Her Royal Highness - The Queen

Around the world, wherever you go, people always seem to know about the Queen. Or Queen Elizabeth II that is. She is surely the most famous person on earth.

Yesterday the Queen arrived in Northern Ireland for a three day visit. She attended a reception at Hillsborough Castle, her first engagement at the historic landmark. The Queen met with 300 or so territorial army members to mark the the organisations centenary.

Queen Elizabeth will spend the next couple of days at several other royal engagements including the handing out of Maundy Thursday alms purses to people in Armagh, part of an ancient ceremony held each Easter.

The number of purses the queen will hand out signifies how many years she has spent as the monarch - 82. Therefore 82 men and 82 women will be given a traditional Maundy purse.

This is just one of the many duties The Queen will carry out this year. Such is the life of a Monarch!