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All Hail the Queen

To celebrate her royal highness' 90th birthday today we bring you some interesting pop culture facts about Queen Elizabeth

Published: Thu 21 Apr 2016, 6:57 PM

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  • Maán Jalal

Long live the Queen! In all her sovereign chic glory, the imperturbable poker faced stoic Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 90th birthday today! And as head of the Commonwealth she isn't showing any signs of slowing down. We aren't sure if it's good genes, diet or fancy hats  that have given her longevity and if her mother is anything to go by (The Queen Mother lived to be 101) then Her Highness is sticking around for some time.


As the world's oldest reigning monarch as well as Britain's longest-living figure head, Queen Elizabeth, who was born on April 21 1926, in Mayfair, London, has seen her country change dramatically over her 64-year reign. The world has also seen her highness transform (barely) with the changing times.

The ultra private, super stoic, majorly intimidating (despite her grandma appearance and cute matching outfits) Queen has made an effort to get up and get with the times.
Watch: A montage of 90 photographs for each of The Queen's 90 years


Queen Behind the Lens
Other than doing Queeny things like sitting in a throne and doing charity, the Queen is a super keen photographer and enjoys taking pictures of her family and events. Some how though we can't imagine that she's into selfies though.







 

Dog Lover
The queen is a massive dog lover, specifically corgis! She's owned more than 30 during her reign. She also introduced a new breed of dog known as the dorgi when one of her corgis was mated with a dachshund named Pipkin that belonged to Princess Margaret.







 

Queen Mechanic?
Got car problems? Don't worry, the Queen will figure it out! Apparently she is the only British monarch in history properly trained to change a spark plug, when she undertook a car-maintenance course during World War II.









Royal Email
It's a bit embarrassing but the queen got internet savvy before most of us. She sent her first e-mail in 1976, from a British army base.











The 3D Queen
Want to see the Queen in 3D? You can. In 2003, the Queen sat for her first and only hologram portrait. It's made up of more than 10,000 images of the Queen layered over one another, giving it a 3-D effect.

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Princess Elizabeth is taken for a ride in the grounds of Windsor Castle, with her cousin, the honourable Gerald Lascelles, right, son of Princess Royal in 1927

Princess Elizabeth is taken for a ride in the grounds of Windsor Castle, with her cousin, the honourable Gerald Lascelles, right, son of Princess Royal in 1927

Princesses Elizabeth (nearest camera) and Princess Margaret (obscured right) driving from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping of the Colour ceremony, in LondonIn this June 9, 1937 with then Britain's Queen Elizabeth, (left) with Queen Mary, (second left).

Princesses Elizabeth (nearest camera) and Princess Margaret (obscured right) driving from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards Parade for the Trooping of the Colour ceremony, in LondonIn this June 9, 1937 with then Britain's Queen Elizabeth, (left) with Queen Mary, (second left).

Queen Elizabeth (then Princess) leaves Westminster Abbey in London, with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, after their wedding ceremony in Nov 20, 1947.

Queen Elizabeth (then Princess) leaves Westminster Abbey in London, with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, after their wedding ceremony in Nov 20, 1947.

Then Princess Elizabeth stands with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at the couple's London residence at Clarence House In this Aug. 1951

Then Princess Elizabeth stands with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at the couple's London residence at Clarence House In this Aug. 1951



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