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Some interesting facts about British monarch
Made by Mark Shtange Form – 7
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Only two British monarchs have reigned more than once - King Henry VI and King Edward IV. Henry VI reigned from 1422-1461 and 1470-1471 and Edward IV reigned from 1461-1470 and 1471-1483.
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King Edward the Confessor was the first English monarch to be declared a saint. He was England's patronsaint until 1348.
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The last British monarch to lead troops into battle was King George II at the Battle of Dettingen against the French in 1743.
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British monarchs wear an "imperial" style of crown consisting of a circlet surmounted by arches. This style was introduced by King Henry IV in 1399.
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England's youngest ever monarch was King Henry VI who came to the Throne in 1422 aged just 6 months.
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England's shortest-reigning monarch was Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey), the cousin and wife of King Edward VI, who reigned for just 9 days in 1554.
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King Henry VIII weighed 21 stones (133kgs in European measures).
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To build up England's shipping capacity - and its seafarers - Queen Elizabeth I made it compulsory for the peopleof England to eat fish on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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England has had many gay monarchs: Edward II, Richard II, Richard the Lionheart, William Rufus.
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In the mid-1640s, England's self-proclaimed Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, probably executed around 100 suspected witches.
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