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Originally Posted by HarryT
They still do, at least in these parts. It says so on every British coin:
ELIZABETH II D.G. REG
which is short for "DEI GRATIA REGINA" - "Queen, by the grace of God".
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I remember hearing that when she was crowned (1953), a majority of the British people genuinely believed she had a divine right to rule, bestowed upon her by the Christian god.
Things have changed a lot since then!