Liz's Jubilee

Old Queenie celebrates her Diamond Jubilee; 60 years on the throne.

The UK has two bank holidays to commemorate the event with four day's of processions, concerts, street parties, pageants and tributes, pomp and ceremiony.


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Thames pageant, a 1,000 boat procession, setting a new world record.

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Queenie's Barge
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The Mall, toward Buckingham Palace

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Concert

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DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS AND QUEENS: REFUTED

That is all.

The daily show piece was amusing - http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mo...tares-at-boats

Did anyone attend the four-day festivities? I saw some on TV, enjoyed the fly over with red, white and blue smoke from the planes. And the guys with the guard giving three cheers without their black fuzzy hats.

(I've always wondered.....what the hell does she carry in those purses....?)

Also wonder if there's any talk of storming the castles and taking back the public booty? :p

Not seen much of it at all (more due to work than anything else) but even as a republican this weekend has made me smile. First and foremost a patriot and it is such a pleasant change to see such flag waving. Though during the concert fireworks I swear they broadcast our red, white and blue as the French tricolour. You don't have to be a monarchist to respect this monarch.

While it's 2 Bank Holidays this week (for those of you who actually get Bank Holidays off), technically only today was for the Jubilee. Yesterday was the one week delayed Summer Bank Holiday (last Monday of May).

2012 is shaking up to be a good summer to be English. First the jubilee, later the Olympics. Euro 2012 is paling into insignificance in comparison.

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Originally Posted by GGT

Did anyone attend the four-day festivities?

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Would certainly have done if we were home, but we were away for the entire four day period.

Watched just about all of it on the gogglebox tho.

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(I've always wondered.....what the hell does she carry in those purses....?)

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Tis the subject of much discussion and speculation :o

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Originally Posted by RandBlade

Though during the concert fireworks I swear they broadcast our red, white and blue as the French tricolour.

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Yeh I commented on that at the time, was very Tricolour.

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Originally Posted by Timbuk2

Tis the subject of much discussion and speculation :o

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:) I figured at least a handkerchief, a cough drop, and a lipstick. Would have been shocked if it included a cell-phone, credit card, or house keys. :p


BTW, it's been acceptable ladies' etiquette for decades to apply lipstick at the table after a meal, as long as it's done discreetly and doesn't turn into a 'grooming session' of combing hair or checking/picking food in teeth. At least that's what my grandmother taught me, and what she learned from Emily Post.