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<GovSiteFacts id="1" Type="QEII" Fact="It is the Queen’s constitutional duty to open Parliament every year.  She has opened Parliament every year of her reign except for 1959 and 1963, when she was expecting Prince Andrew and Prince Edward."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="2" Type="QEII" Fact="In 1982, Pope John Paul II visited Britain, the first pope to do so for 450 years. The Queen, Head of the Church of England, received him at Buckingham Palace."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="3" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen is fluent in French."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="4" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen’s coronation on June 2, 1952 was the first to be broadcast on television."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="5" Type="QEII" Fact="With the birth of Prince Andrew in 1960, The Queen became the first reigning Sovereign to give birth since Queen Victoria, who had her youngest child, Princess Beatrice, in 1857."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="6" Type="QEII" Fact="Queen Elizabeth II receives between 200 and 300 letters a day. "/>
<GovSiteFacts id="7" Type="QEII" Fact="Elizabeth II appeared on the cover of TIME magazine in 1929 at the age of 3.  In 1952, Elizabeth was named TIME magazine Person of the Year."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="8" Type="QEII" Fact="Queen Elizabeth II's first prime minister was Winston Churchill; her current Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is the first to be born during her reign."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="9" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen is 5’4” tall."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="10" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen’s favorite pets are her corgi dogs.  She has had over 30 during her reign, beginning with Susan, who was a present for the Queen’s 18th birthday in 1944.  "/>
<GovSiteFacts id="11" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen's current five corgis are called Emma, Linnet, Monty, Willow and Holly."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="12" Type="QEII" Fact="Queen Elizabeth II learned to drive while serving as a Junior Commander in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) during WWII.  "/>
<GovSiteFacts id="13" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen is Head of the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 53 independent countries, almost all of which were formerly under British rule.  Over 30% of the world’s population are members of a Commonwealth country."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="14" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, are both great, great grandchildren of Queen Victoria. "/>
<GovSiteFacts id="15" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen and her Prime Minister have a weekly meeting on each Tuesday that the two are both in London."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="16" Type="QEII" Fact="Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at the same age -- 25 years old -- as her predecessor, Queen Elizabeth I."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="17" Type="QEII" Fact="Buckingham Palace was opened to the public for the first time under Elizabeth II."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="18" Type="QEII" Fact="Great Britain is the only country that does not have its name on its stamps: the sovereign’s head has always been accepted by the International Postal Union as adequate national identification.  "/>
<GovSiteFacts id="19" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen has nine royal thrones: one at the House of Lords, two at Westminster Abbey and six in Buckingham Palace’s Throne Room."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="20" Type="QEII" Fact="In 1953-54, Queen Elizabeth became the first British monarch to travel across the globe.  On this trip she also became the first British monarch to visit Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="21" Type="QEII" Fact="The British monarchy is the oldest form of government in Great Britain; it is also the oldest monarchy in all of Europe."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="22" Type="QEII" Fact="The Queen has two birthdays: on April 21, the day she was born, and its official celebration each year in June."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="23" Type="QEII" Fact="In 1986, Queen Elizabeth became the first British monarch to visit China."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="24" Type="VACAP" Fact="Philadelphia architect John Notman was paid $200 in 1853 to design the landscape plan for the Capitol."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="25" Type="VACAP" Fact="Virginia's capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="26" Type="VACAP" Fact="The Capitol's East and West Wings were added in the early twentieth century."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="27" Type="VACAP" Fact="Thomas Jefferson's design for the State Capitol was inspired by a first-century Roman temple in France."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="28" Type="VACAP" Fact="The Virginia General Assembly is the oldest legislative body in the United States."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="29" Type="VACAP" Fact="The statue of George Washington in the Capitol Rotunda was created by sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="30" Type="JTOWN" Fact="There are eight recognized Indian tribes in Virginia: the Chickahominy, the Eastern Chickahominy, the Mattoponi, the Monacan Indian Nation, the Nansemond, the Pamunkey, the Rapphannock, and the Upper Mattaponi."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="31" Type="JTOWN" Fact="Bear Mountain in Amherst County has been the home of the Monacan Nation for over 10,000 years."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="32" Type="JTOWN" Fact="The Monacan Nation mined and traded in copper."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="33" Type="JTOWN" Fact="Rapphannock Indian territory included parts of the modern day counties of Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster, Essex, and Caroline."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="34" Type="JTOWN" Fact="The Jamestown colony was originally sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit from the settlement."/>
<GovSiteFacts id="35" Type="JTOWN" Fact="Captain John Smith became the colony’s leader in September 1608.  He was the fourth council president of Jamestown."/>
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