Queen facts you never knew before yesterday/today

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

The other two Charles' reigns are also referred to as Carolean. Caroline is the feminine version of the name Charles.

I was querying why he was born at Buckingham Palace because it wasn't their home but googled Clarence House and it was undergoing repairs. So they must have been temporarily housed at BP at that time.

Yes, exactly. And so Princess Charlotte is above Prince Louis in line to the throne. So glad it doesn't skip girls now! Such an archaic rule.

I did know, but I like, that she took the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia out for a drive when she heard that women weren't allowed to drive there. Drove at great speed down narrow roasts to deliberately scare the shit out of him

That she was a pigeon fancier and maintained a flock of racing pigeons at Sandringham.

I've always understood that the fear of an 'imposter' royal baby wasn't to do with disfigurement, but dates from 1688 when the Catholic James II's wife gave birth to a boy. Because they'd been married for some years without surviving children, it had been assumed that James would be succeeded as monarch by his Protestant daughter by his first marriage. The birth of an unexpectedly healthy boy who'd grow up Catholic led his anti-Catholic enemies to claim that the baby was actually an imposter who'd been smuggled in to the queen's bed in a warming pan, and so of course could not succeed to the throne.

thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/the-warming-pan-baby-james-edward-francis-stuart/

I think they mean "the first time the Queen gave birth" rather than when she^ was born

I do remember reading about that.. quite funny! 😆

I've just googled witnessing the births and apparently all royal births were winessed. So the queen's birth was witnessed even though it wasn't likely she would be a future monarch. The last witnessed birth was 85 years ago with Princess Alexandra's birth then George VI said enough was enough!

I didn't know Charles was born via c section but I knew the Queen herself was born via c section and that the Queen mother had struggled to conceive for quite a few years before her birth and didn't fall pregnant with Margaret as quickly as she was expecting either

Yes, she is a direct descendant of Mary Queen of Scots.

That she was older than Anne Frank, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. To me those are names from history.

i just cannot imagine the number of people she met. From the worlds most important to humble. From famous to insignificant. From the 19th century and the 21st century.

One of my all time favourite things about her!

Incredible when you put it like that.

Thank you!

she knows the British rule of having to shout "cows" when you see a cow twitter.com/i/status/1567943902409129988

Hmm. Not sure what happened to the link there!

I can't get it to work. Try this link:

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Most babies were born at home at that time - though not by caesarian.

Hahaha I love the cow thing! Thank you!

She wasn't actually a Land Girl, although they did sterling work, and indeed were called the land army.

She was in the ATS, Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's army at the time, and it's nice to know she knew how to strip down an engine.

Is the state of Carolina named after Charles II ?

By Charles II in honour of Charles I, I believe.

I absolutely love this fact.

I didn't know she was a member of Sandringham WI and went to their meetings.

This has to be my favourite fact. What a woman!