The Divine Queen Elizabeth II

Many people across the world know Queen Elizabeth the Second of the United Kingdom, after all she is the most famous monarch in the world today but there is more to Queen Elizabeth II than many people realise.

Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926 making her royal highness eighty one years old.


Prior to becoming the Queen the then Princess Elizabeth served in the military from 1945 while the war was still going as a Second Subaltern within the Women's Auxillary Territorial Service as none other than a military truck driver.

In 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark (Now known as the Duke of Edinburgh). By the following year Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip had their first child Prince Charles and went on to have three more children Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

In February 1952 Princess Elizabeth took over the reign of the throne from her father who had passed away. This reign meant that upon becoming Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth became the Queen Regnant of the following countries

United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Jamaica
Barbados
Bahamas
Grenada
Papau New Guinea
Soloman Islands
Tuvalu
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Antigua and Barbuda
Belize
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Mauritius
Guyana
Gambia
Malta
Malawi
Kenya
Uganda
Trinidad and Tobago
Tanganyika
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Ghana
Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka)
South Africa

Although in the present day the Queen now only reigns over 16 of these countries. The Queens family have reigned the longest over the United Kingdom where they have reigned for over a thousand years.

On top of being the Queen, Queen Elizabeth also holds the title of Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Head of the Commonwealth, Duke of Normandy, Lord of Mann and Paramount Chief of Fiji.

Given the Queens length of reign, 55 years, and the huge amount of titles bestowed on her it is amazing to see how gracefully she has carried out her duties to her people under the scrutiny of the media. To me the Queen is a person who has truly inspired many and carried out her position with dignity.

I do believe in the Royal family while many do not, what are your thoughts?