Queen Elizabeth II can bend or break a lot of rules that apply to most other Britons. For instance, she doesn't technically have to pay taxes, but chooses to pay them like other British citizens anyway. She also can't be prosecuted in court, and it's illegal to sue her.
The Atlantic reports that Queen Elizabeth II doesn't need a passport to travel internationally. According to the British monarchy "as a passport is issued in the name of Her Majesty, it is unnecessary for the queen to possess one".
But she's the only member of the royal family who gets out of that requirement. Every other member of the royal family including Prince Philip, the queens husband and Prince Charles her oldest son and the heir -has a passport for international travel.
As the sun reports, going passport-less also affords Queen Elizabeth II another covetable privilege :"while everyone else has to stand on a queue at customs, Her Majesty can just breeze through "
And not only that, she never has to take any travel documents or prove her identity to immigration officials,
The Huffington Post reports that though the queen has visited 116 different countries during her reign, she doesn't have to carry a passport or any other firm of documentation.
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