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The Queen is celebrating her 91st birthday but she can’t prove her age on her passport

The Queen is celebrating her 91st birthday but she can’t prove her age on her passport.

Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t have one, nor does she have a license. In fact the British royal doesn’t ever have to prove her identity.

The monarch has visited more countries than any other royal in the UK, with the figure estimated to be over 116.

But she hasn’t needed to produce her travel document once.

Even though other royals including Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh have to hold a passport, the Queen is the only one exempt from the rule.

This is because she’s the one who issues them.

The first page of all British passports read: “Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary."