Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh Current Events 9: December 2005-April 2006

[fanletizia]

Queen Elizabeth II Awards Anniversary Prizes for Further and Higher Education

from getty

 

[mandyy]

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh meet the Home Secretary Charles Clarke, the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair among others in the White Drawing Room inside Buckingham Palace on February 15, 2006 in London, England. Emergency response vehicles were gathered at the palace for an Emergency Services & Disaster Response Reception.

Photos from Getty images

 

[mandyy]

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II presents a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education inside the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace February 16, 2006 in London, England. Teams from universities around the country were being honoured during the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Further and Higher Education.
Feb. 16, 2006.

Photos from Getty images

 

[fanletizia]

Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, 21 February 2006 at a reception for Australians working in the UK

from profimedia and abaca

 

[sara1981]

Greer curtsies to Queen
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/greer-curtsies-to-queen/2006/02/22/1140284092712.html

Aussies enjoy a regal treat
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18240511^663,00.html

 

[fanletizia]

Prince Phillip passes a British cartoon after offically opening a new cartoon gallery in London 22 February 2006. The museum will showcase over 1,200 modern and historic British cartoons, including political satire and comics

from anp

 

[mandyy]

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, during a reception for Australians working in the UK, February 21, 2006 in London, England.

Getty images

 

[fanletizia]

Queen Elizabeth II (L) receives the Ambassador of Yemen, Mr Mohamed Taha Mustafa, at Buckingham Palace in London, 23 February 2006

deom getty

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

The Queen today visited the Royal Berkshire Hospital meeting patients, staff, children,...:
Here are pictures from Abaca Press:

 

[sara1981]

EXCLUSIVE NEWS
Queen is part-timER at 80
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006090530,00.html

Queen lightens load wityh shorter working week
http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2006/02/28/queenelizabeth/

 

[CATS]

If this is true, I say she has earned it. As most people her age would have taken more time off years ago.

 

[timtonruben359]

If this is true, I say she has earned it. As most people her age would have taken more time off years ago.

I agree. Most people have long since retired by their 80th year. My grandmother, who also turns 80 this year, has not worked full time for nearly 20 years. While the Queen is very devoted to her role as Queen, she is also a very practical woman and knows that she should slow down a bit. But she is not going to ever fully retire.

 

[qui mal y pense]

well deserved. The queen is the hardest working royal and always a "class act". Though who will be filling in? I don't see too many of the younger royals working all that hard. Time for Princess Kate!

 

[mandyy]

Photo from HELLO magazine

The Queen, pictured during a visit to Reading's Royal Berkshire Hospital last week, has continued to put in a full week's work, despite being many year's past the official retirement age

 

[BeatrixFan]

A piccie from BBC News Online. How sad am I that I know that that is the outfit Her Majesty wore on her last visit to Canada and the outfit the Duchess of Cornwall is wearing, she wore on Christmas Day 2005 to go to church?

 

[Warren]

How sad am I that I know that that is the outfit Her Majesty wore on her last visit to Canada and the outfit the Duchess of Cornwall is wearing, she wore on Christmas Day 2005 to go to church?

I trust you're not going girlie on us.

 

[BeatrixFan]

lol - not at all, but I love that outfit the Queen is wearing. It's just begging for a PETA critique but I think it's fabulous.

 

[susan alicia]

lol - not at all, but I love that outfit the Queen is wearing. It's just begging for a PETA critique but I think it's fabulous.

 

[fanletizia]

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall
stand outside the new Welsh Assembly Building in Cardiff, Wales,as they wait for a military fly-past Wednesday March 1, 2006. Britain's Queen II on Wednesday unveiled a plaque before visiting the Chamber where she made a speech to mark the opening of the new Assembly Building

from polfoto and terra

 

[Warren]

Is it significant that Camilla and the Queen appearing together at a public event passes without comment? Twelve months ago this would have been unthinkable. How times change!

 

[Skydragon]

Is it significant that Camilla and the Queen appearing together at a public event passes without comment? Twelve months ago this would have been unthinkable. How times change!

The only part of the event that I have seen was about the demonstrations against the monarchy, they should all have been shot for treason! That was the only mention on teletext.
There are other things in the news at the moment, like £50 million being stolen and the hunt for yet another mp's scalp. But, yes, times have changed!

State opening for Welsh assembly

The Queen has officially opened the £67m new home of the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff on St David's Day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4716394.stm

 

[GrandDuchess]

Great to see the Queen and Duke together with Charles and Camilla! I wish we'd see more of them together, but it's of course a little bit extra special when it happens every now and then. I read that the Welsh Assembly building is really modern and uses heat from the ground (earth) and that the toilets are flushed with rain water - that's really cool.

Pictures are from Retuers via Yahoo News.

 

[fanletizia]

from profimedia

 

[corazon]

Somebody see the protest?

 

[mandyy]

more from getty images

 

[selrahc4]

Great pictures! It's nice to see the four of them together.

 

[sara1981]

Camilla's kiss for the Queen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=M2SAWB1F0IYTLQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/03/02/nkiss02.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/02/ixhome.html

The Royal pecking order
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006100194,00.html

 

[purple_platinum]

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are joined by First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan, during a military fly-past to mark the official opening of the new Welsh Assembly Senedd building, designed by Richard Rogers, in Cardiff.

from Corbis (Tim Graham)

 

[BeatrixFan]

Yes! Now thats what we like to see. To all those who ever doubted, I do present your undoubted Queen kissing the Duchess of Cornwall;



(From The Sun)

 

[Patsy]

The Royal Visit to Wales

I have read a report that the royal visit to Wales was met with some booing. I hope the Queen and Prince Philip didn't take this personally. They have been such a honorable monarchy. But as far as Prince Charles and his wife are concerned please give me a break!