Top 10 Times the Queen Was Badass

long may she reign welcome to Ms mojo and today we'll be counting down our picks for the top 10 times the Queen was badass before we begin we publish new videos every day so be sure to subscribe for more great content for this list we're looking at badass and interesting moments from the life of Queen Elizabeth the second number 10 capped her house's name she is royalty but Queen Elizabeth has also been known to break tradition when she married Prince Philip in 1947 she chose to keep her own houses named Windsor rather than taking on her husbands which was Mountbatten and from henceforth he will be known as left-turn Philip Mountbatten Prince Philip wasn't too happy especially since the Queen Mother and Winston Churchill also insisted on keeping the house of Windsor's name ma'am you must not it would be a grievous dick the couple compromised years later since some descendants can now have both surnames and while most British monarchs took on other names after coronation Elizabeth became Elizabeth it's not overcomplicate matt is unnecessary my name is Lizabeth sounds fair to us long live Queen Elizabeth number 9 photobomb - field hockey players Queen Elizabeth the photo bomber while it happened at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Australian field hockey players Jay Taylor and Brooke Paris decided to take a selfie pretty normal stuff right well this was no ordinary selfie the girls were surprised to find the Queen joining the shot beaming right behind them Taylor was quick to tweet the photo complete with these she even smiled hashtag the Australian women's field hockey team went on to win gold at the games safe to say Lady Luck wasn't the only one smiling upon them number 8 became first monarch to send an email spending 6 decades on the throne means a lot of stationery Queen Elizabeth has sent thousands of letters cards and telegrams to heads of state British citizens and everyone in between but in today's digital worlds she's made sure to keep up with the times aside from the royal family social media accounts the Queen also holds the distinction of being the first sitting monarch to send an email even more impressive this was at an army base way back in 1976 years before the personal email addresses we know today number 7 participated in target practice she may be all prim and proper but the Queen also knows her way around a gun both for sport and defense in 1993 Elizabeth was photographed firing an L 85 battle rifle when she visited the National Shooting Center in Surrey this might sound unusual at first but it seems to run in the family during World War two the Queen Mother learned how to use a gun in case of a Nazi invasion and Prince Harry served as a helicopter copilot and gunner in Afghanistan while she hasn't pulled the trigger in a long time she's a sure shot number 6 skydive during the Olympics her daughter and granddaughter are Olympians and in 2012 the Queen joined in on the fun ok so she didn't actually jump into the Olympic Stadium but millions of viewers around the world got to see the Queen and her stunt double during the opening ceremonies in London in a tribute to the James Bond franchise the Daniel Craig version of Bond enters Buckingham Palace to meet the head of state and her beloved corgis the two then hop onto a helicopter and seemingly go skydiving only for the real Queen to enter wearing the same outfit Elizabeth the Bond girl who knew number 5 drove the Saudi King now into her 90s the Queen still gets behind the wheel here and there during a visit to Balmoral in 1998 the soon-to-be king of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah and Elizabeth had just finished lunch when she suggested they tour the castle grounds at the time women weren't allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia so the Prince was in for a surprise he waited in the Land Rover with his interpreter expecting a male driver yet sure enough he got even more nervous as she let out her inner speed demon all the while carrying a conversation with him can we carpool number 4 handled the Michael Fagin incident with 14-foot walls surrounding its elegant ground Buckingham Palace is one fancy fortress but on July 9th 1982 someone managed to break in that morning Michael Fagan somehow bypassed Palace security and made his way to the Queen's bedroom Fagin now says the Queen ran past him but reports at the time claimed the Queen spoke with the intruder for 10 minutes before security finally came lady please get back in your overturned car let the guys handle this Fagin later spent six months in a psychiatric hospital and Palace security was heavily criticised while only the Queen and Fagin really know what happened one thing's for sure she kept calm and carried on if there is any love left in you for me destroy him number three kept it together during an assassination attempt the Queen has always been a public figure and such a high-profile life has led to some very close calls On June 13 1981 she was on her way to the trooping the collar ceremony when 17 year old Marcus Sargent fired six shots towards her the bretton brokered with the Grenadier Guards hello's have little disturbance in the approach Road luckily there were all blanks so while it was quite a shock no one was injured after comforting her startled horse the Queen kept her cool and continued as if nothing had happened sergeant apparently did it for the fame and notoriety but unlike his target he now lives a quiet life out of the spotlight number two served in World War two when Britain entered World War two everyone did his or her part the royal family was no exception Elizabeth was only 13 when war broke out but when she turned 18 she jumped at the chance to serve her country the young princess drove military trucks and ambulances for the women's auxiliary territorial service she even knew how to repair them a fact notably shown on an episode of the crown Select I was mechanic during the war as of 2017 the queen is the only female British royal and last surviving head of state to serve in World War two decades later for contributions to the war effort are not forgotten number one married against her family's wishes royal marriages were often arranged and not always out of love this was not the case for Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip she crushed on him when she was a teenager and after years of courtship the couple became engaged in July 1947 while Elizabeth wanted to marry him her family wasn't too excited Philip was not as wealthy was a foreign-born Prince and was considered just not good enough a match for the future Queen you sure you want to prefer one of those so on with a grand title rather than a homeless Charlie crown she married him anyway their marriage has had its struggles but decades later the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are still very much in love do you agree with our picks check out these other great clips from ms mojo and subscribe for new videos every day [Music]

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Length: 7min 30sec (450 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 24 2017