Published 20:58 IST, November 18th 2019

The Crown Season 3: Interesting facts to know about Queen Elizabeth II

The Crown follows the events that occurred during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II but often avoids the little details. Here are a few fun facts about the queen.

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third season of acclaimed and popular Netflix show, Crown, began streaming yesterday on vember 17, 2019. show is a dramatized biography of reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who is current constitutional monarch of England. show began with her wedding and will continue for several more seasons until it reaches present day. While show covers most of important events in life of Queen, many mir details about her life are often overlooked. So here are a few interesting facts about Queen Elizabeth II that you might have t kwn about. 

She is longest-reigning monarch of England

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93-year-old Queen is also longest-ruling monarch of United Kingdom. She first began her reign on February 6, 1952, and was coronated on June 2, 1953. She was 25 years old when she first took throne after death of her far. Her reign has been ongoing for 67 years w, beating reign of Queen Victora, her great-great-grandmor who ruled for 64 years. 

Queen sent her first Instagram post in 2019

Above is first Instagram post that Queen shared in March of this year, through official account of royal family. Queen sent her first-ever E-Mail in 1976 and first me a public brocast in 1940, during Second World War, when she was still a princess. She me her first tweet on Twitter five years earlier in 2014.

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 Driving License

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Queen Elizabeth II does t have a driving License. However, she does t really require one, as ruler of England is only citizen of country who is legally allowed to drive without a license. Queen is still seen driving occasionally even to this day.

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Queen's manry of pets

Queen Elizabeth II has received several exotic gifts throughout course of her reign. Some of those pets include exotic foreign animals that she keeps in  London Zoo. Queen owns an elephant, a jaguar, two giant turtles as well as two sloths. When it comes to dogs, her favourite breed is Corgis. She has even created a new dog breed by mating her Corgi with a Dachshund belonging to her sister, Princess Margaret. Queen and Princess Margaret named new breed called Dorgi. 

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