35

different countries that her image has appeared on their banknotes

making her the Guinness World Record holder for the "Most Currencies Featuring the Same Individual"

4

Children, Charles, Anne, Andrew & Edward

4

The St Edwards crown used to crown the Queen weighs 4 pounds & 12 ounces and is made of solid gold.

40

The Queen is the 40th monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England in 1066.

5000+

Breeding pairs of mute swan in Britain are officially owned by the Queen

92+

Years old, long to reign over us

600+

The Queen is patron to over 600 organisations & charities

660

Eggs used in her wedding cake!

277

Million estimated viewers watched the coronation

1,333

Diamonds in the George IV state diadem worn on the way to her coronation

02:40

Time she was born (GMT)

3

Third in the line of succession at birth

(behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales & her father the Duke of York)

292

Royal engagements attended by the Queen in 2017. (other royals; Charles 551, Anne 541; Andrew 340; Edward 285; Camilla 227)

332

Official engagements in conducted in 2016. Not bad for someone in their nineties 

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1953

The year the Queen attended her first football match, the FA Cup Final – where a Stanley Matthews-inspired Blackpool beat Bolton-Wanderers 4-3

175k

Telegrams sent to centenarians in the UK & the Commonwealth

66+

Years as reigning monarch

13

British Prime Ministers have served during Queen Elizabeth's reign, the first being Winston Churchill

16

Queen Elizabeth is Head of State of 16 states called Commonwealth Realms

444

 Precious & semi-precious stones set in St Edwards Crown used in coronation

56,000

Estimated miles travelled during her Silver Jubilee in 1977

1943

The year Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards

230

873

Her service number in the Auxiliary Territorial Service  during WWII

237

Streets in the UK named after her

22

Visits to Canada — the largest number of trips she has made to any nation.

7

 Archbishops of Canterbury during the Queen's reign – Geoffrey Fisher, Michael Ramsey, Donald Coggan, Robert Runcie, George Carey,  Rowan Williams & Justin Welby

129+

The Queen has sat for at least 129 portraits during her reign, painted in a variety of styles

7

 Great-Grandchildren

George; Charlotte; Savannah; Isla; Mia; Louis; Lena

70

Cities visited in the UK during her Golden Jubilee year in 2002, starting in Leicester (the day I got to see my Queen!)

25

years old when Elizabeth II became Queen

5

Miles in length, the coronation return procession passing through: Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Pall Mall, Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, & finally down the Mall to Buckingham Palace

80

Oranges used in her wedding cake!

1296

The year the Coronation chair was made

2

Only twice absent from the State Opening of Parliament since 1953,  (due to pregnancies with Princes Andrew & Edward, in 1959 & 1963

13

US Presidents the Queen has met. The only president during her reign that she did not meet was Lyndon B. Johnson

1mil

She has traveled more than 1 million miles on official trips, visiting 106 countries.

1976

The year the Queen sent her first email in from an army base.

70+

Years married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

8

The Queen has 8 Grandchildren,

Peter; William; Zara; Harry; Beatrice; Eugenie; Louise & James

40,000

Miles covered by land, sea & air, during a 7-month round-the-world tour, after the coronation in 1953

1.57m

The cost of the Coronation was £1.57 million (£38,680,000 in 2016)

30,000

Service personnel from Britain & across the Commonwealth marched in the procession.

A further 15,800 lined the route

14

years old when she made her first radio broadcast

2500+

Wedding gifts received