Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh current events 21: Mar 2009 - Oct. 2009

[Nico]

I didn't think you were Nico, my apologies if you thought I did.

[iceflower]

Queen Elizabeth II receives the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
Abdulrahman Ghanem Almutaiwee and the Ambassador of Georgia Giorgi
Badridze ( pic 2+3) as they present their credentials inside Buckingham
Palace, London, June 3, 2009


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[lumutqueen]

What an interesting outfit. The ambassador looks incredible proud.
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[Turkish Delight]

UAE Ambassador to UK presents accreditation letter to the Queen
Article

[iceflower]

Queen Elizabeth II inspects members of the Gentlemen at Arms in
Colour Court at St James's Palace London as part of a parade to
mark the 500th anniversary of the institution of the Gentlemen
at Arms as the Monarch's bodyguards by King Henry VII in 1509,
June 4, 2009 . Prince Philip attended as well, see pic 4 .


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[Nathalie Cox]

I'm seeing that some ladies are wearing fucsia..is it the "it" colour now or something? I've seen Charlotte Casiraghi wearing fucsia in the GP gala, Mathilde wearing fucsia, Victoria too...

[Mermaid1962]

Bright colours seem to be "in" at the moment. There seems to be a shade of strawberry pink that's popular. HM looks great in this colour.

Originally Posted by Nathalie Cox

I'm seeing that some ladies are wearing fucsia..is it the "it" colour now or something? I've seen Charlotte Casiraghi wearing fucsia in the GP gala, Mathilde wearing fucsia, Victoria too...

[Emeralds and Opals]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8084691.stm

"Highland Show to have royal visit(Wednesday-24th June 2009)."

[free2rhyme]

I was watching a documentary today where Eileen Parker the ex-wife of Mike Parker, who was Prince Philip aide said that once Queen Elizabeth came to their house and Eileen was discussing with her some every day things that her children had done, of which the Queen replied "Eileen, I really wish I could be like you". It made me kind of sad to hear that since the Queen is sometimes given a bad rap for not being a good mother.

[wbenson]

I believe it's a contest the royal box puts on each year. They all put a pound or so in and get a horse drawn at random. It's mainly for fun, not money, I think.

It was shown in the documentary Elizabeth R, which aired in the early 1990s. (I don't remember if it was the Derby or a different race.) The Queen won that year.

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by wbenson

I believe it's a contest the royal box puts on each year. They all put a pound or so in and get a horse drawn at random. It's mainly for fun, not money, I think.

It was shown in the documentary Elizabeth R, which aired in the early 1990s. (I don't remember if it was the Derby or a different race.) The Queen won that year.

It sounds to me very much like what we call a 'sweep'.

e.g. our big race is the Melbourne Cup held on the first Tuesday in November.

There are up to 24 horses I think.

Everybody at my work, who wants to puts money in and then a number of sweeps are drawn up with different people being allocated a horse, or two if they buy more tickets. The idea is to give people an interest in the race particularly if they don't really want to have a bet at the TAB.

[iceflower]

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend the Pilgrims
Reception at St James Palace London, June 8, 2009

Great choice of dress colour in these rooms..

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[lumutqueen]

Your right IceFlower, the Queen picked the right outfit. Thank you for the pictures.


[quote=Iluvbertie;949771]It sounds to me very much like what we call a 'sweep'.
[quote]

Yeah it is I believe. It's a nice little umm game for want of a better word.

[iceflower]

You are welcome

The Queen and Prince Philip during a reception for the Corps of
Commissionaires in honour of their 150th anniversary at St James
Palace in central London, June 9, 2009

I wonder about her thoughts when seeing the photo of herself
in much younger years (pic 3)..

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[chaimae]

I wonder about her thoughts when seeing the photo of herself
in much younger years (pic 3)..

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i think , the queen should not to regret about herself when seeing her photos , she still beautifull and in a very good health , who don't know the queen age , can't give her 83 years

Originally Posted by Skydragon

He will spend the anniversary carrying out a series of engagements in London, from promoting the British tourism industry to holding a reception in support of a charity.

Duke of Edinburgh celebrates 88th birthday - Telegraph

Happy Birthday Sir!

reaching such age , really deserve celebrations ,i think it could be nice to spend the birthday in some good engagement , better than to spend the day in huge palace with the servents
happy birthday Sir

[free2rhyme]

The Queen is going to Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt :
It didn't say anything about the Duke though.

[Skydragon]

He will spend the anniversary carrying out a series of engagements in London, from promoting the British tourism industry to holding a reception in support of a charity.

Duke of Edinburgh celebrates 88th birthday - Telegraph

Happy Birthday Sir!

[lumutqueen]

Aww how sweet that he's spending his birthday doing engagements. Rather unfair, but extremly nice of him. I hope he has many more birthday's to celebrate.

[muriel]

Originally Posted by lumutqueen

Aww how sweet that he's spending his birthday doing engagements. Rather unfair, but extremly nice of him. I hope he has many more birthday's to celebrate.

One might assume there would be a celebration dinner with the family, either in the evening or on the weekend

[lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by muriel

One might assume there would be a celebration dinner with the family, either in the evening or on the weekend

Yes it would be sensible to assume that he would be celebrating some way with his family. But he is spending his birth-day doing engagements and visiting us when he could be taking part in one of his hobbies like Prince Joachim did. It's extremly selfless of him and I applaud him.