. The Queen was a Girl Guide and Sea Ranger.
31. She travelled on the London Underground for the first time in May 1939.
32. The Queen is a keen photographer and enjoys taking pictures of her family.
33. Queen Elizabeth was born at 17 Bruton St, London W1 on 21 April 1926.
34. She became the first reigning sovereign to have a child since Queen Victoria with the birth of Prince Andrew in 1960.
35. The Queen has 30 godchildren.
36. The first football match she attended was the 1953 FA Cup Final.
37. She has only ever missed one Trooping the Colour ceremony since the start of her reign, in 1955, when it was cancelled due to a national rail strike.
38. The Queen has sat for 139 official portraits during her lifetime, including one for Rolf Harris.
39. The Queen sat for the first and only hologram portrait in 2003.
40. There have been 11 sculptures of the Queen.
41. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh did their first royal 'walkabout ' on a tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1970.
42. The first TV film about the family life of the Royal Family was made in 1969.
43. The first time Buckingham Palace was opened to the public was in 1962 when a gallery was opened in the private chapel.
44. The Queen opened the first "children's trail" in the Buckingham Palace garden in the Summer of 2005.
45. The only time the Queen has had to interrupt an overseas tour was in 1974 when she had to rush back to Britain from Australia and Indonesia when a general election was suddenly called.
46. The Queen has opened Parliament every year except 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant.
47. The Queen went on her first state visit as Princess Elizabeth to South Africa in February 1947. Her Majesty's first state visit as Queen was technically to Kenya, when King George VI died and the Queen acceded the throne during the tour.
48. The Queen's covered 43,618 miles on her first Commonwealth tour in 1953. She visited Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, the Cocos Islands, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Libya, Malta and Gibraltar.
49. In 1986, the Queen was the first British Monarch to visit China.
50. The Queen has made a Christmas broadcast to the Commonwealth every year of her reign except 1969, when a repeat of the film 'Royal Family' was shown and a written message from The Queen issued.
51. In 1953, the Queen made her first Christmas broadcast from overseas, live from New Zealand.
52. The Queen sent a message of congratulations to Apollo 11 astronauts for the first moon landing on July 21,1969. The message was micro-filmed and deposited on the moon in a metal container.
53. The Queen has met the first astronauts to go into space, the first woman in space and the first man on the moon at Buckingham Palace.
54. The Queen sent her first email in 1976 from an Army base.
55. There have been six Archbishops of Canterbury during The Queen's reign.
56. The Queen played host to Pope John Paul II at Buckingham Palace in 1982 when he became the first pontiff to visit Britain in 450 years.
57. The Queen first visited a UK mosque in July 2002.
58. The Queen has attended 50 Royal Maundy services during her reign at more than 39 different cathedrals.
59. The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign.
60. The Queen also introduced a new breed of dog known as the "dorgi" when one of Her Majesty's corgis was mated with a dachshund.
61. The Queen also breeds and trains Labradors and Cocker Spaniels at Sandringham.
62. The Queen's first pony was a Shetland pony called Peggy which was given to her by her grandfather, King George V.
63. The Queen also takes a keen interest in horse breeding. She has about 25 horses in training each season.
64. The Queen's racing colours are: Purple body with gold braid, Scarlet sleeves and Black velvet cap with gold fringe.
65. In recognition of her interest in the sport, the Queen is Patron of a number of racing societies, including the Royal Pigeon Racing Association.
66. The Queen's wedding dress was designed by Sir Norman Hartnell and was woven at Winterthur Silks Limited, Dunfermline, in the Canmore factory, using silk that had come from Chinese silkworms at Lullingstone Castle.
67. The Queen's wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David's mine near Dolgellau.
68. The Queen's dressmakers over the years have included Sir Hardy Amies, Sir Norman Hartnell, Karl-Ludwig Couture and Maureen Rose. The Queen's hat-makers have been Frederick Fox, Philip Somerville and Marie O'Regan.
69. The Queen has the largest pink diamond in the world in her extensive jewellery collection.
70. The Queen has laid her wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday every year of her reign, except in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1983 and 1999 when she was either pregnant or overseas on an official visit.
