Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has four children and eight grandchildren.Elizabeth addressed the United Nations for a second time in 2010, 53 years after her first address, again in her capacity as queen of all of her realms and Head of the Commonwealth. As Head of State The Queen has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters, unable to vote or stand for election.Councils are held by The Queen and are attended by Ministers and the Clerk of the Council. At each meeting the Council will obtain The Queen's formal approval to a number of Orders which have already been discussed and approved by Ministers, much as Acts of Parliament become law through the giving of the Royal Assent after having been debated in Parliament. An important part of the work of The Queen is to support and encourage public and voluntary service.Elizabeth is the patron of over 600 charities and other organisations. In addition, her main leisure interests include equestrianism and dogs, especially her Pembroke Welsh Corgis.Her clothes consist mostly of solid-colour overcoats and decorative hats, which allow her to be seen easily in a crowd.