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secrets in symmetry
02-Jun-12, 12:53
Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee, and (more specifically) on the 59th​ anniversary of her Coronation!

God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

Here's to the next 60 years! :cool:

annemarie482
02-Jun-12, 13:29
Loved watching that programme the other night with the home videos of when Charles was a child etc.
They almost seemed normal lol
And what a responsibility to be made queen at 25!
I know a lot of folk don't like the royals, but I do!

golach
02-Jun-12, 14:23
Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on the 60th anniversary of her coronation!

God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

Here's to the next 60 years! :cool:

You sing better than I, but ditto

bluemafia
02-Jun-12, 16:06
This is the 60th anniversary of her acession to the throne,not the coronation which happened a year later!

secrets in symmetry
02-Jun-12, 16:24
This is the 60th anniversary of her acession to the throne,not the coronation which happened a year later!Yes, I discovered that just after I'd posted. One learns something new every day. :cool:

I've corrected the original post - thanks for pointing it out.

Alrock
02-Jun-12, 18:08
This is the 60th anniversary of her acession to the throne,not the coronation which happened a year later!

Please don't tell me we're gonna have to go through all this malarkey again next year as well...

Corrie 3
02-Jun-12, 18:19
Yes, I discovered that just after I'd posted. One learns something new every day. :cool:

I've corrected the original post - thanks for pointing it out.
Tut tut!!!
Mr."I know it all" getting something wrong? Well I never...I suppose that's the difference between a scientist and a chemist.
(and if you realised straight after posting that you had got it wrong why did it take someone to point it out to you before you altered your original post?)!!
I would stick to stalking Wimmin if I were you!!

C3.................[disgust]

secrets in symmetry
02-Jun-12, 18:31
Please don't tell me we're gonna have to go through all this malarkey again next year as well...Apparently, it's the year of accession to the throne that's celebrated, not the coronation - although today is indeed the 59th anniversary of the Queen's coronation.

So you can breathe easily next year. :cool:

Alrock
02-Jun-12, 18:37
Apparently, it's the year of accession to the throne that's celebrated, not the coronation - although today is indeed the 59th anniversary of the Queen's coronation.

So you can breathe easily next year. :cool:

So by that logic maybe I should start counting my age from conception, not birth... Wish I'd known that when I was 17 & got kicked out of the pub for being under-age...
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/021/4/c/devil_laghin_by_Scotsgirl_606.gif

secrets in symmetry
02-Jun-12, 19:58
So by that logic maybe I should start counting my age from conception, not birth... Wish I'd known that when I was 17 & got kicked out of the pub for being under-age...
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/021/4/c/devil_laghin_by_Scotsgirl_606.gifThe landlord would likely counteract that argument by claiming it's your birth date that counts, not your christening date.

billmoseley
02-Jun-12, 20:07
just a thought here could the queen be VIOLET?

secrets in symmetry
02-Jun-12, 20:08
just a thought here could the queen be VIOLET?Lol!

If so, Violet was looking good for her age that night! :cool:

secrets in symmetry
02-Jun-12, 21:51
Wow! This sent shivers down my spine. :cool:

Katherine Jenkins sings national anthem (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18306508)

Jenkins: 'A day I'll never forget' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18308811)

It makes me proud to be British. :cool:

joxville
02-Jun-12, 22:01
Wow! This sent shivers down my spine. :cool:Katherine Jenkins sings national anthem (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18306508)Jenkins: 'A day I'll never forget' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18308811)It makes me proud to be British. :cool:I'm sure the cold sent shivers down Katherine's spine...and other paces too! ;-)

squidge
03-Jun-12, 01:13
Congratulations indeed. A life of duty carried out so well deserves celebrating. There is bunting everywhere and children with faces painted and all dressed up. Its lovely.

RecQuery
03-Jun-12, 13:08
She's had a hard life what with all that waving at people and going on holiday.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUH2YSFlVU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUH2YSFlVU

ducati
03-Jun-12, 20:19
The queen is worth gerzersquillions to the UK brand every year. Why do you think Alex wants to keep her?

An I always thought old Johnny sang a good ditty :lol:

secrets in symmetry
05-Jun-12, 18:21
The pageantry of the last few days has been impressive. The Queen will need a week's rest after this!

The BBC have bemoaned the lack of street parties in Scotland. There was one a few streets from me on Saturday, and another one just two streets away today.

Sadly, I wasn't invited to either of them....