71. The Queen has visited the sets of Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale.
72. In 1997, The Queen launched Buckingham Palace's first official website.
73. In 1998, The Queen introduced "theme days" to promote and celebrate aspects of British culture.
74. In June, 2002, 200 million people watched on TV as the Queen hosted the first public concerts in the garden of Buckingham Palace to celebrate her Golden Jubilee.
75. The Queen is the first member of the Royal Family to be awarded a gold disc after 100,000 copies of the CD of the 'Party at the Palace' concert, were sold.
76. The Queen hosted the first women-only event "Women of Achievement" at Buckingham Palace in March, 2004.
77. In November 2004, The Queen invited the cast of Les Miserables in the West End to perform for French President Jacques Chirac at Windsor Castle.
78. The Queen acted in a number of pantomimes during World War Two including playing the part of Prince Florizel in Cinderella in 1941.
79. In 2005, The Queen claimed ownership of 88 cygnets on the river Thames. They are looked after by the Swan Marker. The first Royal Swan Keeper was appointed around the 12th Century.
80. The Queen owns the sturgeons, porpoises whales and dolphins captured within three miles of UK shores.
81. The Queen reportedly did not watch the movie about herself starring actress Helen Mirren.
A royal source said: “There is no way Her Majesty would sit down and watch a film about the days after the death of Princess Diana.
“The memories and the subject matter are far too close to the bone."
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Countdown to the crown
Who are the Top 40 in line to the Throne?
Crown ... coveted
By SEBASTIAN LANDER
April 18, 2007
HERE'S the first 40 royals in line to the throne starting with Prince Charles.
The 40th royal is the seventh Earl of Harewood.
Lord George is the great grandson of Queen Alexandra and a cousin to the Queen.
Take a look at our top 40 of the royal succession and see how many of the names you recognise.
1. The Prince of Wales
2. Prince William of Wales
3. Prince Henry of Wales
4. The Duke of York
5. Princess Beatrice of York
6. Princess Eugenie of York
7. The Earl of Wessex
8. The Lady Louise Windsor
9. The Princess Royal
10. Peter Phillips
11. Miss Zara Phillips
12. Viscount Linley
13. The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
14. The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones
15. The Lady Sarah Chatto
16. Master Samuel Chatto
17. Master Arthur Chatto
18. The Duke of Gloucester
19. Earl of Ulster
20. Lord Culloden
21. The Lady Davina Lewis
22. The Lady Rose Windsor
23. The Duke of Kent
24. The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor
25. The Lady Amelia Windsor
26. The Lady Helen Taylor
27. Master Columbus Taylor
28. Master Cassius Taylor
29. Miss Eloise Taylor
30. Miss Estella Taylor
31. The Lord Frederick Windsor
32. The Lady Gabriella Windsor
33. Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
34. Mr. James Ogilvy
35. Master Alexander Ogilvy
36. Miss Flora Ogilvy
37. Miss Marina Ogilvy
38. Master Christian Mowatt
39. Miss Zenouska Mowatt
40. The Earl of Harewood
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Queen ... on a 1p coin
Cash fit for a queen
By SEBASTIAN LANDER
April 18, 2007
THE Queen costs each taxpayer 62p every year.
Money spent as a result of the Queen's duties as Head of the State and Commonwealth - £37.4 million in 2005-2006 - is partially paid by the Civil List, which comes from public funds.
And the only other Royal who receives cash is the Duke of Edinburgh, who gets £359,000 each year.
Other Royals are paid yearly sums by Parliament in return for Royal duties which is then repaid by the Queen from her private funds.
The Duke of York cops £249,000 each year while his brother the Earl of Wessex receives £141,000.
And the Princess Royal picks up £228,000 while the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are on a joint income of £175,000.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent share £236,000 annually while the Queen's cousin Princess Alexandra brings home £225,000.
And while these might seem like princely sums, the Queen pays tax like the rest of her subjects.
The Queen's personal income has been taxable Since 1993.
And the monarch is subject to VAT, other taxes and rates - but only on a voluntary basis.
Anyone living at the occupied Royal palaces and private Royal residences are subject to Council Tax set by the local council.
The Queen does not own the Royal Palaces, works of art or the Crown Jewels.
