General News for Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh 1: July 2008-March 2017


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I have a question about a story I heard a couple Years ago about Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip and was wondering if you guys ever read about this , I don't remember where I read it and I don't know the accuracy of the story. I just remembered about hearing about this the other day But I can't find anything on the Internet. So I thought I would ask on here.

Again I don't know if this story is true or not but Apparently Years ago (I think it was sometime in the 1960s or 1970s) Queen Elizabeth was spotted chasing Prince Philip out of Buckingham Palace with a object in her hand (can't remember what it was) and a Guy (I think he work there or something like that but can't exactly remember) Caught the whole thing on tape. Elizabeth latet found out that the incident was caught on video and had it destroyed.

Can anyone confirm this? Has anyone on here ever heard about this?
 
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Close, It happened in the early 50s and I believe it was in NZ or Australia during a tour. I believe the object was a squash or tennis racquet. The photographer/cameraman voluntarily destroyed the film, not at the request of the monarch, because he felt that he had intruded on a private moment. Of course since he destroyed the evidence we only have his word that the story was true to begin with.
 
Close, It happened in the early 50s and I believe it was in NZ or Australia during a tour. I believe the object was a squash or tennis racquet. The photographer/cameraman voluntarily destroyed the film, not at the request of the monarch, because he felt that he had intruded on a private moment. Of course since he destroyed the evidence we only have his word that the story was true to begin with.

Okay Thanks! I do remember it now. it was a photographer/Cameramen who had caught it on tape and the objects one of those two things. It hard to know if it was true or not as we only have his words and we will probably never know. I think I would probably have the tape destroyed. Obviously you know the media would pay millions for a a couple seconds clip on Video but it better to keep something like from public viewing and destroy it.
 
I found the story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...zabeth-Private-thoroughly-modern-monarch.html

The day the Queen was filmed hurling tennis shoes at Philip

This was, perhaps, the most extraordinary piece of royal film ever shot. The Queen was not merely cross: she was hurling shoes, threats and sporting equipment, and venting the sort of regal fury that, in another age, would have cost someone their head.
The object of this tirade was the Duke of Edinburgh, who in the circumstances made the sensible decision to run away. Little wonder this scene has never seen the light of day. Few people even know about this bizarre royal bust up.
For that, the Queen can thank both an obliging Australian camera crew and one of the most gloriously curmudgeonly characters to serve in the Royal Household in her entire 60-year reign.

But Commander Richard Colville DSC, Press Secretary to both George VI and the Queen, certainly earned his keep that day on March 6, 1954.
By then, the Queen was halfway through an eight-week tour of Australia, which, in turn, was just part of a six-month post-Coronation round-the-world voyage —the greatest royal tour in modern history.
Inevitably, on a journey of this scale, there were tensions along the way, and they surfaced as the young royal couple enjoyed a weekend’s break in a chalet on the shores of the O’Shannassy Reservoir in Victoria.
On that particular Sunday afternoon, the Queen was due to be filmed looking at some kangaroos and koalas for a feature film titled The Queen In Australia.
Senior cameraman Loch Townsend had already arrived, with his deputy Frank Bagnall and a sound recordist. The afternoon light was fading.
‘Christ, when are they bloody well coming?’ muttered Townsend —at which point the door of the chalet flew open.
Bagnall instinctively turned on his camera. But what happened next was not in the script.

Out dashed Prince Philip, with a pair of tennis shoes and a tennis racquet flying after him. Next came the Queen herself, shouting at the Prince to stop running and ordering him back.
And still the camera kept on turning. Eventually, as Townsend later recalled, the Queen ‘dragged’ her husband back into the chalet and the door was slammed.
At this point, angrier than a wounded buffalo, Commander Colville suddenly charged into view.
Here was a man who thought it such a grave affront to royal privacy to film the Queen being driven through the gates of Balmoral that he had banned the BBC from doing so.
Loch Townsend was a brave film-maker who had been in action during World War II, but he was not about to enter mortal combat with the man British journalists knew as the Abominable No Man —or, simply ‘Sunshine’.
Without hesitation, Townsend exposed the film and then handed it to Colville, saying: ‘Commander, I have a present for you. You might like to give it to Her Majesty.’
Colville disappeared and a member of staff emerged with beer and sandwiches for the crew. It wasn’t long before the Queen reappeared herself, calm, serene —and extremely grateful.
‘I’m sorry for that little interlude,’ she told Townsend, ‘but, as you know, it happens in every marriage. Now, what would you like me to do?’
We shall never know the real background to the row. But it not only illustrates the dynamic between the monarchy and the media at the start of the reign, it also shows that the Queen and the Duke really are like any other couple.
As the late Lord Charteris once pointed out, Prince Philip is the only person on Earth who can tell the Queen to ‘shut up’, and vice versa.
And it is one of the reasons why this long, strong and very happy marriage has sailed through its diamond anniversary and is heading for platinum.
 
