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Post by Admin on Aug 21, 2015 20:11:06 GMT
Buckingham Palace shared two vintage snapshots of a young Queen Elizabeth this week. The first photo, posted to celebrate World Photography Day Wednesday, features not only the Queen at 28 years old, but her two children: Prince Charles at age 7 and Princess Anne at age 4. The snap, photographed by Marcus Adams in 1954, is an outtake from what appears to be a formal photography session. The young Prince Charles -- his laughing faced turned from the camera -- is dressed crisply in red shorts and and white collared shirt while his sister -- her face blurred from giggles -- wears a prim pink dress. The second photo, shared in honor of the weekly hashtag trend "Throwback Thursday" on the British Monarchy's official Twitter account is a photo of the Queen sitting in her study at the Balmoral Castle in 1972. At 46 years old, the British monarch is wears a patterned dress as she poses near her wooden writing desk. Two dogs are seen relaxing underneath.
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Post by Admin on Aug 22, 2015 20:09:49 GMT
Queen Elizabeth may be relaxing at Balmoral and gearing up to celebrate surpassing Queen Victoria as Britain's longest serving monarch this fall, but elsewhere in the United Kingdom, it's one of her past milestones that's gathering attention. The cast of the upcoming Netflix series The Crown, which follows Queen Elizabeth's early years, stepped out in full 1940s garb to recreate the then-Princess Elizabeth's 1947 wedding to Prince Philip. Claire Foy, who plays the young monarch in the series, wore a near-exact replica of the Queen's Norman Hartwell crystal-and-pearl-embellished wedding gown, while the "bridesmaids" (who, in real life, included her sister Princess Margaret and cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent) and "page boys" wore '40s style white dresses and ruffled shirts with kilts, respectively.
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Post by Admin on Aug 24, 2015 20:15:08 GMT
Praising her "kindness and sense of humor" and love for her family and her home, he says she has been a "model for a life of service." As the Queen, 89, approaches Sept. 9, the day when she will break Queen Victoria's record reign, William highlights her "example and continuity," that is "rare among leaders." William honored his grandmother in the preface for a new book, Elizabeth II: The Steadfast, that is being published ahead of the two momentous landmarks in the Queen's life. (The other being her 90th birthday on April 21, 2016.) It is a life of duty but also one of family leadership – something William, 33, highlights as he thanks her for being a great-grandmother to his children, Prince George, 2, and Princess Charlotte, 4 month. "From a personal point of view, I am privileged to witness the private side of the Queen, as a grandmother and a great-grandmother," he writes. "The Queen's kindness and sense of humor, her innate sense of calm and perspective, and her love of family and home are all attributes I experience first-hand." "All of us who will inherit the legacy of my grandmother's reign and generation need to do all we can to celebrate and learn from her story. Speaking for myself, I am privileged to have the Queen as a model for a life of service to the public."
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Post by Admin on Sept 9, 2015 20:11:00 GMT
On Sept. 9, 2015, she will become the longest-reigning British monarch in history. On Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest-serving monarch in British history. A royal spokesperson told Maclean’s that the record-breaking moment at which she surpasses Queen Victoria’s 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes is set to happen around 5:30 p.m. local time. That “around” is puzzling, given the precision of royal records. The reason for the approximation is that there is no gap between the periods of rule of British monarchs. The second one dies, the next is in charge. So, while Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation didn’t come until mid-1953, she became queen the very moment her father, King George VI, died, on Feb. 6, 1952. The challenge for anniversary-minded royal-watchers is that King George died in his sleep. It was widely reported in 1952 that he was found dead by a servant around 7:30 in the morning—meaning that he died, and Elizabeth’s reign began, at some unremarked-upon moment prior to that time. In fact, it wasn’t until later that day that the new queen—who was on a trip to Africa—even found out about her father’s death and her subsequent change in status. “It was not until early in the afternoon that Philip got the news (by telephone from a local newspaper) that changed their lives,” TIME reported. “He sent an equerry to call London for confirmation, then gently led his wife down to the river’s edge and told her that her father was dead. The Queen returned to the lodge on her husband’s arm, shaken but in full command of herself.”
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Post by Admin on Nov 25, 2015 19:44:42 GMT
Queen Elizabeth turns 90 next April, and planning for a series of festive events is well under way. Tickets went on sale on Tuesday for a special four-day extravaganza in the shadow of Windsor Castle between May 12-15. And they are selling fast, with three of the four days already sold out. More than 900 horses and 1,500 people from around the world will take part in the celebrations in Windsor's Home Park. Members of the royal family are expected at each evening, with the Queen attending on the last night. With a limited 25,000 tickets for sale there's also a chance to be part of the festivities for lucky winners of a lottery. Those who don't have tickets for one of the four evening shows can apply for one of 5,000 free tickets. That will allow them to see the red-carpet arrivals by celebrities and to watch the final performance on giant screens.
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