These are held by her as Sovereign and will be be passed on to her successor.
And like most of us, she has been cutting down on living expenses over the years.
Her spending is down by more than half from £84.6million in 1991-92.
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Monarchs of the United Kingdom
thesun.co.uk
By SEBASTIAN LANDER
and CORINNE ABRAMS
April 18, 2007
AS the Queen prepares to celebrate her 81st birthday, here are 81 facts you might not have known.
Did you know that the monarch can speak fluent French and was once given a live jaguar as a gift?
Or that she has received 3million items of post in her lifetime?
Read on to learn more fascinating personal information about the Queen:
1. Queen Elizabeth II is the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror.
2. At 76 years old in 2002, the Queen was the oldest monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee. James I was the youngest at 51 years old.
3. Her Majesty has handed out 387,700 awards and honours in her reign.
4. The Queen has held 540 investitures.
5. The monarch can speak fluent French.
6. She has received 3million items of correspondance since the beginning of her reign.
7. Around 1.1million people have attended garden parties at the Queen's homes.
8. The Queen has held Tuesday evening audiences with 10 British Prime Ministers.
9. Tony Blair is the first British Prime Minister to be born during the Queen's reign.
10. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh hold small lunch parties to meet distinguished people from all professions, trades and vocations.
11. She is patron to 620 charities and organisations.
12. During her reign, the Queen has undertaken 256 official overseas visits to 129 different countries.
13. The Royal yacht Britannia, launched by the Queen in 1953, travelled more than a million miles on royal and official duties until it was decommissioned in 1997.
14. The Queen first used Britannia to go on a tour of the Commonwealth with the Duke of Edinburgh in May 1954. She last used it to travel to Arran in August 1997.
15. She has visited Australia 15 times, Canada 23 times, Jamaica six times and New Zealand 10 times.
16. The Queen has visited Edinburgh nearly every year since 1952.
17. The most unusual gifts she has received are a live jaguar and some sloths. She has also been given beavers and 7kg of prawns.
18. Her majesty has sent around 100,000 telegrams to people in the UK and the Commonwealth on their 100th birthdays.
19. She has sent more than 280,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and Commonwealth celebrating their 60th wedding anniversaries.
20. The Queen's real birthday is on April 21, but it is celebrated in June.
21. She has attended 34 Royal Variety performances.
22. The monarch has opened 15 bridges in the UK during her reign.
23. The Queen has given more than 91 state banquets during her reign.
24. Since 1952, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have undertaken 78 state visits.
25. The monarch has launched 23 ships in her lifetime.
26. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have sent 37,500 Christmas cards.
27. The Queen has given out about 78,000 Christmas puddings to staff.
28. Every year, the Queen sends Christmas trees to Westminster Abbey, Wellington Barracks, St Paul's Cathedral, St Giles, Edinburgh, The Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Crathie Church and local schools and churches in the Sandringham area.
29. She learnt to drive in 1945 when she joined the Army.
30. The Queen was a Girl Guide and Sea Ranger.
31. She travelled on the London Underground for the first time in May 1939.
32. The Queen is a keen photographer and enjoys taking pictures of her family.
33. Queen Elizabeth was born at 17 Bruton St, London W1 on 21 April 1926.
34. She became the first reigning sovereign to have a child since Queen Victoria with the birth of Prince Andrew in 1960.
35. The Queen has 30 godchildren.
36. The first football match she attended was the 1953 FA Cup Final.
37. She has only ever missed one Trooping the Colour ceremony since the start of her reign, in 1955, when it was cancelled due to a national rail strike.
38. The Queen has sat for 139 official portraits during her lifetime, including one for Rolf Harris.
39. The Queen sat for the first and only hologram portrait in 2003.
40. There have been 11 sculptures of the Queen.
41. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh did their first royal 'walkabout ' on a tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1970.
42. The first TV film about the family life of the Royal Family was made in 1969.
43. The first time Buckingham Palace was opened to the public was in 1962 when a gallery was opened in the private chapel.
44. The Queen opened the first "children's trail" in the Buckingham Palace garden in the Summer of 2005.
45. The only time the Queen has had to interrupt an overseas tour was in 1974 when she had to rush back to Britain from Australia and Indonesia when a general election was suddenly called.
