Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday Celebrations: 2006

[Avalon]

Thanks everyone for the great pics. They were all great.
I loved the family pics, they all look so happy and relaxed. I especially like this picture.
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=239398&d=1145699648

Credit for the pic – HMQueenElizabethII

 

[purple_platinum]

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The dinning room at Kew Palace in West London , where the Queen will celebrate her 80th birthday at private dinner hosted by the Prince of Wales and her family this evening on 21 April 2006.

 

[Smilla]

I deeply admire the Queen for her poise and willpower - she's eighty, at an age where things become more and more difficult for people. And still she does her job, and she does it exceptionally well and with good grace. She deserves a wonderful birthday.

 

[*Eugenie*]

i really like the pics. I think eugenie looks really pretty and i like her dress.
i think the queen is a great women, she is 80 now and still really fit and she does a great ob.

 

[fanletizia]

Queen Elizabeth with five weeks of life,

from http://www.20minutos.es/galeria/1031/0/22/

 

[fanletizia]

Celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday continued Saturday with a special display staged at Buckingham Palace of historic British-built cars.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/22/queen.anniversary/index.html?section=cnn_latest

 

[purple_platinum]

More of Guest's arrival (from LFI)
sorry for the teeny weeny size..

1 - David & Serena, Viscount & Viscountess Linley with Lady Sarah and Daniel Chatto in the front
2 - Princesses Beatrice & Eugenie
3 - PoW & Duchess of Cornwall
4 - Duke & Duchess of Gloucester
5 - Prince & Princess Michael of Kent
6 - Princess Anne & Tim Lawrence

 

[michelleq]

Prince William and Prince Harry really do resemble their grandfather, Prince Phillip and their cousin, Peter.

 

[Roslyn]

Some of them don't seem to me to be wearing seatbelts. I hope someone who can make the pictures bigger can tell me I'm wrong.

 

[regardez]

This is all so lovely. I loved the Queen so much. PBS showed a documentary about the past 80 years of her life and I defintely teared up. Great pictures..

 

[ysbel]

To mark the Queen's Birthday, the BBC invited readers to send in their personal photos of the Queen.

I thought this one of the young Princess Elizabeth was rather lovely:

Ernest Phillippe: "My late husband was a photographer in the Royal Navy. On the back of the picture is a stamp of the Royal Navy and the date 5 February 1946 HMS Excellent".

The rest of the pics can be found here.

 

[NJRedDevils]

Happy birthday your Majesty and many many more years to you.

 

[barber]

that is a very nice picture of a young Elisabeth ysbel , i have never seen before thanks.

 

[ysbel]

that is a very nice picture of a young Elisabeth ysbel , i have never seen before thanks.

You're welcome barber. I don't think many of us have seen this one before. Imagine the photos that regular people have taken of the Queen over the years that may be in someone's shoe box.

This one is really nice because it captures a young adult Elizabeth before she was married. I haven't seen many of those.

A very fitting tribute to the Queen's birthday, I think.

 

[Scott]

no kidding! She is really beautiful!

I think Eugenie looks very much like her Great Grandmother. (The QM) She definately takes after the Windsor side of the family. Beatrice on the other hand is very much her Mothers daughter (in looks that is)


Scott

 

[purple_platinum]

several Buckingham Palace Press Releases :

ANOUNCEMENT OF NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE ORDER OF THE GARTER
(Duke of York & Earl of Wessex)
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5211.asp

THE ORDER OF SERVICE AT MATTINS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AT ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, 23 APRIL
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5212.asp

 

[ysbel]

The thanksgiving service is beautiful. It's being broadcast live on BBC radio. No pictures yet but if you click on this link and go to BBC Radio 4, you'll be able to hear the service.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/4904368.stm#

 

[ysbel]

several Buckingham Palace Press Releases :

ANOUNCEMENT OF NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE ORDER OF THE GARTER
(Duke of York & Earl of Wessex)
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5211.asp

THE ORDER OF SERVICE AT MATTINS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AT ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, 23 APRIL
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5212.asp

Thanks purple platinum. I posted the notice about Andrew and Edward receiving the order of the Garter in their own threads but didn't think to post it here.

