Top 20 Times the Queen Was Badass

is your majesty willing to take the earth i am willing welcome to ms mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 times the queen was badass we will meet again let's not over complicate matters unnecessarily my name is elizabeth oh really please boom for this list we'll be looking at admirable facts or moments from the queen's life or anytime elizabeth ii was particularly awesome did you know the queen was this cool let us know in the comments number 20 holding a record reign on september 9 2015 queen elizabeth ii became the longest reigning monarch in britain taking the record from her great great grandmother queen victoria a long life can pass by many milestones my own is no exception following her father's passing in 1952 she became queen and then was subsequently crowned in 1953 at the age of 27. this momentous event was also the first televised coronation and was viewed by 277 million people around the world you have to keep your head very still yes and you can't look down to read the speech you have to take the speech up because if you did your neck would break and in june 2022 she is set to celebrate her platinum jubilee marking 70 years of her accession as if all that isn't impressive enough in 2016 she also took the record for the longest reigning living monarch in the entire world number 19 dropping the mic for team uk i think the biggest pressure for me was was wanting wanting to ask her but not wanting to put pressure on her she is my boss ever wanted to see how the first family and the royal family do trash talk well ahead of the 2016 invictus games hosted in orlando the obamas took to twitter for some hilarious rivalry banter with prince harry hey prince harry remember when you told us to bring it at the invictus games careful what you wish for but when the obama sent the young royal a video telling him that the u.s was ready to bring it they didn't anticipate that he wouldn't be alone when he received the message sure their mic drop was impressive but with the queen in his corner harry called checkmate oh really please boom nothing quite says drop the mic like the queen having the last laugh number 18. sent a message to the moon t-minus 60 seconds and counting in 1969 as apollo 11's highly anticipated launch neared the queen joined 72 other world leaders in sending goodwill messages as part of this historic mission although she reportedly thought it was just a gimmick she understood their good intentions and provided a note to be uploaded on a disc and taken to the zero moon engine running in 2019 her note was included in a national archives collection celebrating 50 years since the monumental moon landing it read quote on behalf of the british people i salute the skill and courage which have brought man to the moon may this endeavor increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind number 17 wearing a hat that resembles the eu flag as head of state the queen must appear impartial on all political matters however some believe that she sends out subtle messages through her outfit choices in 2017 during a parliamentary appearance where brexit received top billing viewers thought that the queen's hat for resemblance to the european union's flag my government's priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union her dresser at the time found this amusing but insisted that it was nothing more than a coincidence and that the outfits are planned to accommodate the queen's busy schedule angela kelly her chief dresser might be reflecting on the headlines there going we didn't consider this when we picked it out of the wardrobe in the morning while we may never know the truth it wouldn't be the only time the public thought that the queen was communicating through her accessories number 16. surprising a couple on their wedding day when frances and john canning discovered that they'd be sharing their wedding venue with this vip they jokingly sent her an invite to their civil ceremony at manchester town hall they were surprised enough to receive a thank you letter from the royal household and thought that would be the end of it but after their ceremony they were asked to wait in the hallway where they were greeted by the queen and prince philip the royal couple had specifically scheduled time to congratulate the newlyweds on their special day no one wants to be upstaged on their wedding day but if it's by the queen you might make an exception basically a wedding gift for us number 15. hosting buckingham palace's first ever women only event back in 2004 the queen and her daughter princess anne hosted the first ever lunch to celebrate female achievement at buckingham palace i wish my mum had been alive to see this she would have just burst with pride you know they invited about 180 women spanning across a myriad of fields from arts and sports to academics and business she also included the uk's first female train driver and london's first woman firefighter of course some famous faces were in attendance too such as twiggy jennifer saunders and heather mills among others all the women here are just you know real woman supporters and i wish there were more people like that it's a really great thing we should all support each other it's hard enough this was an incredible first step in celebrating female excellence and we can't wait to see how this initiative continues to develop and evolve in the years to come number 14 paid for her own wedding dress using ration coupons from the solemnity of the abbey the great pageant starts toward buckingham palace the young couple now occupying the state coach when the queen got married in 1947 the country was still recovering from the second world war everyone still relied on rationing coupons to do their shopping and the queen was no exception in post-war england everything is rationed except cheers her wedding dress designed by norman hartnell featured a 13-foot long train and 10 000 seed pearls imported from america while she saved up her coupons to pay for it hundreds of well-wishers sent her their tokens too however due to legal reasons she had to return them all still the government gifted her 200 coupons to help pay for her dream dress now that is some extreme couponing where kings and queens have appeared on numbered times on great occasions the young couple happily shared the supreme day of their lives with their countrymen number 13. kept her own name as queen when a new monarch takes the throne they can choose to keep their birth name or opt for a regnal name instead i here present unto you queen elizabeth your undoubted queen the queen's own father was christened albert but after his brother abdicated he was crowned