46. The Queen has opened Parliament every year except 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant.
47. The Queen went on her first state visit as Princess Elizabeth to South Africa in February 1947. Her Majesty's first state visit as Queen was technically to Kenya, when King George VI died and the Queen acceded the throne during the tour.
48. The Queen's covered 43,618 miles on her first Commonwealth tour in 1953. She visited Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, the Cocos Islands, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Libya, Malta and Gibraltar.
49. In 1986, the Queen was the first British Monarch to visit China.
50. The Queen has made a Christmas broadcast to the Commonwealth every year of her reign except 1969, when a repeat of the film 'Royal Family' was shown and a written message from The Queen issued.
51. In 1953, the Queen made her first Christmas broadcast from overseas, live from New Zealand.
52. The Queen sent a message of congratulations to Apollo 11 astronauts for the first moon landing on July 21,1969. The message was micro-filmed and deposited on the moon in a metal container.
53. The Queen has met the first astronauts to go into space, the first woman in space and the first man on the moon at Buckingham Palace.
54. The Queen sent her first email in 1976 from an Army base.
55. There have been six Archbishops of Canterbury during The Queen's reign.
56. The Queen played host to Pope John Paul II at Buckingham Palace in 1982 when he became the first pontiff to visit Britain in 450 years.
57. The Queen first visited a UK mosque in July 2002.
58. The Queen has attended 50 Royal Maundy services during her reign at more than 39 different cathedrals.
59. The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign.
60. The Queen also introduced a new breed of dog known as the "dorgi" when one of Her Majesty's corgis was mated with a dachshund.
61. The Queen also breeds and trains Labradors and Cocker Spaniels at Sandringham.
62. The Queen's first pony was a Shetland pony called Peggy which was given to her by her grandfather, King George V.
63. The Queen also takes a keen interest in horse breeding. She has about 25 horses in training each season.
64. The Queen's racing colours are: Purple body with gold braid, Scarlet sleeves and Black velvet cap with gold fringe.
65. In recognition of her interest in the sport, the Queen is Patron of a number of racing societies, including the Royal Pigeon Racing Association.
66. The Queen's wedding dress was designed by Sir Norman Hartnell and was woven at Winterthur Silks Limited, Dunfermline, in the Canmore factory, using silk that had come from Chinese silkworms at Lullingstone Castle.
67. The Queen's wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David's mine near Dolgellau.
68. The Queen's dressmakers over the years have included Sir Hardy Amies, Sir Norman Hartnell, Karl-Ludwig Couture and Maureen Rose. The Queen's hat-makers have been Frederick Fox, Philip Somerville and Marie O'Regan.
69. The Queen has the largest pink diamond in the world in her extensive jewellery collection.
70. The Queen has laid her wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday every year of her reign, except in 1959, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1983 and 1999 when she was either pregnant or overseas on an official visit.
71. The Queen has visited the sets of Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale.
72. In 1997, The Queen launched Buckingham Palace's first official website.
73. In 1998, The Queen introduced "theme days" to promote and celebrate aspects of British culture.
74. In June, 2002, 200 million people watched on TV as the Queen hosted the first public concerts in the garden of Buckingham Palace to celebrate her Golden Jubilee.
75. The Queen is the first member of the Royal Family to be awarded a gold disc after 100,000 copies of the CD of the 'Party at the Palace' concert, were sold.
76. The Queen hosted the first women-only event "Women of Achievement" at Buckingham Palace in March, 2004.
77. In November 2004, The Queen invited the cast of Les Miserables in the West End to perform for French President Jacques Chirac at Windsor Castle.
78. The Queen acted in a number of pantomimes during World War Two including playing the part of Prince Florizel in Cinderella in 1941.
79. In 2005, The Queen claimed ownership of 88 cygnets on the river Thames. They are looked after by the Swan Marker. The first Royal Swan Keeper was appointed around the 12th Century.
80. The Queen owns the sturgeons, porpoises whales and dolphins captured within three miles of UK shores.
81. The Queen reportedly did not watch the movie about herself starring actress Helen Mirren.
A royal source said: “There is no way Her Majesty would sit down and watch a film about the days after the death of Princess Diana.
