Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about
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”.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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