30. Her Majesty is the monarch to fourteen nations along with the U.Ok. She may be Head of Commonwealth, which is composed of 54 nations.
31. However those don’t seem to be her handiest roles. She additionally holds the titles of Head of State, Head of Country, Head of Armed Forces, Sovereign of the Garter, Defender of the Religion and Superb Governor of the Church of England amongst others.
32. As Head of State, Her Majesty should keep impartial on political issues. Subsequently, she does not vote or stand for election. Even if, because the royal circle of relatives’s web page explains, the monarch does have ceremonial and formal roles when it comes to the U.Ok. executive, like opening new periods of Parliament and approving orders and proclamations throughout the Privy Council. She too can appoint a main minster and meet with her or him ceaselessly.
33. In Would possibly 2021, the queen opened Parliament for the 67th time—having opened it yearly of her reign with the exception of 1959 and 1963 (when she used to be pregnant and anticipating Prince Andrew and Prince Edward).
34. Audiences, or one-on-one conferences, are a part of Her Majesty’s activity. In keeping with the royal circle of relatives’s web page, there are greater than 170 ambassadors and prime commissioners in London at any given time, and the monarch could have an target audience with each and every one in a while after the person has assumed the function. She additionally has a weekly target audience with the high minister by which they speak about executive issues.
35. Through 2016, the queen had held greater than 660 investitures (an match that awards honors to folks for his or her achievements, bravery or services and products to the U.Ok. and British oversea territories).
36. Her Majesty has greater than 600 patronages.
37. Her reign hasn’t been utterly with out grievance. After Princess Diana’s demise in 1997, for example, Her Majesty confronted public grievance for to start with staying at her Balmoral Citadel in Scotland, as a substitute of returning to London, and for in the beginning now not flying the British flag at half-mast, which did not occur till the day of Diana’s funeral. The monarch later addressed the Princess of Wales’ demise in a televised observation.
“I admired and revered her for her power and dedication to others,” she mentioned partially, “and particularly to her devotion to her two boys.”
