Princess Elizabeth travelled on the London Underground for the first time in May 1939 with her governess Marion Crawford and Princess Margaret.

The Queen is a keen photographer and enjoys taking photographs of her family. The Duke of York is also a keen photographer and has taken a number of photographs of The Queen, including an official photograph for Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee in 2002.

The Queen was born at 17 Bruton St, London W1 on 21 April 1926, was christened on 29 May 1926 in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace, and was confirmed on 28 March 1942 in the private chapel at Windsor Castle.

With the birth of Prince Andrew in 1960, The Queen became the first reigning Sovereign to have a child since Queen Victoria, who had her youngest child, Princess Beatrice, in 1857.

The Queen has 30 godchildren.

The first football match The Queen attended was the 1953 FA Cup Final.

The Queen has taken the salute in every Trooping the Colour ceremony since the start of her reign, with the exception of 1955, when a national rail strike forced the cancellation of the parade.

The Queen has sat for 139 official portraits during her lifetime, two of which were with The Duke of Edinburgh.  The most recent sitting was for Rolf Harris (2005).  Her Majesty was just seven years old when she sat for her first portrait in 1933, which was commissioned by her mother and painted by the Hungarian artist Philip Alexius de László.

The Queen sat for the first and only hologram portrait in 2003.

There have been 11 sculptures of The Queen.  The most recent was in 2005 by Miss Angela Conner for St George's Chapel, Windsor.