Most prominent was Queen Charlotte, born in 1744 and the long-suffering wife of Mad King George George IIIII – with whom she had 15 children, with 13 surviving.
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While North West's younger sibling is unlikely to ever be Queen of Jamaica, or of Australia, or even of the Solomon Islands, the child will grow up in a $20m home in California – a house that has two pools and an adventure playground.
In remarks that were seen as an attempt by the Labour government to warn of the dangers posed by the SNP after it had won 11 seats in the October 1974 general election, she said: "I cannot forget that I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
If the security problems posed by the royal visit were, and still are, a major challenge to the Irish state's authority, the presence of the Queen is also a big test of the republican dissidents' resolve.
At Queen Mary, University of London, students must take off electronic watches, while at Oxford and Cambridge, students' watches are "subject to examination by invigilators".
Lord O'Donnell, the former cabinet secretary who oversaw the coalition negotiations in 2010, thought it was wise for the Queen to remain out of London.
"The Queen today invested the Duke of Edinburgh with the insignia of a Knight of the Order of Australia at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palacee said in a short statement.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "I can confirm that the Queen this morning attended her annual medical checkup at the King Edward VII's hospital in London.
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – the first park in Britain for 150 years – will not be run by the Royal Parks Agency, but by private companies; and the places within it, from the Olympic village to the venues, will be private.
The decision means that the Queen, who appeared alongside her father George VI and Winston Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham palace on VE Day in 1945, will miss the principal anniversary events in London during the weekend after the election and into the following week.