Great story, BritishRoyalist, thank you for posting the particulars. I had heard this story as well and thought it one of the great anecdotes of the Queen's marriage as well as the dynamics between the monarchy and the media at that time.
 
Great story, BritishRoyalist, thank you for posting the particulars. I had heard this story as well and thought it one of the great anecdotes of the Queen's marriage as well as the dynamics between the monarchy and the media at that time.

You welcome. I enjoyed the story, it was Pretty funny. It reminds me of something that my Grandparents would do loll You are right that is a Interesting (and Amusingly/ funny) account of of their marriage. The Dynamic between Media and monarchy in those days (and I kind of preferred those days) that peace of tape would be tucked away not to see the light of day in 1954.
 
I ve heard/read about this somewhere and loved it. Does anyone know of any similar incidents among Bea-Claus or Marg-Henrik..
 
I found the story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041776/Queen-Elizabeth-Private-thoroughly-modern-monarch.html

The day the Queen was filmed hurling tennis shoes at Philip

This was, perhaps, the most extraordinary piece of royal film ever shot. The Queen was not merely cross: she was hurling shoes, threats and sporting equipment, and venting the sort of regal fury that, in another age, would have cost someone their head.
The object of this tirade was the Duke of Edinburgh, who in the circumstances made the sensible decision to run away. Little wonder this scene has never seen the light of day. Few people even know about this bizarre royal bust up.
For that, the Queen can thank both an obliging Australian camera crew and one of the most gloriously curmudgeonly characters to serve in the Royal Household in her entire 60-year reign.

But Commander Richard Colville DSC, Press Secretary to both George VI and the Queen, certainly earned his keep that day on March 6, 1954.
By then, the Queen was halfway through an eight-week tour of Australia, which, in turn, was just part of a six-month post-Coronation round-the-world voyage —the greatest royal tour in modern history.
Inevitably, on a journey of this scale, there were tensions along the way, and they surfaced as the young royal couple enjoyed a weekend’s break in a chalet on the shores of the O’Shannassy Reservoir in Victoria.
On that particular Sunday afternoon, the Queen was due to be filmed looking at some kangaroos and koalas for a feature film titled The Queen In Australia.
Senior cameraman Loch Townsend had already arrived, with his deputy Frank Bagnall and a sound recordist. The afternoon light was fading.
‘Christ, when are they bloody well coming?’ muttered Townsend —at which point the door of the chalet flew open.
Bagnall instinctively turned on his camera. But what happened next was not in the script.

Out dashed Prince Philip, with a pair of tennis shoes and a tennis racquet flying after him. Next came the Queen herself, shouting at the Prince to stop running and ordering him back.
And still the camera kept on turning. Eventually, as Townsend later recalled, the Queen ‘dragged’ her husband back into the chalet and the door was slammed.
At this point, angrier than a wounded buffalo, Commander Colville suddenly charged into view.
Here was a man who thought it such a grave affront to royal privacy to film the Queen being driven through the gates of Balmoral that he had banned the BBC from doing so.
Loch Townsend was a brave film-maker who had been in action during World War II, but he was not about to enter mortal combat with the man British journalists knew as the Abominable No Man —or, simply ‘Sunshine’.
Without hesitation, Townsend exposed the film and then handed it to Colville, saying: ‘Commander, I have a present for you. You might like to give it to Her Majesty.’
Colville disappeared and a member of staff emerged with beer and sandwiches for the crew. It wasn’t long before the Queen reappeared herself, calm, serene —and extremely grateful.
‘I’m sorry for that little interlude,’ she told Townsend, ‘but, as you know, it happens in every marriage. Now, what would you like me to do?’
We shall never know the real background to the row. But it not only illustrates the dynamic between the monarchy and the media at the start of the reign, it also shows that the Queen and the Duke really are like any other couple.
As the late Lord Charteris once pointed out, Prince Philip is the only person on Earth who can tell the Queen to ‘shut up’, and vice versa.
And it is one of the reasons why this long, strong and very happy marriage has sailed through its diamond anniversary and is heading for platinum.

Thank you for the interesting tidbit! I remember reading about this in one of my books, and finding the whole thing a hoot :D.
 
Does anyone have a picture of HM throwing the shoes?? :ROFLMAO:
 
Does anyone know if HM Queen Elizabeth II takes milk with her earl grey tea?
 
Does anyone know if HM Queen Elizabeth II takes milk with her earl grey tea?

