Showing posts with label queen elizabeth II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label queen elizabeth II. Show all posts

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Let The Merriment Begin

The Platinum Jubilee Celebrations have begun!

Throughout Great Britain and many other countries, there are thousands of street parties, parades, and much merriment afoot, in the celebrating  of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's seventieth year on the throne.




I will be joining in the celebrations albeit from afar, my Union Jack flying, the teapot readied.
Seventy years on the throne, and a lifetime of genteelness, grace and dedication. 

Three cheers:  Hip, Hip, Hooray, Hip, Hip, Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray !










God Save The Queen

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Her Majesty's Birthday....



Marking the Queen's official 83rd birthday, today the BBC released archive footage showing Her Majesty as a young women, before she took the throne.

This is Princess Elizabeth's first Trooping the Colour in 1951, taking the place of her father, who was ill.





Happy Birthday Your Majesty !

Video credit: BBC

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

A Late Evening Treat.....

Monarchy The Royal Family at Work.

Our local Public Broadcasting affiliate station, came through once again, this evening, by airing "Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work "
If your interested in any aspect of the "Royals" or just wondering what happens inside Buckingham Palace on a day to day operation, you will love this fly on the wall documentary, as it follows the Royal family at home and abroad for an entire year.

The TV documentary series is available through the Public Broadcasting Service, in book form or two DVD set.

Check your local PBS program schedule........you'll be in for a treat !





The synopsis reads as follows :
About the Series
Join Queen Elizabeth for a exclusive look at the royal family and the modern monarchy
In the year of her 80th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II granted the filmmakers of "Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work" an exclusive look inside the modern British monarchy. In this intimate series, viewers join Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of Britain's most famous family as they travel abroad, work at the palace, and meet people from all walks of life.

The program follows the Queen as she visits the first permanent British settlement in the U.S. and spends time with President Bush at the White House. The cameras also roll as she visits the newly democratic republic of Estonia — where no British monarch has set foot before.

Back in England, the series goes inside Buckingham Palace for exclusive interviews with members of the royal family, preparations for elaborate formal occasions, and a behind-the-scenes look at the royal kitchens, the royal wine cellar, the royal car fleet and the jobs of footmen, ladies in waiting, the Yeoman of the Guard and the crown jeweler. "Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work" offers a glimpse behind the velvet curtain to reveal what life is really like as a member of the family firm.

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Anwar Hussein Collection