The Queen is being quite generous on her birthday.

 

[marilla]

Queen's Life Fotogallery - 26 pictures:

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/4785,8,0,pokaz.html

Next picture - click Następne:

Bigger picures

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/4785,21,0,0,1,pokaz.html

 

[purple_platinum]

Thanks purple platinum. I posted the notice about Andrew and Edward receiving the order of the Garter in their own threads but didn't think to post it here.The Queen is being quite generous on her birthday.

thanks, ysbel!is there a thread that mention who receive Order of the Garter so far? and what is its function?

 

[purple_platinum]

The Queen looks absolutely fabulous today.. love her coat..

here are some first pictures of today's Thanksgiving Service from Getty

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Other pics from Tim Graham/Getty as well:
Her Majesty really looks wonderful and lovely, i'd agree with you platinum

 

[purple_platinum]

some articles...

Queen hailed at church service
'You have given us heart,' says Dean of Windsor

WINDSOR, England (Reuters) -- Queen Elizabeth II was praised for her "calmness, serenity and stillness" at a special service of thanksgiving on Sunday to mark her 80th birthday.
Dean of Windsor David Conner offered the tribute in St George's Chapel, the 15th century Gothic church in Windsor Castle that is the burial place for 10 monarchs.
At the service rounding off a weekend of birthday celebrations, Conner told the monarch "You have given us heart."
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/23/queen.service/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Service of thanksgiving for Queen

The Queen marked her 80th birthday with the Royal Family at a special service of thanksgiving.
Hundreds of people filled St George's Chapel in the precincts of historic Windsor Castle to celebrate her landmark age.
The Queen's actual birthday was celebrated on Friday with a mix of public and private events - a traditional Royal walkabout and a family dinner hosted by the Prince of Wales.
The service took account of the Queen's role as Head of the Church of England, a position she views as deeply important.
Among the 700 guests were former prime ministers Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major, Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Agha Khan.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/23042006/344/service-thanksgiving-queen.html

Queen praised for cheering nation

The Queen has been joined by members of the Royal Family for a thanksgiving service to celebrate her 80th birthday.
At the service in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, the Queen was praised for giving the nation "heart".
In his sermon, the Dean of Windsor, the Rt Reverend David Conner, also paid tribute to her "sense of calmness, serenity and stillness".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4935200.stm

 

[StoneCold]

The Queen appoints her two younger sons to the Garterhttp://theinternetforum.co.uk/node/892

 

[purple_platinum]

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she leaves Windsor Castle's St. Georges Chapel in Windsor, England, Sunday, April 23, 2006 following a special Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate her 80th Birthday. Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 and became Queen in February 1952.

more from reuters & AP via yahoo

 

[purple_platinum]

The Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and their son Freddie leave the service at St George's Chapel in Windsor, 23 April 2006. In yet a further homage for her 80th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II was hailed Sunday for imparting a "sense of calmness, serenity and stillness" to Britons buffeted by a turbulent world. A whiff of scandal returned to the British monarchy on Sunday with claims that the 61-year-old wife of a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II is having a fling with a 40-year-old Russian furniture tycoon. In a front-page splash, The News of the World newspaper said Princess Michael, who has been married to Prince Michael of Kent since 1978, had a romantic break with long-haired Mikhail Kravchenko in Venice, Italy.

from ANP-AFP PHOTO



more from Reuters & AP via yahoo

 

[blyton]

Nice pictures thank you.All The Royal ladies look very smart! I like Princess Michael of kents outfit and of course The Queen looks super!

 

[Queen Zenobia]

i really like the pics. I think eugenie looks really pretty and i like her dress.
i think the queen is a great women, she is 80 now and still really fit and she does a great ob.

Yes she did look stunning didn't she? She is growing up to be quite beautiful.

 

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