0
Passports owned by the Queen – because they are issued in her name, it is unnecessary for her to carry one.
12
Prime Ministers have served under her. Tony Blair was born a month before she was crowned, in 1953, David Cameron 13 years later, in 1966.
1953
Year of first football match she attended: the FA Cup Final between Blackpool and Bolton – “the Matthews final”.
35
Royal Variety Performances attended.
1997
Year of first royal website, followed by a royal Twitter site (2009), Flickr page (2010) and Facebook page (2010).
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323,805
Twitter followers for @BritishMonarchy (as at May 28, 2012).
50,000
People who visit Buckingham Palace for banquets and receptions every year.
21
Ships launched by her.
129
Portraits she has sat for.
30
Corgis owned by the Queen since 1944. Currently she has three: Monty, Holly and Willow.
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20,000,000
TV viewers for the Coronation, on just over two million sets.
4
Age of the Queen when she was given her first horse – a Shetland pony named Peggy.
775
Number of rooms in Buckingham Palace, including 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
600
Pages in one letter sent to the Queen by stalker Robert Moore.
162.6
Height in centimetres (she’s 5ft 4in).
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5,300
Pairs of breeding mute swans in the UK – technically at least, all owned by the Queen in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Worshipful Company of Dyers.
37,161,033
Views of videos on the monarchy’s official YouTube site, the Royal Channel (as at May 28, 2012).
7
Weeks between the deaths of Princess Margaret and the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
3,500,000
Letters answered by the Queen.
1,200
Staff employed by the royal household, some 450 of whom are funded by the taxpayer.
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45,000
Christmas cards sent by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
1976
The year the Queen sent her first e-mail – from an army base.
175,000
Telegrams dispatched to centenarians, including her mother.
32
Nations she was Queen of at her coronation. Some 60 years later, she is monarch of 16.
16
Times she has visited Australia (Canada, 22; Jamaica, 6; New Zealand, 10).
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2
Tortoises that were given to the Queen on a tour to the Seychelles in 1972. Other gifts received on royal tours include an elephant called Jumbo (from Cameroon), two black beavers (Canada) and a sloth (Brazil).
11
Dorgis – a dachshund-corgi cross – that have been owned by the Queen, all the result of her corgi, Susan, mating with one of Princess Margaret’s dogs, Pipkin.
1,790
Current price in pounds of a signed photograph of the Queen on eBay (as at May 28, 2012).
85
The Queen’s age when she celebrated her 60th year on the throne; at her Diamond Jubilee, Queen Victoria was 77.
6
Popes have reigned since she was crowned (Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II and Benedict XVI). There have been the same number of Archbishops of Canterbury (Geoffrey Fisher, Michael Ramsey, Donald Coggan, Robert Runcie, George Carey and Rowan Williams).
3
Heads of state who have had a Diamond Jubilee during the Queen’s reign: the rulers of Thailand, Johor (now part of Malaysia) and Japan.
5
The amount in pounds the Queen carries in her handbag for the church collection on a Sunday.