Her childhood royal status gave the future queen and her family access to technology and a little more opportunity.

always first

• One of the media’s favorite facts, always mentioned in material about the Queen, is that the wedding of Elizabeth and Lieutenant Mountbatten – It was the first royal event to be broadcast on television and radio.. 20 million people worldwide listened to the broadcast from Westminster Abbey. It was November 20, 1947.
• In addition, On June 2, 1953, II. Elizabeth’s coronation was also the first in history to be televised.. The event was broadcast from Westminster Abbey.
• December 25, 1957 Elizabeth became the first British monarch to wish her subjects a Merry Christmas on television.. In 1932, his grandfather, George V, gave a radio talk written for him by his close friend and author Rudyard Kipling. His son, Edward VIII, did not inherit the baton in 1937, abdicating two weeks before Christmas, and there was no address the following year either – after World War II. Elizabeth’s father, George VI, was afraid of public speaking because of his stuttering. In 1939, he managed to overcome this fear. Elizaveta personally joined the tradition in 1952 and has truly made it permanent ever since. The longest speech was the address of 1997 – it lasted 10 minutes.
• On March 26, 1976, II. Elizabeth became the first head of state to use e-mail. The technology was invented five years ago, in 1971.
• In 1969, a few months after the Americans set foot on the moon, Elizabeth met Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Both arrived at Buckingham Palace on October 14.

Queen’s meeting with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin / Photo: townandcountrymag

It will be remembered that the next English king will be Elizabeth’s son Charles, who took the name Charles III.

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