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70 years on the throne
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:04 pm
by Enzedder
... would give most people piles.
But not our Liz.
70 years today and to make it more special, it's Waitangi Day in NZ.
The 95-year-old became the queen of Britain and more than a dozen other realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand on the death of her father King George VI on 6 February, 1952, while she was in Kenya on an international tour.
The news was broken to her by her husband Prince Philip, who died last year aged 99 after more than seven decades by her side.
Queen Elizabeth will mark 'Accession Day' in private as is customary, not viewing it as something to celebrate. But there will be four days of national events to mark her Platinum Jubilee in June.
"While it is a moment for national celebration, it will be a day of mixed emotions for Her Majesty as the day also marks 70 years since the death of her beloved father George VI," Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament on Wednesday, thanking the monarch for "her tireless service".
The Queen has continued to carry out official duties well into her 90s, but has been little seen in public since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified ailment and was then instructed by doctors to rest.
However, Buckingham Palace on Friday released footage ahead of Sunday's landmark, showing her viewing items from previous royal jubilees, such as a fan given to her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria to mark her 50th year on the throne in 1887, signed by family, friends and politicians.
Ironically, Queen Elizabeth was not destined to be monarch at her birth, and only became queen because her uncle Edward VIII abdicated to be with American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
But in 2015, she overtook Victoria as Britain's longest-reigning sovereign in a line that traces its origin back to Norman King William I and his 1066 conquest of England.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:09 pm
by sefton
The last sentence is complete horse shit.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:26 pm
by Kawazaki
Thought this was a Ben Youngs thread.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:35 pm
by Botha Boy
I though this was going to be an Enzedder Autobiographical thread ...
Seriously Lizzie is a decent skin. And knows her horse-flesh. Can't really ask for more in a person.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:36 am
by Enzedder
She has been queen my entire life as well - remarkable woman
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:52 am
by Ymx
Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:36 am
She has been queen my entire life as well - remarkable woman
You are younger than 70??
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:24 am
by Uncle fester
sefton wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:09 pm
The last sentence is complete horse shit.
Where are you drawing the line?
Stuarts?
Edgar Ætheling?
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:10 am
by Slick
Gawd bless you ma’am
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:14 am
by C69
I hope her lineage ends the same way as the Romanovs.
However most of the reports suggest that her reign may not last untill the June Bank Holiday.
Camilla the Queen Consort before the end of the year no doubt.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:58 pm
by GogLais
Enzedder wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:36 am
She has been queen my entire life as well - remarkable woman
Oh another youth. Christ, I’m not the oldest here am I? Although I prefer being the oldest in the room rather than the youngest. Those bloody conversations about GP waiting times and lists of medications get me down.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:28 pm
by sefton
Uncle fester wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:24 am
sefton wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:09 pm
The last sentence is complete horse shit.
Where are you drawing the line?
Stuarts?
Edgar Ætheling?
I draw the line at where the line is and it’s not back to any of them.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:21 am
by Dan54
Christ I must of been only 3 when began her reign. Thats a afir while to do the job isn't it?
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:02 am
by assfly
Kawazaki wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:26 pm
Thought this was a Ben Youngs thread.
Re: 70 years on the throne
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:11 am
by Insane_Homer