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God Save the Queen!

6/3/2012

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Hello, Americans! As the resident Brit on this blog, I thought I'd inform you that this week marks the celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Okay, so I'm not (technically) British, but I still love the Queen!
Queen Elizabeth II was born 21 April 1926, and is now 86 years old. When she was born, she was 3rd in line for the throne, but after the abdication crisis in 1937, her father was crowned king. He died unexpectedly when Elizabeth was only 25 years old. She was a young wife and mother who had never expected to be Queen, and now she has reigned for 60 years!

After Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, Elizabeth II is the second longest-reigning monarch, and she is the 40th monarch in England since William the Conqueror. These and other fascinating tidbits about our beloved Queen can be found on the official Diamond Jubilee website.
http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/60-facts-about-queen

Also, I highly recommend watching ABC's coverage of the Jubilee events:http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/abc-news-celebrates-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-iis-diamond-jubilee-with-unprecedented-access-to-the-royal-family-and-celebration-concert/

One more thing: today was the River Thames Boat Pageant. Look, there's the Queen!

8 Comments
Jill
6/3/2012 12:41:26 pm

You are not British

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Jill
6/3/2012 12:44:04 pm

I think the "technically" is unnecessary

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Jill
6/3/2012 12:52:45 pm

:P

Anna Beth
6/3/2012 02:01:01 pm

Someday, Jill...Someday I will be British. You just wait.

Sara
6/4/2012 11:22:11 am

hahaha, i was gonna post the same thing Jill :)

Rachael
6/3/2012 01:03:37 pm

We're celebrating the Queen's birthday over here :)

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Rachael
6/3/2012 01:05:48 pm

though I just reread the beginning of your post...it says the Queen's birthday was April 21st, but my calender says "Queen's Birthday" on June 4th...hmmmmm

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Anna Beth
6/3/2012 02:00:19 pm

Her actual birthday was April 21st, but it's always celebrated in June. Wikipedia says:

"The Queen's Official Birthday (King's Official Birthday in the reign of a male monarch) is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms (currently Queen Elizabeth II) is officially celebrated...The date varies as adopted by each Commonwealth country, but is generally around the end of May to the start of June, to coincide with a high probability of fine weather in the Northern Hemisphere for outdoor ceremonies."




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