Top ten little known facts about Queen Elizabeth on her 60th year on the throne

A little negative some of the 10 things I thought. I take my hat off to her for the way she has risen above politics for yesterday's performances from so many countries, not all now members of the Commonwealth. The flash back to the meeting she had with John XX111(good Pope John] was interesting. No sign of Benedict's. Prince Phillip's mother Alice [Princess Andrew of Greece] by the way, is buried in the convent grounds of St Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives which overlooks the believed Garden of Gethsemene. If you can't find his birth certificate, there would be avenues to find his Baptism one if an issue. An un-neccesary aspersion. A gracious and committed lady.

As an American and an equal to the "royals" as we have no "commoners," I am amazed and frightened by the subserviance of the "commoners." I have watched the "commoners" in England complaining about being wiped out financially and although I was not interested enough to watch one minute of this fairy tale, I have heard of their groveling before the people they call "royal." For the CNN viewers, please know that US TV viewership is at an all time low. Bob Schieffer, a renowned news man said on his CBS show just before the marriage of "Wills and Kate" that he had as much interest in the "royals" as he had in his neighbors golf score. No matter what propaganda the "royals," useless Hollywood or CNN put out there is very little interest in the useless royals of England.

The world's media is covering the Jubilee celebrations including the US and Ireland and millions have turned out in London to see them and more millions have watched them on tv. The Queen enjoys great popularity.

GeorgeDillon - My cousin in Pittsburgh said he enjoyed the bits he saw...then again, happily he doesn't share those bitter, curmudgeonly Dillon genes, TG...

chicksooze - only a complete C**T would want to celebrate the demise of any old pensioner...

Sirpeter, the term West Brit should only be given to the type who vote in X-factor but dont bother voting in their own referendum. The people I know who actually use that term follow Man Utd and Celtic etc and they use it to slag off people from Dublin who follow our own rugby team! That term is a joke!

Who gives a flying F**K about this C**T. They only thing I'll be celebrating is when she kicks the bucket.

My cousin in Ireland was disgusted with CNN for spending the whole day on Sunday showing the "celebrations" in London. What a sad excuse for a news channel, when they think unlimited hour after hour coverage of this event represents international news.

Re. 2 above. Are the royals given remote controls to freeze-frame (FF/REW) servants? 3. Is this a case of the incredibly shrinking monarch/'y. 8. Does this shed any light on the dietary/flatulent habits of her ex-paramours. 9. Does this include poachers and/or Scottish nationalists/republicans. If EIIR is 50% Scottish because of her mother, De Valera is 50% Irish because of his. What nationalities were the other 50%? Dev's was Cubano-New Yorker. Prince Philip is reputed to have described the Irish as being very much like their weather. Dull and unpredictable! Funny? As if the weather is radically different acoss the water in the UK.

Barack Obama is less than 3% Irish. How can you be less than 3% Irish? How stupid of the Irish to make such a claim? The Queen is 50% scottish as her mother was scottish and had the name Bowes Lyons. It was quite normal for Queens and Kings throughout Europe to arrange for their children to marry between royal families. German roots yes but so what? De Valera wasn't Irish either. Born in New York the son of a Spaniard. Hardly a Irish name De Valera is it? Anyway the Irish can hardly hate the Germans, the third Reich or the nazi party as many supported them as they were opposed to Britain. Lord Haw Haw was Irish I believe and supported the Third Reich. Of course the republican groups supported the third Reich as well. Most of this article is just mean spirited and nasty written by a republican with bigotary on his mind.

@hughor2 - I was watching a news broadcast Saturday about the Jubilee and it said that the monarchy brought about twice what it cost into the UK economy each year. I would not regret a 100% return on one of my investments year after year. So to relate that to Ireland, are there any pretenders to High King of Tara floating around? Just incase you want to double your money quickly. O'Hara's are you listening?

If I may respond. Number 1 is totally unsubstantiated. This would fall under the heading, Gossip sells newspapers and magazines. Number 2 is not at all true. Members of the Royal House speak in glowing terms about the royal family. I only recall some negative comments about the Duchess of York and the Princess of Wales being aloof and difficult. Number 3 makes you sound petty. Does her height matter? How many Royal Marines can you muster at the push of a button? Number 4 is true, HRH Prince Philip was born in Greece. What's your point? Number 5 is true. When she asked the intruder if she could call for a cigarette, and she did, her staff knew something was up and they immediately came to her aid. Number 6 is one that I must research, however, given the fact that most of these points are wrong, misleading or at best petty, I'm inclined to believe this isn't true. Number 7 is absolutely correct. God Save the Queen! Number 8 sounds like something Prince Philip would say. He is known for his sense of humor and, at times, rather direct comments. Number 9 is also true, Her Majesty is an avid sportsman. Number 10 is also true, Her Majesty did make that comment. Overall, I'd have to say this is a rather amusing list of "Royal Facts." The author appears very petty.

As an Irish born person living in the UK, I find this very childish and not representative of real Irish people. Frank Hayes must be one of those demented Irish half Americans.

I respect this lady and recall when she was firs elected to the role of Queen. She represents some histroy and I find the comments in this issue really degrading from small minded people Norman wallace

Almost all those points are negative. Just another poor excuse for IrishCentral to have a dig at the British monarch. Get a life.