The British Royal Family is over
1,000 years old. Queen Elizabeth is
the fifty- fourth monarch since King
Alfred in the ninth century.
The Queen lives in Buckingham
Palace in London.She also spends
time in two other castles in England.
She stays in Balmoral Castle in
Scotland in the summer,
Her husband is Prince Philip.They
have got four children and seven
grandchildren.The Queen`s eldest
son is Prince Charles.He has got two
sons from his marriage to Princess Diana
(1961-1997).Charles is now married to
Camilla,Duchess of Cornwall.
The Queen works very hard.She
visits a lot of different countries and
she welkomes hundreds of visitors to
Buckingham Palase every year.She is
head of 620 charities.She also discusses
politics with the Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom every
Tuesday.
The Queen loves dogs and
horses.At the moment,she has
got 14 dogs and 30 racehorses.
The Queen hasn`t dot a lot
of free time,but she loves
going to the horse in
May and June.