I know she has the best healthcare in England, but there has been a lot of inbreeding in the Royal Family over the years and there have been several genetic conditions that were have supposed to have come from Queen Victoria, such as diabetes, haemophilia, etc. and inbreeding can create new diseases.
2007-12-20 00:50:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
She has had he doctors pumping her full of preservatives so she will be around for a long time to outlive Charles, after all, neither Her Majesty (nor her ghost) would want to see Camilla as Queen!!
2007-12-20 02:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by Witchzilla 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Her mother, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was very healthy. Many women in the Royal family lived to great age;the aforementioned Queen Mother lived to be 101 and Princess Alice lived to be 102.They do allow "new blood" in;and allowing "new blood" in isn't a guarantee that genetic abnormalities won't be passed on because even "new blood "can carry the genetic traits. Princess Anne and her first husband Mark Phillips shared a genetic trait that they both underwent medical testing to make sure it wouldn't be a detriment to any offspring they would have.
2007-12-20 13:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Queen Elizabeth's mother lived to be more than one hundred years old. The members of the Queen's immediate family who died at relatively young ages (her father King George VI and her sister Princess Margaret) were smokers and died of diseases caused by smoking. Otherwise, longevity seems to run in the family. Prince Philip seems to be remarkably healthy, too. Queen Victoria's daughters were carriers of the hemophilia, but since Queen Elizabeth is evidently not a carrier, none of her male descendants have inherited the condition, so it has had no direct effect upon her family. I think that she and her non-smoking offspring are health-conscious and that their lives reflect the philosophy.
2007-12-20 22:44:09 · answer #3 · answered by Lynci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Queen really isn't the product of "inbreeding" ...her parents were completely unrelated. She has always watched her weight, eats simple wholesome foods, and drinks little. She has always exercised, and uses homoeopathy (a type of alternative medicine) to ward off disease. It seems to be working well, since she is extremely healthy at 81.
2007-12-21 10:46:19 · answer #4 · answered by Stella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good genes (remember, her mother lived to be 101 years old) and the best health care available.
The alleged "inbreeding" hasn't been a common feature of European royalty for centuries. Elizabeth is married to her 3rd cousin, and that's about as close as it gets these days.
2007-12-20 16:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was fortunate that her father ,George VI married when he was the Duke of York and only second in line to the throne so he was allowed to choose his own wife and he chose a Scottish woman who was only very distantly related and had some better genes.
His elder brother David was the heir to the throne but he was forced to abdicate after he became Edward VIII and wanted to marry a divorced woman.
So the Queen had a better genetic start in life than most of her predecessors but some of her children appear to be throwbacks.
2007-12-20 12:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The English overall have very good health, and live long lives. Look at how old the Queen Mum got to be. We have English friends who are in their late 80s and still getting around, been married for 62 years. It might be all that tea they drink...or just the genetics.
2007-12-20 08:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Taking beauty tips from Countess Elizabeth Bathory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_Elizabeth_Bathory
2007-12-21 06:58:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Queen looks after herself. She knows that people plan long in advance and go to great expense to see her, so she does everything she can to stay healthy.
- she travels with her own water, bottled at Balmoral
- she never eat shellfish or seafood when on a state visit (too easy to get food poisoning)
- she wear gloves to protect her hands from all the hands she shakes, but also to reduce transmission of infection
- she gets a good night's sleep
- she drinks moderately
- she exercises. I don't mean she has a gym membership, but like all people of her generation, she gets outdoors and walks, she rides (less and less, and not on state occasions like the Trooping of the Colour), and then when you consider the size of her homes and palaces, it's a workout to get from one section to another.
It's called being sensible.
2007-12-20 10:03:22 · answer #9 · answered by brian s 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I imagine that her good health comes from her mother's side of the family (proof that marrying outside of royal circles is a good thing).
2007-12-21 12:29:37 · answer #10 · answered by Sandy Lou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