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Racing is often described as the sport of kings, and it can most certainly be of queens, too. The Queen had a deep affection for horses going back to her childhood. When she watches a race, she forgets the pressure of her official duties. The Queen gets excited, shouts and cheers her favourite on, like all the other racegoers.

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The Queen is supposed to be the most well-travelled monarch of the world. During her reign, she made more than two hundred sixty-one official visits to different countries. Her majesty has visited Australia, Canada, Jamaica, and New Zealand many times. Sometimes when the Queen is on foreign tours, she gets unusual gifts. For example, in the Seychelles, she was given two tortoises, and the president of Cameroon gave her a seven-year-old elephant called Jumbo.

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Members of the Royal Family have different interests. Everyone knows about the Queen's interest in horse racing, dogs, and photography. Her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, takes a lot of interest in wildlife and saving rare animals from extinction. Charles, Prince of Wales, loves art and knows a lot about modern architecture and painting. Prince Edward loves theatre. This interest began when he was at university. Young Prince Harry is a fine sportsman. He is known to be good at playing games, especially polo.

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She discovered she was heir to the throne when she was nearly eleven years old. She immediately promised, I will be good. The Queen did not grow to five feet tall. Funny enough, this shortest British monarch ruled longest of any of them. The Queen fell in love with her cousin Albert at first sight. She wrote, Albert is really quite charming, and so excessively handsome, such beautiful blue eyes, an exquisite nose, and such a pretty mouth with delicate moustaches, and very slight whiskers. A beautiful figure, broad in the shoulders, a fine waist. Soon after, they got married.

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In two thousand and two, Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee was celebrated. During the celebrations, huge crowds showed that they felt gratitude, respect and pride for their Queen. They wanted to show that they cared about that very special lady. The Golden Jubilee didn't start well. Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister, died in February, and seven weeks later, the Queen Mother died at the age of a hundred and one. But as the months went by, the Queen and Prince Philip began their round the world tour, starting with visits to Jamaica, New Zealand and Australia.

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Princess Elizabeth's father died in his sleep on the sixth of February, nineteen fifty-two. At that time, Princess Elizabeth was three thousand miles away from home. She was in Kenya, Africa. At the sad moment, she was in a giant fig tree, filming African animals. As one person wrote at the time, a young girl climbed into a tree, a princess, and climbed down, a queen.