The Queen's Jubilee
Directgov quote - Marking 60 years of The Queen's reign, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations will centre around an extended weekend in 2012 on 2, 3, 4 and 5 June.
I have nothing against the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in principle - more acceptable than the Olympics for me - but anyone could be forgiven this weekend for thinking that they had got the date wrong. They seem to have kicked off very early.
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And on the wrong foot...Originally Posted by Lateralthinking1
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if you don't step on the cracks in the pavemet everything will be allright ..... much cheaper to be simply superstitious than rely on Monarchy and Majesty for reassurances ... £££££££££££££££Billions innit [cost] ££m tourism the Beefeasters could do it on their own .....
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Not as early as the Olympics
The news has numerous people getting excited about a gold-coloured cheese grater.
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That 'gold-coloured cheese grater' is the recently re-elected Mayor of London in full grin mode, Mary - an easy mistake to makeNot as early as the Olympics
The news has numerous people getting excited about a gold-coloured cheese grater.
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Somehow managed to post twice. This is my attempt at deletion.
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They've probably announced this and I've missed it
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Elizabeth became queen on the 6th February 1952, when her father, George VI, died. So she's been queen for 60 years (and a bit). The date of the coronation doesn't affect that - Edward VIII was never crowned, but was still king until he abdicated.
(technically Elizabeth should be Elizabeth I, as Scotland has never had a monarch called Elizabeth. The present queen is the first Elizabeth to reign over Great Britain, & presumably Northen Ireland as a seperate state.)
Wow, that's really helpful Flosshilde. Thanks. So she's there already. When do we celebrate her exceeding Victoria's reign? The longer we can postpone Charles and Camilla the better.
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What really alarms me is that I can remember every one of those sixty years
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