London Quiz - Regal London - Queens (Answers)
Either as queens in their own right or through marriage to a reigning monarch, England has had more queens than kings. In fact, as several kings took more than one wife, there have been many more queens than kings to date. How much do you know about them?
Find out about queens of Regal London.
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Anne suffered much in her life. She was pregnant 17 or 18 times but none of her children survived into adulthood
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Elizabeth’s long reign also saw a flourishing of the arts with poets, musicians and writers such as William Shakespeare performing stupendous works at her court
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Trooping the Colour began during the reign of King Charles II. It marks the official birthday of the king or queen and is always held in June
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Henry VIII’s protestant son, Edward VI, nominated Jane as his successor in a bid to prevent his Catholic sister, Mary I, from becoming queen. Lady Jane Grey reigned from the 10th until the 19th July 1553
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Mary’s heart was buried beneath the chancel step of the Chapel in 1558. The rest of her is buried in Westminster Abbey together with her sister Elizabeth I
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Victoria reigned for an astounding 64 years. Her reign largely oversaw the establishment of the British Empire
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Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and George III had 15 children, 13 of whom survived into adulthood
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Her heraldic motto was “Humble and Loyal”, although before her marriage to Henry VIII it was “Not For My Crown”
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Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, had died at Lincoln. The 12 original crosses marked the points where her body rested overnight on its journey back to London for burial at Westminster Abbey
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Mary II ruled with William III from 1689 to her death in 1694. He continued to rule alone after her death, until he died in 1702
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