21/04/2022
Dziś w dniu 21.04 Królowa Elżbieta II obchodzi swoje 96 urodziny! 🎂👑
Elżbieta II 👑oprócz tego, ze jest głową Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej, jest również głową 14 innych państw (między innymi Kanady, Jamajki, Nowej Zelandii).
Oto 15 ciekawostek o Królowej w języku angielskim! 🇬🇧
15 facts about the Queen:
1. Queen Elizabeth II was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 👶🏻🍼
To parents the Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother).
2. She was crowned Queen on 2 June 1953
Watched by a TV audience of 20 million people.👑📺
3. She is the longest reigning monarch ever in Britain👑
Beating even Queen Victoria (her great-great-grandma!).
4. As Queen, she has been served by 14 UK Prime Ministers
Including Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and more recently, Boris Johnson.
5. Her favourite dogs are corgis🐶🐾
She even invented a new breed of dog when her corgi mated with a dachshund belonging to her sister, Princess Margaret, creating the “dorgi”.
6. She’s the only person in the UK allowed to drive without a licence🚘
And she still drives to this day!
7. The Queen has two birthdays🎂
Her actual birthday – 21 April – and her official birthday, which is held on a Saturday in June – when the weather’s better!
8. The Queen’s birthplace is now a fancy Cantonese restaurant🍽
Called Hakkasan, at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair – we hope she likes a takeaway!
9. The Queen first sent an email in 1976
… and published her first Instagram post in 2019!📲📨
10. She has many hobbies
Including horse riding, pigeon racing, and football – she’s an Arsenal supporter!🐎🐦⚽️
11. Queen Elizabeth became a homeowner at just six years old🏠
When the people of Wales gifted her a house in the grounds of Windsor’s Royal Lodge. Named Y Bwthyn Bach, it means “little cottage”.
12. The Queen has sent around 50,000 Christmas cards
– and counting!📮🎄
13. She owns an elephant, two giant turtles, a jaguar and a pair of sloths🐘🐆🐢🦦
Presents from other countries, all of which live in London Zoo.
14. Princess Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast in October 1940, during the Second World War.📻
15. Even the monarch can go undercover sometimes
On a recent low-key trip to Scotland, she met some American tourists while walking. When the tourists asked if she lived locally, she mentioned that she had a house nearby, and when asked if she’d ever met the Queen she simply pointed at her security and said, “No, but he has!”
źródło: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/monarchy/facts-about-the-queen-elizabeth-ii/
