Queen facts you never knew before yesterday/today

[sborber]

I had no idea she birthed (the now King) Charles via C-section, at home, IN Buckingham Palace... Imagine!

[DistrictCommissioner]

I hadn’t seen the photos of her giving the Nazi salute before.

[SoupDragon]

@sborber

I had no idea she birthed (the now King) Charles via C-section, at home, IN Buckingham Palace... Imagine!

I knew that! Just mind boggling. They set up an operating theatre in one of the suites.

[sborber]

@DistrictCommissioner

I hadn’t seen the photos of her giving the Nazi salute before.

You mean the salute given in 1933 before it became commonly associated with the Nazis?

[Letsnotargue]

I didn’t know that she was a Girl Guide (not that surprising when you think of it), or that they had their own group - the 1st Buckingham Palace Girl Guides. I don’t know why but that stood out amongst all the other stuff.

[Mrsjayy]

Apparently she lived in Malta for 2 years, didn't know that. I knew about the c section though.it

[sborber]

@Letsnotargue

I didn’t know that she was a Girl Guide (not that surprising when you think of it), or that they had their own group - the 1st Buckingham Palace Girl Guides. I don’t know why but that stood out amongst all the other stuff.

This is cool! I had no idea either. The innocence and normalcy of it, perhaps.

[bellac11]

I dont know very much about her to be fair

im interested in knowing the protocols today, the gun salutes and things like that, who gets to choose what happens?

[Mrsjayy]

Late Mil loved the Queen and girl guiding she met her a few times through that she loved that the Queen was a guide.

[Yankeedoodlekandle]

I knew about the csection.

[MelodyPondsMum]

I didn't know she saved clothing coupons to get her wedding dress and sent back spare coupons people sent her because it was against the rules.

[sborber]

@MelodyPondsMum

I didn't know she saved clothing coupons to get her wedding dress and sent back spare coupons people sent her because it was against the rules.

I believe the govt allowed her extra coupons but yes, she sent back unused ones.

Leading by example always, it seems.

[sborber]

@Yankeedoodlekandle

I knew about the csection.

The thought terrifies me.

Impressed she went on to have 3 VBACs after! Although twilight sleep doesn't sound all too appealing.

[JuneOsborne]

That the way her head faces on stamps and money is determined by the fa t the last monarch faced the other way, and, so will Charles face the other way. It's alternate. What a weird fact!

[MissBattleaxe]

I love that she was a Land Girl and could fix engines and drive trucks.

[Alfixnm]

I didn't know that she breastfeed her children (going against traditional royal norms to do so)

[Festoonlights]

I didn't know she drove an ambulance in WW2 as part of the war effort.

[Festoonlights]

www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/queen-elizabeth-world-war-two-mechanic-ve-day-a4432841.html

[BarbaraofSeville]

@Mrsjayy

Apparently she lived in Malta for 2 years, didn't know that. I knew about the c section though.it

I knew about her living in Malta because we holiday there quite a lot and have local news pages on FB, where they’ve reported about her (currently derelict) house being restored and opened as a tourist attraction.

Their life in Malta was also shown in a documentary after Prince Philip died, as it was due to him being stationed there that they lived there.

I only discovered yesterday when I was looking for where Balmoral actually is on Google Maps, that if you find the area (or any of the other royal palaces, the little streetview icon turns into a tiny Queen in a white dress with a blue sash. She may also be waving, but is too small to see clearly.

[NotDavidTennant]

That she has been on the throne for 30% of the history of the United States.

[latetothefisting]

@sborber

You mean the salute given in 1933 before it became commonly associated with the Nazis?

This is completely wrong, it was used from 1923 and was made compulsory for nazi party members from 1926. The whole reason she was doing it was because it was associated with the nazis and was thereforeall over the news at the time.

Similar to someone doing a "v" for victory a few years later because Churchill popularised it or the "rock out" hand gesture after seeing a band in the 80s or a child saluting after seeing a guard at Buckingham palace....they are just copying something that was in the popular consciousness at the time - the early version of a tictok video if you will.

This certainly doesn't mean I think the queen was a nazi (apart from anything else she was a CHILD copying her mother).

for context the whole English football team did the salute at the Olympics www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165923/Pictured-Queen-taught-NAZI-SALUTE-Edward-VIII-secret-1933-film-Balmoral.html

[TugboatAnnie]

Why did she have Charles at Buckingham Palace?

[TugboatAnnie]

I thought he was born at Sandringham? (Might have that wrong)

[TugboatAnnie]

Ignore my previous comment. Also just googled and their home, Clarence House, was undergoing repairs and they didn't move back in until a year later.

[sborber]

@Alfixnm

I didn't know that she breastfeed her children (going against traditional royal norms to do so)

You've just taught me something, too. Brilliant!

[sborber]

Listening to the HoC now and have learnt that King Charles' reign will be known as the Carolean era.