The Queen was educated privately, with a focus on British history and law, and she also studied music and learned to speak French fluently. She became a Girl Guide (Britain’s version of the Girl Scouts) and acquired a lifelong love of horses.

She maintained numerous thoroughbred racehorses as queen and regularly visited racing and breeding activities. Elizabeth’s famed affinity to Pembroke Welsh corgis began while she was a kid, and she would possess more than 30 corgis during her reign.

Are Queen Elizabeth II and Henry VIII related?

Elizabeth was Henry VIII’s only child with his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

Elizabeth’s royal dignity was jeopardized after her mother was executed on grounds of adultery and treason when she was only two years old.

How is Queen Elizabeth II related to Henry VIII?

Henry VIII is her father

Despite the fact that many in the royal circle thought Philip was an unsuitable marriage because of his lack of money and foreign (German) heritage, Elizabeth was resolute and deeply in love. On November 20, 1947, she married Philip at Westminster Abbey.

Their first child, Charles (Prince of Wales), was born in 1948, followed by a daughter, Anne (Princess Royal) two years later.

Elizabeth and Phillip were married for an incredible 73 years, until the Prince died at the age of 99 in April 2021.

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