“The memories and the subject matter are far too close to the bone."
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Countdown to the crown
Who are the Top 40 in line to the Throne?
Crown ... coveted
April 18, 2007
HERE'S the first 40 royals in line to the throne starting with Prince Charles.
The 40th royal is the seventh Earl of Harewood.
Lord George is the great grandson of Queen Alexandra and a cousin to the Queen.
Take a look at our top 40 of the royal succession and see how many of the names you recognise.
1. The Prince of Wales
2. Prince William of Wales
3. Prince Henry of Wales
4. The Duke of York
5. Princess Beatrice of York
6. Princess Eugenie of York
7. The Earl of Wessex
8. The Lady Louise Windsor
9. The Princess Royal
10. Peter Phillips
11. Miss Zara Phillips
12. Viscount Linley
13. The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
14. The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones
15. The Lady Sarah Chatto
16. Master Samuel Chatto
17. Master Arthur Chatto
18. The Duke of Gloucester
19. Earl of Ulster
20. Lord Culloden
21. The Lady Davina Lewis
22. The Lady Rose Windsor
23. The Duke of Kent
24. The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor
25. The Lady Amelia Windsor
26. The Lady Helen Taylor
27. Master Columbus Taylor
28. Master Cassius Taylor
29. Miss Eloise Taylor
30. Miss Estella Taylor
31. The Lord Frederick Windsor
32. The Lady Gabriella Windsor
33. Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
34. Mr. James Ogilvy
35. Master Alexander Ogilvy
36. Miss Flora Ogilvy
37. Miss Marina Ogilvy
38. Master Christian Mowatt
39. Miss Zenouska Mowatt
40. The Earl of Harewood
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Queen ... on a 1p coin
Cash fit for a queen
By SEBASTIAN LANDER
April 18, 2007
THE Queen costs each taxpayer 62p every year.
Money spent as a result of the Queen's duties as Head of the State and Commonwealth - £37.4 million in 2005-2006 - is partially paid by the Civil List, which comes from public funds.
And the only other Royal who receives cash is the Duke of Edinburgh, who gets £359,000 each year.
Other Royals are paid yearly sums by Parliament in return for Royal duties which is then repaid by the Queen from her private funds.
The Duke of York cops £249,000 each year while his brother the Earl of Wessex receives £141,000.
And the Princess Royal picks up £228,000 while the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are on a joint income of £175,000.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent share £236,000 annually while the Queen's cousin Princess Alexandra brings home £225,000.
And while these might seem like princely sums, the Queen pays tax like the rest of her subjects.
The Queen's personal income has been taxable Since 1993.
And the monarch is subject to VAT, other taxes and rates - but only on a voluntary basis.
Anyone living at the occupied Royal palaces and private Royal residences are subject to Council Tax set by the local council.
The Queen does not own the Royal Palaces, works of art or the Crown Jewels.
These are held by her as Sovereign and will be be passed on to her successor.
And like most of us, she has been cutting down on living expenses over the years.
Her spending is down by more than half from £84.6million in 1991-92.