I'm not sure about this, but I suspect she does take milk in order to take the edge off the tannins contained in the tea. QEII is known not to like strong flavours.

We don't seem to have an answer about coffee! I wonder if Fortnum and Masons do a special blend? Again, not a strong blend. We have a Nespresso machine now and I can't go back to filtered as it tastes too watery now.

Somewhere I have seen a website containing details of all the warrants held by the BRF and also the Danish RF. I'll have to check it out.
 
Ok, I am answering my own question -as noone else seems to do so.
The specific 1997 banquet I asked about was recorded, and there must be a full video somewhere. Apparently the web had not developed as much back then so as to be able to find every such video online. For the moment, I have found this:

AP Archive | UK - Queen celebrates 50 years of marriage

Once again, whoever finds more of it and post it, would be very welcome...
 
Hi..I read somewhere long back that in late 50s/early 60s, the Queen used to visit some homes for tea..and eventually it turned out to be a dud and was dropped..
Does anyone have a footage of such "visits" or links to any articles/reports of them..I am just curious. Personally I believe the Queen is just good enough to say "How/What do you do" stuff but socialising beyond that is not easy for her..
So anyone knows about these visits?
 
I would think that is would be the hosts who would have the most problem socializing with the Queen.

With all the public dinners, receptions and events, I would suspect she has gotten fairly good at social chit-chat.
 
Does anyone know if HM Queen Elizabeth II takes milk with her earl grey tea?

Yes, she does take milk with her Earl Grey, as does the Prince of Wales. Paul Burrell wrote about it in his first book. (Also I'm pretty sure he mentioned the Queen Mother did as well, but I'm not 100% on that.)

Interestingly, Diana did not like tea at all and usually drank instant coffee! I wonder if the coming of Starbucks et al to Kensington High Street would have changed her mind!
 
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The Queen Speech that never was: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23518587

Speech prepared for The Queen in in 1983 in case Nuclear War broke out. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...for-queen?lite

Full Texts of Speech: When I spoke to you less than three months ago we were all enjoying the warmth and fellowship of a family Christmas. Our thoughts were concentrated on the strong links that bind each generation to the ones that came before and those that will follow. The horrors of war could not have seemed more remote as my family and I shared our Christmas joy with the growing family of the Commonwealth. Now this madness of war is once more spreading through the world and our brave country must again prepare itself to survive against great odds. I have never forgotten the sorrow and the pride I felt as my sister and I huddled around the nursery wireless set listening to my father's inspiring words on that fateful day in 1939. Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me. We all know that the dangers facing us today are greater by far than at any time in our long history. The enemy is not the soldier with his rifle nor even the airman prowling the skies above our cities and towns but the deadly power of abused technology. But whatever terrors lie in wait for us all the qualities that have helped to keep our freedom intact twice already during this sad century will once more be our strength. Related Articles US dismantles last big Cold War nuclear bomb 26 Oct 2011 Fearless in face of annihilation 08 Apr 2013 WW3: Queen's speech on outbreak of nuclear war 01 Aug 2013 Thatcher: Hague would be an "embarrassment" 01 Aug 2013 New '20-year rule' means Government records will be released earlier 01 Aug 2013 My husband and I share with families up and down the land the fear we feel for sons and daughters, husbands and brothers who have left our side to serve their country. My beloved son Andrew is at this moment in action with his unit and we pray continually for his safety and for the safety of all servicemen and women at home and overseas. It is this close bond of family life that must be our greatest defence against the unknown. If families remain united and resolute, giving shelter to those living alone and unprotected, our country's will to survive cannot be broken. My message to you therefore is simple. Help those who cannot help themselves, give comfort to the lonely and the homeless and let your family become the focus of hope and life to those who need it. As we strive together to fight off the new evil let us pray for our country and men of goodwill wherever they may be. God bless you all.
 
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The last 4 sentences are kinda nice life goals, with or without WWIII
 
The last 4 sentences are kinda nice life goals, with or without WWIII

I agree.

I really like how the speech relates to WWII and the strengths seen then, as well as stressing the common bonds between HM and her people. It's a good wartime speech, in my opinion.
 
There is a new book about the Queen coming out on October 1st by Jennie Bond.
 
Jennie Bond is not a good journalist in my opinion, i have never liked her. Everything she says about The Queen and the royal Family is nonsense.

Long Live Elizabeth The Great
 
Jennie Bond is not a good journalist in my opinion, i have never liked her. Everything she says about The Queen and the royal Family is nonsense.

Long Live Elizabeth The Great

Didn't she write that book about The Queen as Child?

Anyway I have been trying to find a Good book about The Queen to read, I did check one out the day at my Local Library by Douglas Keay.
 
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