Queen Elizabeth had an unstinting passion for charities, supporting hundreds of causes and helping to raise millions of pounds during her historic 70-year reign.
She has done more for charity than any other monarch, working with more than 600 charities and organisations across the UK and the Commonwealth, spanning everything from physiotherapy and women’s issues to bereavement care, wildlife and fencing.
In 2012, when the Queen celebrated her 60th year on the throne, research from the Charities Aid Foundation found that she was among the world’s greatest supporters of charities and had helped them raise more than £1.4billion.