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Monarchs of the United Kingdom
Until 1603 these are the Monarchs of England,
from 1603 to 1707 the monarchs of England & Scotland,
from 1707 to 1801 the monarchs of Great Britain,
and from 1801 onwards the monarchs of the United Kingdom
House of Wessexfrom 1603 to 1707 the monarchs of England & Scotland,
from 1707 to 1801 the monarchs of Great Britain,
and from 1801 onwards the monarchs of the United Kingdom
Egbert (802-39)
Aethelwulf (839-55)
Aethelbald (855-60)
Aethelbert (860-66)
Aethelred I (866-71)
Alfred the Great (871-99)
Edward I, the Elder (899-925)
Athelstan (925-40)
Edmund I (940-46)
Eadred (946-55)
Eadwig (Edwy) (955-59)
Edgar (959-75)
Edward II, the Martyr (975-78 )
Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016)
Edmund II, Ironside (1016)
DanesAethelwulf (839-55)
Aethelbald (855-60)
Aethelbert (860-66)
Aethelred I (866-71)
Alfred the Great (871-99)
Edward I, the Elder (899-925)
Athelstan (925-40)
Edmund I (940-46)
Eadred (946-55)
Eadwig (Edwy) (955-59)
Edgar (959-75)
Edward II, the Martyr (975-78 )
Aethelred II, the Unready (978-1016)
Edmund II, Ironside (1016)
Svein I, Forkbeard (1014)
Canute I (1016-35)
Harald I, Harefoot (1035-40)
Canute II, Hardicanute (1040-42)
House of Wessex (Restored)Canute I (1016-35)
Harald I, Harefoot (1035-40)
Canute II, Hardicanute (1040-42)
Edward III, the Confessor (1042-66)
Harold II (1066)
NormansHarold II (1066)
William I, the Conqueror (1066-87)
William II, Rufus (1087-1100)
Henry I (1100-35)
Stephen (1135-41 & 1141-54)
Matilda (1141 April-Nov)
Plantagenet (Angevin)William II, Rufus (1087-1100)
Henry I (1100-35)
Stephen (1135-41 & 1141-54)
Matilda (1141 April-Nov)
Henry II (1154-89)
Richard I (1189-99)
John (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-72)
Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-27)
Edward III (1327-77)
Richard II (1377-99)
Plantagenet (Lancastrian)Richard I (1189-99)
John (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-72)
Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-27)
Edward III (1327-77)
Richard II (1377-99)
Henry IV (1154-89)
Henry V (1413-22)
Henry VI (1422-61 & 1470-71)
Plantagenet (Yorkist)Henry V (1413-22)
Henry VI (1422-61 & 1470-71)
Edward IV (1461-70 & 1471-83)
Edward V (1483 April-June)
Richard III (1483-5)
House of TudorEdward V (1483 April-June)
Richard III (1483-5)
Henry VII (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-47)
Edward VI (1547-53)
Lady Jane Grey (1553, for 9 days in July)
Mary I (1553-58 )
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
House of StuartHenry VIII (1509-47)
Edward VI (1547-53)
Lady Jane Grey (1553, for 9 days in July)
Mary I (1553-58 )
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
James I (1603-25) (VI of Scotland)
Charles I (1625-49)
The Commonwealth Council of State/England is a RepublicCharles I (1625-49)
Oliver Cromwell (1649-58 )
Richard Cromwell (1658-59)
House of Stuart (Restored)Richard Cromwell (1658-59)
Charles II (1660-85)
James II (1685-89)
House of Orange and StuartJames II (1685-89)
William III and Mary II (1689-1702)
House of StuartAnne (1702-14)
House of Brunswick (Hanover Line)George I (1714-27)
George II (1727-60)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-30)
William IV (1830-37)
Victoria (1837-1901)
House of Saxe-Coburg-GothaGeorge II (1727-60)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-30)
William IV (1830-37)
Victoria (1837-1901)
Edward VII (1901-10)
House of WindsorGeorge V (1910-36)
Edward VIII (1936 for 325 days, Jan-Dec)
George VI (1936-52)
Elizabeth II (1952-present)
Edward VIII (1936 for 325 days, Jan-Dec)
George VI (1936-52)
Elizabeth II (1952-present)
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The Queen ... 55 years of loyal service
Queen is jewel in our crown
By ARTHUR EDWARDS
The Royals' Favourite Snapper
May 15, 2007
SO, who is the Greatest Living Briton?
Sun readers have voted for the final five – Julie Andrews, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Margaret Thatcher and the Queen – and every day this week we are showcasing one of them.
The overall winner will be decided by a live TV vote and announced at a star-studded bash next Monday. Here, Sun photographer ARTHUR EDWARDS, who has followed the Queen for 30 years, tells why she reigns supreme . . .
For 55 years she has remained the one constant in our changing society. Yes, she has great privilege, but with that comes great responsibility.
During her lengthy reign, the Queen has been steadfast in her commitment to her subjects in Britain and the Commonwealth. As a result, she has become one of the most revered and admired individuals in the world.
Who can forget the throng of one million people who turned out on the Mall to celebrate her Golden Jubilee? I certainly can’t think of any other Briton who commands such affection.
For 30 years I have been lucky enough to have had a front-row seat photographing the Queen at home and overseas.
Whether walking in a field at Sandringham or addressing the US Congress in Washington, she has never put a foot wrong.
The Queen remains our greatest ambassador.
Wherever she goes, from the Vatican to an African village, people turn out in their thousands to see her.
I can’t name another Briton who attracts that sort of attention.
As head of the Commonwealth, her majesty’s influence extends well beyond Britain’s shores.
I have covered many of the Queen’s visits to the 53 member countries. On her recent trip to the US, she was feted wherever she went. It was 16 years since her last visit and the people were delighted to see her and be in her presence.
Many people say that the mystique of the Royals is diminishing but the Queen is an exception to this sad trend.
She has never given an interview and we know nothing of her politics. She has been served by ten prime ministers — soon to be 11 — but has always remained impartial.
The Queen is incredibly hard-working, dealing daily with three boxes stuffed with papers relating to Government matters. But she still manages to keep in touch with the concerns of the people.
She receives hundreds of letters every day and reads most of them. Of course, every letter gets a reply.
At 81, the Queen is still working flat-out at home and abroad. If you show someone a picture of Her Majesty — even in the most remote place on the Earth — they will recognise her.
She commands total respect and sums up all that is great about Great Britain.
The Queen has said she would never abdicate. For her, duty is everything.
By accident of birth the Queen had the burden of monarchy thrust upon her at the tender age of 25.
She is unwavering in her determination to serve our country until the end.
So I say once again: I think our Queen is the greatest living Briton.
Greatest Britons 2007, in association with Marks & Spencer, is on ITV1 on Monday, May 21 at 9pm.
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The Queen ... 55 years of loyal service
Queen is jewel in our crown
By ARTHUR EDWARDS
The Royals' Favourite Snapper
May 15, 2007
SO, who is the Greatest Living Briton?
Sun readers have voted for the final five – Julie Andrews, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Margaret Thatcher and the Queen – and every day this week we are showcasing one of them.
The overall winner will be decided by a live TV vote and announced at a star-studded bash next Monday. Here, Sun photographer ARTHUR EDWARDS, who has followed the Queen for 30 years, tells why she reigns supreme . . .
For 55 years she has remained the one constant in our changing society. Yes, she has great privilege, but with that comes great responsibility.
During her lengthy reign, the Queen has been steadfast in her commitment to her subjects in Britain and the Commonwealth. As a result, she has become one of the most revered and admired individuals in the world.
Who can forget the throng of one million people who turned out on the Mall to celebrate her Golden Jubilee? I certainly can’t think of any other Briton who commands such affection.
For 30 years I have been lucky enough to have had a front-row seat photographing the Queen at home and overseas.
Whether walking in a field at Sandringham or addressing the US Congress in Washington, she has never put a foot wrong.
The Queen remains our greatest ambassador.
Wherever she goes, from the Vatican to an African village, people turn out in their thousands to see her.
I can’t name another Briton who attracts that sort of attention.
As head of the Commonwealth, her majesty’s influence extends well beyond Britain’s shores.
I have covered many of the Queen’s visits to the 53 member countries. On her recent trip to the US, she was feted wherever she went. It was 16 years since her last visit and the people were delighted to see her and be in her presence.
Many people say that the mystique of the Royals is diminishing but the Queen is an exception to this sad trend.
She has never given an interview and we know nothing of her politics. She has been served by ten prime ministers — soon to be 11 — but has always remained impartial.
The Queen is incredibly hard-working, dealing daily with three boxes stuffed with papers relating to Government matters. But she still manages to keep in touch with the concerns of the people.
She receives hundreds of letters every day and reads most of them. Of course, every letter gets a reply.
At 81, the Queen is still working flat-out at home and abroad. If you show someone a picture of Her Majesty — even in the most remote place on the Earth — they will recognise her.
She commands total respect and sums up all that is great about Great Britain.
The Queen has said she would never abdicate. For her, duty is everything.
By accident of birth the Queen had the burden of monarchy thrust upon her at the tender age of 25.
She is unwavering in her determination to serve our country until the end.
So I say once again: I think our Queen is the greatest living Briton.
Greatest Britons 2007, in association with Marks & Spencer, is on ITV1 on Monday, May 21 at 9pm.
thesun.co.uk