Barbie’s Getting a Palace: Queen Elizabeth Gets Turned Into a Doll in Celebration of Monumental 96th Birthday

Barbie’s Getting a Palace: Queen Elizabeth Gets Turned Into a Doll in Celebration of Monumental 96th Birthday

  • Queen Elizabeth is being turned into a Barbie doll in honour of her 96th birthday and Platinum Jubilee
  • The doll will come with all the elegant trimmings that make this long-reigning Queen the icon that she is
  • The dolls go on sale on 21 April and people are anticipating a sellout as no other Barbie has ever seen before

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Every girl who ever dreamed of being the Queen of England can now live out their fantasy with a Barbie of Queen Elizabeth herself.

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A Barbie modelled after the queen is hitting the market to honour her 96th birthday and her status as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Image: Getty Images
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Queen Elizabeth is Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a powerful woman who so many look up to. Making a Barbie doll out of her is definitely one many will swarm to buy, young and old.

Huffpost reported that the doll went on sale on 21 April, in celebration of the Queen’s 96th birthday and Platinum Jubilee and celebrating a historic 70 years on the throne.

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The Queen Elizabeth II Barbie will wear an elegant ivory gown and blue ribbon adorned with sparkling broaches. A tiara based on Queen Mary's Fringe Tiara, which Queen Elizabeth wore for her wedding to Prince Philip, will sit perfectly on top of her head, reported People. A Barbie like none before.

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Royal merchandise sells like hotcakes and we are sure this Barbie is going to sell out before it even hits the shelves. Both young and old will buy the doll and treasure it for many years to come.

Royal Windsor horse show releases new photo of Queen Elizabeth ii with her horses to mark 96th birthday

In related news, Briefly News reported that Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday today and to mark the occasion, the Royal Windsor Horse Show released a stunning never before seen photo of her majesty.

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The photograph was shared online by The Royal Family’s Facebook account and shows the Queen with two of her fell ponies, Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale.

The page disclosed that it was taken last month on the grounds of Windsor Castle.

"The photo is the fourth in a series of photos released by the Royal Windsor Horse Show, following images that celebrated the Golden Jubilee, the Platinum Jubilee, and Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday. First staged in 1943, The Queen has attended every single Royal Windsor Horse Show,” the official statement reads.

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.