does England have a queen or a king?????
2007-10-30 09:46:10 · 26 answers · asked by S.B. > 15 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Queen Elizabeth II, eldest daughter of King George VI is the current queen:
from http://www.royal.gov/uk
"The Queen is the fortieth monarch since William the Conqueror, and is also the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms.
The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926. She became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development.
The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and has four children and seven grandchildren.
Her Majesty is 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert (c. 775-839), King of Wessex from 802 and of England 827 to 839.
She is the fortieth monarch since William I (William the Conqueror), and also the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
EARLY LIFE
The Queen was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London.
She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
At 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. But it was not expected that her father would become King, or that she would become Queen.
The Princess was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra, and paternal grandmother, Queen Mary.
The Princess's early years were spent at 145 Piccadilly, the London house taken by her parents shortly after her birth, and at White Lodge in Richmond Park.
She also spent time at the country homes of her paternal grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, and her mother's parents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
In 1930, Princess Elizabeth gained a sister, with the birth of Princess Margaret Rose. The family of four was very close.
When she was six years old, her parents took over Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park as their own country home. In the grounds of Royal Lodge Princess Elizabeth had her own small house, Y Bwthyn Bach (the Little Cottage), which was given to her by the people of Wales in 1932.
Princess Elizabeth's quiet family life came to an end in 1936, when her grandfather, King George V, died. His eldest son came to the throne as King Edward VIII, but, before the end of the year, King Edward VIII had decided to give up the throne in order to marry the woman he loved, Mrs Wallis Simpson.
Upon his abdication, Princess Elizabeth's father acceded to the throne as King George VI, and in 1937 the two Princesses attended their parents' coronation in Westminster Abbey.
Princess Elizabeth was now first in line to the throne, and a figure of even more intense public interest ...
On Wednesday, 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth received the news of her father's death and her own accession to the throne, while staying a remote part of Kenya...
The tour had to be abandoned, and the young Princess flew back to Britain as Queen. She was greeted by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other officials at the airport.
The Coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. It was a solemn ceremony conducted by Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Queen's husband is Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh;as long as there is a Queen Regent on the throne, there can be no one with a title higher than queen,so Philip is a prince-consort,a husband to the rule. He doesn't share her powers of reign .
You can read more about the Queen at http://www.royal.gov/uk
2007-10-31 07:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Queen Elizabeth 2
2007-10-30 09:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Queen Elizabeth II
2015-10-04 14:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by Vahe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well,
officially,
the Queen of England is Queen Elizabeth II.
But in reality,
It's Freddie Mercury.
The King of 'Queen'.
=]
2007-11-02 10:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by cambrexia 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
England, along with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (i.e. the United Kingdom) have Queen Elizabeth II as the ruling head of state.
2007-10-30 09:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
England has a queen and shes called queen elizbeth the II
2014-02-07 21:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by angel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Queen Elizabeth the 2ND
2007-10-31 03:29:38 · answer #7 · answered by sas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the moment, Enkland, and the UK, has a queen. It's HRH queen Elizabeth II.
2007-10-31 10:08:55 · answer #8 · answered by CrownlessPhoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Queen, Her name is HRM Queen Elizabeth II
Where are you from?
2007-11-01 12:40:43 · answer #9 · answered by reba_rene 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boy George - or Elton John
probably Elton John
2007-10-30 09:55:13 · answer #10 · answered by Daniel F 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