I'm talking about Queen Elizabeth II.
I keep seeing people say she is not Queen of England, but Queen of the Commonwealth or Queen of the United Kingdom.
But I always believed that she has many titles, when she is in England she is Queen of England. From New Zealander's view she is "Queen of New Zealand." etc etc for each of the 16 Countries she is Head of State in while performing duties for that country.
I checked on Wikipedia and it seems to agree with me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_in_New_Zealand
Can anyone else confirm this?
Also I wish people here at Answers wouldn't refer to her as The Queen, when there are other Queens in the World? eg: Queen of Denmark.
2007-05-06 16:04:53 · 9 answers · asked by A65 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Thanks for all your answers. I beginning to agree about Wikipaedia. I am in Australia and within this country I would refer to her as The Queen, but on a forum like Yahoo, where the majority of people seem to be American, I get confused which Queen they are talking about.
2007-05-07 20:04:41 · update #1
Officially, she is:
- "by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith" (i.e., Queen of the United Kingdom)
- Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, and Baroness Greenwich (as wife of Prince Philip, who holds the male version of these titles)
- Duke of Normandy (the Channel Islands)
- Lord of Mann (Isle of Man)
- Queen of Antigua and Barbuda
- Queen of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- Queen of Belize
- Queen of Canada
- Queen of Granada
- Queen of Jamaica
- Queen of Saint Christopher and Nevis
- Queen of Saint Lucia
- Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Queen of Australia
- Queen of New Zealand
- Queen of Papua New Guinea
- Queen of the Solomon Islands
- Queen of Tuvalu
- Paramount Chief of Fiji
Technically, each of these is a separate and distinct title - that is, being Queen of the United Kingdom doesn't automatically make you Queen of New Zealand. In practice, however, they are all transferred together.
2007-05-06 17:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Her Majest Queen Elizabeth II is queen of the commonwealth countries, which include Canada,the United Kingdom, Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and many of the Carribean countries , all who are members of the commonwealth, countries who were colonies of Great Britain at one time.
Canada has her own government , with a Prime Minister, the House of Commons and the Senate, but she also has a Governor General who is the Queen's representative in Canada. Many Canadians like the Austrailians would like to rid themselves of the monarchy as they say it's archiac, however I'm still in favour of the monarchy as heads of state for parliamentary closure etc. If I had wanted an American system of government I'd have immigrated.
BTW don't trust Wikipedia as a verifiable source of information, it's not . There have been repeatedly wrong entries in there recently.
2007-05-06 16:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
When a person in the UK or any Commonwealth country refers to "THE Queen", it is taken for granted that they are referring to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
2007-05-07 00:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are correct, HM QE2 is the queen of each country individually as well as being the monarch collectively.
As far as people referring to her as 'The Queen', to us, she IS 'THE' Queen, as in she is our Queen.
From a US viewpoint I can understand that you would regard her as one of many monarchs, but if you were in Australia (for instance) and said 'The Queen', everyone would know you meant QE2.
If you wanted to talk about another queen, you would say 'the Queen of Denmark' or the Queen of Tonga'.
2007-05-06 18:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by thing55000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Queen became born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton street in Mayfair, London. 2. She became the first baby of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later grew to change into King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. 3. on the time she stood third in line of succession to the throne after Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), and her father, The Duke of York. in spite of the indisputable fact that it became no longer envisioned that her father ought to change into King, or that she ought to change into Queen. 4. The Princess became christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the non-public chapel at Buckingham Palace. She became named after her mom, even as her 2 middle names are those of her paternal tremendous-grandmother, Queen Alexandra, and paternal grandmother, Queen Mary.
2016-11-25 23:24:38 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Along with other people's comments here, I'd like to add that to distingish her from other Queens, Sh'e addressed as Her Britannic Majesty. And hey, don't refer to wikipedia. Check www.royal.gov.uk
2007-05-07 01:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Ron S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source of information of any kind.
2007-05-06 21:08:43 · answer #7 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
She is also Duke of Lancaster. (not Duchess)
2007-05-06 18:36:34 · answer #8 · answered by shell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-05-06 17:57:27 · answer #9 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