Queen Elizabeth (1926-2022) and the Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)


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There will be no official public event to mark the first anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth, a royal spokesman has said.

The King is to spend 8 September "quietly and privately". The day also marks his own accession to the throne.

There are also no plans for a private gathering of the Royal Family on the anniversary.

Senior royals will be in Balmoral in Aberdeenshire over the summer, the place where the Queen died last year.

Queen Elizabeth's death at the age of 96 followed the longest reign of any British monarch

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It's expected that family members will be there at various times over the summer, but a Buckingham Palace spokesman has suggested they will not hold any formal, private, gathering to mark the death of the late Queen.
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The same as the late Queen did on her own accensionday.
 
The statue truly doesn't resemble her at all! I agree with the gentleman who said, "The dogs and Prince Phillip look nice."
 
The Statue looks horrible. No resemblance to the Queen or Philip at all
 
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Someone said that it makes the Queen look as if she's going to the supermarket. It looks nothing like her!
 
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BORIS: My last meeting with the Queen and her words of wisdom...

It was September 2019, not long after I became prime minister, when I first stayed at Balmoral.
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By Boris Johnson For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 12:04 EDT, 28 September 2024 | Updated: 03:21 EDT, 29 September 2024



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Alarming details of bone cancer said to have hit the late Queen

As part of his upcoming tell-all memoir 'Unleashed' Boris Johnson recalled his final meeting with the monarch, stating he had been aware of her condition for over a year.
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The subtle warning signs of deadly bone cancer said to have hit the late Queen, which rapidly kills half of patients​

By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline
Published: 07:55 EDT, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 20:13 EDT, 30 September 2024
 
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A new statue of Queen Elizabeth by artist Andy Edwards has been unveiled in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

"The design is based on photographs of the queen from her visit to Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1973, during celebrations for the town's 800th anniversary":


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The last time (or one of the last times) that God save the Queen was played for a long time to come in the Royal Albert Hall (during the 150th anniversary of the Hall in 2022):

 
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Queen Elizabeth II to appear in Paddington 3

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The late Queen will make a small cameo in the upcoming Paddington 3 film.

The late Queen Elizabeth II will appear in the new Paddington in Peru film, it has been revealed.
Her small cameo appearance, which will be a photo of her having afternoon tea with the beloved animated bear, was approved by Buckingham Palace.
Ron Halpern, the head of global productions at Studiocanal, the film’s distributor, said the decision to include Elizabeth II came “with the consent and agreement of the royal household”.
Rosie Alison, the film’s co-producer, told Variety magazine: “[The royal family] were actually very happy for it to happen.
“But we don’t like to make a big deal of it, because Paddington’s obviously a very modest fellow”.
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The late Queen Elizabeth II visits the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences in 1968.

In March 1968 ,the late queen attended the Premiere of Franco Zeffirelli’s "Romeo and Juliet" in London
(Prince Philip and Prince Charles also attended)
 
A look back to February 1954 when Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh attended a Gala Performance at the Tivoli Theatre in Sydney.
Queen in Sydney, 1954
 
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II:
 
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits the "THE BRITISH TRADE FAIR" IN Denmark in September ,1955.
 
The final shortlist of designs for the National Memorial of Queen Elizabeth II has been announced
Members of the public are invited to comment before the final design is chosen
Final shortlist revealed for Queen Elizabeth memorial Final designs revealed for Queen Elizabeth memorial

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Stunning shortlisted designs for the Queen Elizabeth II memorial

Ideas for the memorial to Queen Elizabeth II at St James's Park in London include a bronze cast of a Windsor oak tree, a giant canopy of stone lily pads and a statue of her next to Prince Philip.
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I don't like those lilly pads ,Oak Tree or Interweaving bridges and feel the monument should be in keeping with those of her parents which are close by.
 
The Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh undertake an historic visit to New Delhi, India in 1983.
 
