Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday on Sunday, marking 93 years in the public glare. Here are five facts about Britain's oldest and longest-reigning monarch. Over 80 percent of Britons have not experienced life under any other monarch, having not been born when Elizabeth ascended
1 / 2Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday on SundayBritain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday on Sunday London - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her birthday on Sunday, marking 93 years in the public glare.Over 80 percent of Britons have not experienced life under any other monarch, having not been born when Elizabeth ascended the throne on February 6, 1952, according to the UK Office of National Statistics.
On her birthday, the Queen will be 11 years and four months older than any British monarch in history, and at 67 years and 74 days, will be the longest serving by three years and 224 days.The Queen was born on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton Street in London's upmarket Mayfair neighbourhood, which is now a high-end Chinese restaurant whose signature dishes include"Roasted silver cod with Champagne".
She has owned more than 30 corgi dogs, her favourite breed, and even invented a new breed, the dorgi -- a cross between a corgi and a dachshund.
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