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FUN FACTS FOR FANTASTIC 70 YEARS

Celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's time on the throne with some right royal gems to impress family and friends (pictured below)

Check out just a few below and pick up this week's First News to read them all!

1.  CROWNING GLORY! The St Edward's Crown that the Queen wore on her coronation day on 2nd June 1953 weighs 4 pounds, 12 ounces. That's about the same as a brick!

2. WILD GIFTS! In 1968, Brazil gave the Queen a sloth and two black jaguars. She often receives                    animals and gives them to ZSL London Zoo.

3. FIRST FEMALE PM! The Queen swore in the first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in                        1979.

4. QUEEN GARY!  When Prince William was young, he called the Queen "Gary!" instead of grandma!

5. TOP DOG! The Queen is credited with inventing a new dog breed - the Dorgi is a mix between                      the corgi and the Dachshund.

6. JUST JOKING! Some American tourists met the Queen out walking in Scotland and didn't                               recognise her. They asked if she'd ever met the Queen! Elizabeth II pointed to her security nd                       said, "No, but he has!"

7. ROYAL BATTLE! The Queen is the longest-reigning monarch in Britain- ever! Queen Victoria was                    on the throne for 64 years!

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