Elly C said:
The final shortlist of designs for the National Memorial of Queen Elizabeth II has been announced
Members of the public are invited to comment before the final design is chosen
Final shortlist revealed for Queen Elizabeth memorial Final designs revealed for Queen Elizabeth memorial

www.dailymail.co.uk

Stunning shortlisted designs for the Queen Elizabeth II memorial

Ideas for the memorial to Queen Elizabeth II at St James's Park in London include a bronze cast of a Windsor oak tree, a giant canopy of stone lily pads and a statue of her next to Prince Philip.
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The winning concept design has now been announced. It will include a translucent bridge inspired by Queen Mary's fringe tiara and two statutes, respectively of the late Queen alone (probably on horseback) and of the late Queen standing with Prince Philip.
 
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith recently shared details from her interviews with her deceased friend Lady Elizabeth “Liza” Anson (1941-2020). Liza, a high-society event planner who organized many British royal gatherings, was a close friend and first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II and the stepdaughter of Prince Georg of Denmark.

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An Insider's View of the Royal Family

Part One of a three-part series: The late Lady Elizabeth Anson, Queen Elizabeth II's cousin and confidante, recounted the anguish of Charles and Diana's ill-fated marriage
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Part Two: An Insider's View of the Royal Family

After grieving for Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother, the Queen seemed like a new person at age seventy-five and took joy from the union of William and Kate
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Part Three: An Insider’s View of the Royal Family

With parties at Dudley House, quiet dinners with close friends, and celebrations for her 80th and 90th birthdays, everything was going happily for the Queen--until Harry met Meghan
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Times version without paywall:

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What the Queen really thought of Meghan, according to her closest confidante

Lady Elizabeth Anson was a cousin of the late monarch, and a source of comfort as relations with the Sussexes soured. Here’s what she told Sally Bedell Smith
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An excerpt from the Times article:

“I don’t know what happened when her mother and sister died, it was like the metamorphosis of a butterfly, and she felt a huge affection that carried forward,” said Liza. “The Queen sort of became another person at age 75, with the deaths so close together of the two people in her life she spoke to on the telephone every day. In one way she became more comfortable in her own skin and recognised that people loved her for who she was. She was always aware that people loved her mummy so much.”

Liza reached her on the phone soon afterwards. “I said, ‘How are you?’ She said there were two daily phone calls she didn’t have any more.” Liza told me that “very few people” called the Queen. “Once I said, ‘Ma’am, do you mind that I call you?’ and she said she liked it very much, and that the only one who calls her regularly is Sophie [the wife of Prince Edward]. Sophie completely respects the Queen, but she also understands that she is a human being and treats her that way. The rest of the family all make appointments to have tea with her.”

[…] “Sophie […] called the Queen [on the day Princess Margaret died] and asked if she and Edward could join her for dinner, knowing that it could be arranged. The Queen was so pleased. What is sad is that the Queen was reluctant to call them for fear that if she asked, they would be forced to come.”

Liza noticed a softening in the Queen’s manner in the following years. She smiled and laughed more in public — a laugh Liza described as “the youngest of anybody I know”. There was “a difference in her warmth”. Before one of our conversations in June 2008, Liza had just been with the Queen at Royal Ascot. “When she won, she jumped around like a child,” said Liza. “She does literally jump for joy.”
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Liza also described Queen Elizabeth II’s special kindness to her when she needed lung surgery (she invited Liza to attend a state dinner for the first time the night before) and when her party planning business and social life was cut short by the Covid-19 lockdowns (the queen surprised her by appointing her to the Royal Victorian Order)

Liza also recalls how she regularly planned small dinners and lunches at her home for Elizabeth II so that she would not feel so alone after Philip retired to the countryside.
 
:previous: I think of how the title controversy in Denmark three years ago stirred up astonishment at the fact that Queen Margrethe II communicated with her family members through staff messages. While the anecdote about Queen Elizabeth II’s reluctance to call her own children – even on the day her sister died! – “for fear that if she asked, they would be forced to come” is not as extreme, it does seem quite lonely.
 
Tatiana Maria said:
:previous: I think of how the title controversy in Denmark three years ago stirred up astonishment at the fact that Queen Margrethe II communicated with her family members through staff messages. While the anecdote about Queen Elizabeth II’s reluctance to call her own children – even on the day her sister died! – “for fear that if she asked, they would be forced to come” is not as extreme, it does seem quite lonely.
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Luckily, Sophie was not afraid to call her (as unlike any other family member she would regularly do) and had already made sure that she and Edward could come over for dinner.
 
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