70 Secrets About Queen Elizabeth II That Are Royally Fascinating

30. Her Majesty is the monarch to 14 nations along with the U.Ok. She can be Head of Commonwealth, which consists of 54 nations.

31. However these aren’t her solely roles. She additionally holds the titles of Head of State, Head of Nation, Head of Armed Forces, Sovereign of the Garter, Defender of the Religion and Supreme Governor of the Church of England amongst others.

32. As Head of State, Her Majesty should keep impartial on political issues. Subsequently, she doesn’t vote or stand for election. Though, because the royal household’s web site explains, the monarch does have ceremonial and formal roles referring to the U.Ok. authorities, like opening new periods of Parliament and approving orders and proclamations by way of the Privy Council. She may also appoint a chief minster and meet with her or him frequently.

33. In Might 2021, the queen opened Parliament for the 67th time—having opened it yearly of her reign besides 1959 and 1963 (when she was pregnant and anticipating Prince Andrew and Prince Edward).

34. Audiences, or one-on-one conferences, are a part of Her Majesty’s job. Based on the royal household’s web site, there are greater than 170 ambassadors and excessive commissioners in London at any given time, and the monarch may have an viewers with every one shortly after the person has assumed the function. She additionally has a weekly viewers with the prime minister during which they focus on authorities issues.

35. By 2016, the queen had held more than 660 investitures (an occasion that awards honors to people for his or her achievements, bravery or providers to the U.Ok. and British oversea territories).

36. Her Majesty has greater than 600 patronages.

37. Her reign hasn’t been utterly with out criticism. After Princess Diana’s loss of life in 1997, for example, Her Majesty confronted public criticism for initially staying at her Balmoral Fort in Scotland, as an alternative of returning to London, and for initially not flying the British flag at half-mast, which didn’t occur till the day of Diana’s funeral.  The monarch later addressed the Princess of Wales’ loss of life in a televised assertion.

“I admired and revered her for her power and dedication to others,” she stated partially, “and particularly to her devotion to her two boys.”