John Little
05-Jun-12, 18:26
The pageantry of the last few days has been impressive. The Queen will need a week's rest after this!The BBC have bemoaned the lack of street parties in Scotland. There was one a few streets from me on Saturday, and another one just two streets away today.Sadly, I wasn't invited to either of them....The Broons had one...

secrets in symmetry
05-Jun-12, 18:33
The Broons had one...The Broons as in Gordon and Sarah?

I wasn't invited to that either....

John Little
05-Jun-12, 19:19
I hope Hen Broons doesn't see that reply...

secrets in symmetry
05-Jun-12, 19:36
Lol! Hen Broon's a loser - and always will be...sadly....

I'm no sure I'd want to be invited to a street party in Auchenshuggle. I bet Her Majesty wisnae invited either.

I ken a lassie who's Gordy's neighbour. She says they live a quiet life.

squidge
05-Jun-12, 21:22
I watched some of it today - I love the pomp and pageantry of it all but you see those commentators and the endless procession of nauseating "experts" just annoys the bejeesus out of me. I had to watch it with the sound turned off after one presenter said something like " the queen is smiling more today than she was yesterday and we have an expert in the Queen's smile with us just now" Dire

embow
05-Jun-12, 22:28
Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II on her Diamond Jubilee, and (more specifically) on the 59th​ anniversary of her Coronation!God save our gracious QueenLong live our noble QueenGod save the QueenSend her victoriousHappy and gloriousLong to reign over usGod save the QueenHere's to the next 60 years! :cool:

Just to keep things in perspective

Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the Queen.

equusdriving
05-Jun-12, 22:36
Just to keep things in perspective

Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the Queen.

This verse was not used soon after 1745, and certainly before the song became accepted as the British national anthem in the 1780s and 1790s

and Jacobite beliefs were demonstrated in an alternative verse :[/URL]

God bless the prince, I pray,God bless the prince, I pray,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart"]Charlie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen#cite_note-34) I mean;That Scotland we may seeFreed from vile Presbyt'ry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism),Both George (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain) and his Feckie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales),Ever so, Amen.

So yes lets please do keep things in perspective !!!

embow
05-Jun-12, 22:47
This verse was not used soon after 1745, and certainly before the song became accepted as the British national anthem in the 1780s and 1790sand Jacobite beliefs were demonstrated in an alternative verse :[/URL] God bless the prince, I pray,God bless the prince, I pray,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart"]Charlie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen#cite_note-34) I mean;That Scotland we may seeFreed from vile Presbyt'ry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism),Both George (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain) and his Feckie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales),Ever so, Amen. So yes lets please do keep things in perspective !!!

Excellent!
Bite, hook, line and sinker.
Wager with friend won.
And so quickly.
Thank you.

secrets in symmetry
05-Jun-12, 22:54
That Scots that were crushed were indeed rebellious - they were mostly highlanders but they included some English amongst their number.

Those that were doing the crushing were the British Army, which included many Scots amongst its numbers. The British Army was crushing insurgents who were trying to get the monarchy for Bonnie Prince Charlie - a man who believed in the divine right of kings to do as they wished, irrespective of what parliament wanted -which is just what his grandfather was booted out for doing. Charlie was born and raised in Rome (the son of a Scot and a Pole), he received training as an anti-British terrorist in France, and (as far as I know) he didn't set foot on Scottish soil until he was 25.

equusdriving
05-Jun-12, 22:55
Wager with friend won.
.

Yes of course it was :lol: and you wasn't showing your ignorance at all :lol:

RecQuery
06-Jun-12, 08:09
That Scots that were crushed were indeed rebellious - they were mostly highlanders but they included some English amongst their number.

Those that were doing the crushing were the British Army, which included many Scots amongst its numbers. The British Army was crushing insurgents who were trying to get the monarchy for Bonnie Prince Charlie - a man who believed in the divine right of kings to do as they wished, irrespective of what parliament wanted -which is just what his grandfather was booted out for doing. Charlie was born and raised in Rome (the son of a Scot and a Pole), he received training as an anti-British terrorist in France, and (as far as I know) he didn't set foot on Scottish soil until he was 25.

Charlie is one of those people from history who seems to have good PR for some reason. No idea why he was by all accounts a thoroughly unlikeable person, he wasn't even interested in Scotland. He merely wanted to use it as a crutch to get the British throne.

And tell me will we never hear the end
of poor bloody Charlie at Culloden yet again
though he ran like a rabbit in the glen
leaving better folk than him to be butchered