king george vi so when the princess was asked what name she intended on using she replied quote my own name of course what else of course she would not be the first queen elizabeth with the last ruling about four centuries earlier adjustments had to be made since this was also the title her mother used is your majesty willing to take the earth she was ultimately crowned elizabeth ii queen regnet number 12 the potential for secret codes in her choice of broaches this afternoon president and mrs trump got the full windsor welcome from the queen there was many an eye roll performed following what was considered trump's disrespectful behavior towards the queen during his 2018 official state visit however some eagle-eyed royal fans thought they spotted the queen throwing back some subtle shade of her own in what many hoped was a deliberate statement during his visit the queen wore a green brooch from his predecessor president obama a snowflake one gifted by canada and finally the broach her mother wore to her father's funeral while we can't prove if any of this was intentional wouldn't it be great if it was now that would be throwing shade in style number 11 addressing the nation during unprecedented times throughout her reign the queen has only made a handful of royal addresses to the nation and in 2020 the kovit 19 pandemic became the reason for one of them a time of disruption in the life of our country a disruption that has brought grief to some financial difficulties to many in april almost 24 million people watched it live compared to 7.85 million who tuned in for her annual christmas day speech in 2019 she took the opportunity to thank frontline workers and everyone who had been following government guidelines i also want to thank those of you who are staying at home while acknowledging that there were still tough times ahead she concluded that we will see the light at the end of the tunnel she ended with the words quote we will meet again which some have taken to be a quote from dame varyland's famous wartime song we'll meet again we will meet again number 10 kept her house's name as mentioned while most british monarchs take on regnal names during their reigns elizabeth remained elizabeth when she acceded to the throne but even before the princess became queen she was already breaking tradition when she married prince philip in 1947 she chose to keep her own house's name windsor rather than taking on her husband's which was mount batten and from henceforth he will be known as lieutenant philip mountbatten prince philip allegedly wasn't too happy especially since the queen mother and winston churchill also insisted on keeping the house of windsor's name elizabeth ii would officially declare the royal house to remain that of windsor following her coronation let's not overcomplicate matters unnecessarily my name is elizabeth the couple did eventually come to a compromise years later since some descendants can now have both surnames sounds fair to us in long live queen elizabeth number nine photo bombed two field hockey players queen elizabeth the photobomber 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 self-portrait photograph the girls were surprised to find the queen join in on the shot beaming right behind them taylor was quick to tweet the photo complete with the 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 eight became the first monarch to send an email spending over six 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 world she's made sure to keep up with the times aside from the royal family's 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 seven participated in target practice she may seem 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 l85 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 ii the queen mother learned how to use a gun in case of nazi invasion and prince harry served as a helicopter co-pilot and gunner in afghanistan while she hasn't pulled the trigger in a long time she's a sure shot number six skydived during the olympics her daughter and granddaughter are olympians and in 2012 the queen joined in on the fun okay 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 five drove the saudi king around 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 women weren't allowed to drive in saudi arabia back then so the prince was in for a surprise abdullah waited in the land rover with his interpreter expecting a male driver yet sure enough the queen herself took the wheel 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 four handled the michael fagan incident with 14 foot walls surrounding its elegant grounds 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 who my name is michael oh get out vegan now says that once the queen saw him she left straight away to get help but reports at the time claimed the queen spoke with the intruder for 10 minutes before security finally came i just thought it might be good for you to meet someone normal who can tell it to you you know as it is i meet normal people all the time no you don't everyone you meet's on best behavior bigen later spent six months in a psychiatric hospital and palace security was heavily criticized while only the queen and fagan really know what happened one thing's for sure she kept calm and carried on number three held it together during an attempt on her life the queen has always been a public figure and such a high profile life has led to some very close calls on june 13th 1981 she was on her way to the trooping the color ceremony when seventeen-year-old marcus sargent fired six shots towards colonel of the her guards luckily they 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 on as if nothing had happened imagine the queen but he's a very experienced wise old fellow sergeant apparently did it for the fame and notoriety but unlike his target he now lives a quiet life out of the spotlight number 2. 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 are you sure you want to prefer one of those someone with a grand title rather than a homeless charlie crown no 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 before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one served in world war ii as a mechanic and truck driver when britain entered world war ii everyone did their 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 florida's mechanic during the war as of 2017 the queen is the only female british royal and the last surviving head of state to serve in world war ii decades later her contributions to the war effort are not forgotten do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from msmojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Published: Thu Dec 31 2020