Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh Current Events 23: July 2011-June 2012
 

The Queen leaves Canongate Kirk, Holyrood, after attending Sunday service:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46oV0o2uw6o

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Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has met with Queen Elizabeth on July 4, 2011
at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland.



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There is a mention of The Queen and The Duke in this article (does anyone know the event where the picture was taken?): Monaco royal wedding: Princess Charlene and Prince Albert - call that a kiss? | Mail Online

I think perhaps in the case of HM and the Doe's picture perhaps they got them in reverse order. :biggrin: I don't think I've ever seen a picture of them kissing before. We do, however, know that Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward weren't found in a cabbage patch so its kind of sweet to see this.

The Queen held an investiture at the Palace of Holyrood House.

Dougie Maclean OBE is a Scottish folk singer of 36 years' standing.
He penned "Caledonia"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougie_MacLean

D O U G I E M A C L E A N . C O M

BBC News - Queen leads Scottish investiture ceremony in Edinburgh

That made me laugh out loud. I don't think i've ever seen them show a public display of affection before either, but I think that's nice that they keep it to themselves. Charles and Andrew were not afraid to show affection in public with their wives, both current and previous, but Edward and Anne don't seem to fond too do so. Perhaps they got that from their parents!

The Daily Mail do write some amusing articles, true or not.

This isn't the only time that they have kissed in public:

Prince Phillip Kisses Queen Elizabeth II - Rights Managed - Corbis

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Kiss on Millennium Day - Rights Managed - Corbis

YouTube - ‪The Queen & her Prince Philip‬‏

The big question for me comes up - aside from greeting or saying farewell at the airport - why would they be doing that? Like, they just get out of the car/carriage - oh, hey! there you are, long time no see! [smoooch]

More details of the Investiture at Holyrood House:

Queen honours leading Scots in the arts and sport - The Scotsman

The painter JoLoMo (John Lowrie Morrison)
Dr George Crooks, Scottish Ambulance Service, and NHS24
George Kerr, CBE for services to judo

....and an article about the Garden Party:
"Garden Party brings out Scots"
Garden party brings out Scots finery - The Scotsman

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Queen Elizabeth accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, opened Forth Valley Royal Hospital,
Stirling Road, Larbert today, July 6, 2011.


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I do not like her hat.

I like the color of the outfit. Very gentle blue. It suits Her Majesty. Though I wonder if she's not a little warm in the coats she wears even during the summer months. Unless of course it's a bit colder in Scotland than in the rest of United Kingdom.

Of course it's colder up here than down south....

The Hospital is named after the River Forth which flows into the North Sea at Edinburgh. It's also the spot where the Forth Rail Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge are situated.

I didn't like the mention of the "robotic delivery system" - do they mean babies ??

NHS Forth Valley - NHS Forth Valley - Bringing Health Closer to your Home

Forth Valley Royal - NHS Forth Valley Royal Hospital - Homepage

Thankfully not - the royals were there "...to watch the "robots" working within their own exclusive network of corridors to deliver supplies such as meals and laundry to individual wards - an innovative system which has attracted worldwide interest."

I was joking.... but, joking apart ! ..... no doubt they do sterling work and free the nurses to look after patients.

"Name that robot" - schoolkids are being invited to "name the robot".

http://www.nhsforthvalley.com/ForthV...hat-robot.html

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Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh hosted a reception for the Praemium Imperiale Awards
at Buckingham Palace in London on July 11, 2011. Prince and Princess Hitachi of Japan were present
as well.


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Today, the Duke of Edinburgh has opened the new Sammy Ofer Wing of the National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London.


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And in the afternoon the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace.


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Mr Sammy Ofer, KBE (1922-2011), shipping magnate and philanthropist

£20m individual donation

The Sammy Ofer Wing : About us : NMM

Mr Sammy Ofer, KBE (1922–2011) : The Sammy Ofer Wing : About us : NMM

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On July 12, the Queen received His Excellency the Ambassador of Chad, Mr Ahmat Awad Sakine (pic 1)
and His Excellency the High Commissioner for Vanuatu, Mr Roy Mickey Joy (pic 2), who presented their
Letters of Credence at Buckingham Palace.


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Yesterday, July 14, the Queen (in a great yellow sunshine dress :smile:) met Aminatta Forna, winner of the
2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize and received Malaysia's Prime Minister, Najib Razak with his wife
Rosmah Mansor.


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Later a reception for winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise was held at Buckingham Palace.


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Aminatta Forna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia half Scottish, half Sierraleonian

Commonwealth Foundation
2011 prize

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