The First Monarch to....

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

* Queen Elizabeth II was the first monarch to CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE. This took 6 months

* The first queen to send her children to Boarding School to keep them from the press media.

* The first monarch and only female to serve in the Armed Forces.

* The first monarch since the Act of Union (1801), to be out of the country at the moment of succession. She was in Kenya at the time.

* The first British monarch to open Buckingham Palace to the public

* Queen Elizabeth II was the first British monarch to visit China (1986).

All of these action are far from the old monarchy, very modern indeed. This show us she is quite brave when coming to breaking tradition and moving with the times. Although keeping seems tradition is foremost the Queen has broken old fashioned moulds.

When Lady Diana died she came out of the palace and stood on the street as Lady Di's funeral car drove by. This takes humility, a valuable quality in a person that is so aloof.

You could say that Queen Elizabeth is a pioneering queen of our modern day.