this year marks Queen Elizabeth's 60 years of reign as chief monarch of 16 sovereign states (12 of which are British colonies or dominions) since her accession to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI.
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| (the Queen in her coronation robes, 2 June 1953, photo courtesy of Wikipedia) |
so many holidays and events are happening as we speak throughout the Commonwealth to mark this special occasion
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| (the United Kingdom's Diamond Jubilee logo) |
here in Gibraltar, a humongous billboard of the Queen is a popular tourist stopover in the Piazza
red and white buntings are up all over the streets in preparation for Prince Edward's (Earl of Wessex, third son and youngest child of the Queen) visit next week
flags are flying high in people's windows to show loyalty to the Crown; Gib is British and will likely remain so forever despite Spain wanting it back. and this is the reason why the Queen's Jubilee dinner attended by the Who's Who of Royalty was snubbed by Spain's own royal couple.
some even have the Queen's picture right next to red, white and blue beddings
some even have a cardboard cut-out of the Queen! check out the red and gold Crown :)
concerts here and there, charity shows and bars and restaurants have special menus just for the occasion!
Sorry but the last sentence makes me think of the Sex Pistols, lol now "God Save The Queen" is stuck in my head. Looks like quite the happening, one long party! Interesting about Spains royal couple not attending (but understandable).
ReplyDeleteLOL rock on wendy! :)
DeleteI saw a full list of the queen's party and apart from the terrible despots there were a few nice people, I liked that the Queen of Demark was called Daisy and the Kingship of Malaysia swapped round every 5 years. Looks like Gib has no intention of turning Spanish, you kind of have the best of both anyway
ReplyDeleteyeah, very VIP in that list :) nope, the people here want to remain British and yes, we have a bit of a kind of wonderful fusion going on here :)
DeleteThat's interesting. I haven't noticed that here in Canada. Mind you, I don't pay much attention to the news!
ReplyDeletei saw a program on tv once abt prince william and princess kate visiting canada :) apparently the royal family visits each "dominion" in all their "kingdoms" hehe
DeleteLooks like Gibraltar is set for one HUGE party! I'm looking forward to checking out the celebrations in London on TV, I'm a bit of a fan of the Monarchy! (Being an Aussie it's kind of expected though, right?! Hehe). Have an awesome weekend celebrating the Diamond Jubilee!
ReplyDeletexoxo Lauren
thanks lauren! enjoy your weekend too! i will be out most of the time this weekend so i might not be able to watch it :(
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