Elizabeth WindsorThe current Queen of England.
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we her majesty's prisoners,and in
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door to the river:'The majesty, the majesty / Door to the river / Pre-eminent amongst the free / Door to the river / Happy and drifting endlessly / Door to the river'
The Queen of
england, born in
london on 21 April 1926, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, subsequently King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. In 1953 she became queen.
As Head of State, she maintains close contact with the Prime Minister, with whom she has a weekly audience when she is in London, and with other Ministers of the Crown. She sees all Cabinet papers and the records of Cabinet and Cabinet Committee meetings. She receives important Foreign Office telegrams and a daily summary of events in Parliament. Elizabeth Windsor acts as host to the Heads of State of Commonwealth and other countries when they visit Britain, and receives other notable visitors from overseas.
As Sovereign, she is head of the Navy, Army and Air Force of Britain. On becoming Queen she succeeded her father as Colonel-in-Chief of all the Guards Regiments and the Corps of Royal Engineers and as Captain-General of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Honourable Artillery Company.
The Queen is Patron or President of over 700 organisations. Each year, she undertakes a large number of engagements: some 531 in the UK and overseas in 2000.
