90th Birthday Celebrations of Queen Elizabeth: May and June 2016


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Read more: The Queen reveals she's a big George Formby fan - and can sing along to all his songs - Mirror Online
This musical surprise is one of the revelations in a BBC radio programme celebrating Her Majesty's 90th birthday

Oh me, oh my. The Queen is such a massive fan of ukulele king George Formby that she can sing along to all his songs.

The cheeky chappy was one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers in the 30s and 40s with songs such as When I’m Cleaning Windows and his comedy catchphrase: “Turned out nice again.”

He won an OBE in 1946 for entertaining the troops in the Second World War but it was not only the forces who took the toothy Lancastrian to their hearts.

Her Majesty liked him so much she considered becoming president of the singer and film star’s *appreciation society.

Our Queen: 90 Musical Years, Sunday, 7pm, BBC Radio 2. This week’s Radio Times is on sale now.
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I post it here because these articles are written for her 90th birthday:

The Queen's guide to culture: Her Majesty's favourite books, music & TV - Music

The remarkable medical advances since Queen Elizabeth II was born | Daily Mail Online
She was born at a time when doctors used maggots to clean patients' wounds and when free healthcare was a concept people only dreamed of.

Now, as the Queen prepares to celebrate her official 90th birthday, we reveal the incredible medical advances that have occurred since she arrived into the world.

Just two years after Queen Elizabeth's birth, penicillin was invented - and the antibiotic is believed to have saved more than 100 millions lives to date.

Her 63-year reign has also witnessed the first heart transplant - a procedure one surgeon at the time described as ‘almost amounting to cannibalism’ - but is now carried out on almost 200 people a year.

And in 1978 the first 'test tube' baby Louise Brown was born via IVF - a fertility treatment which has since helped millions of couples worldwide conceive.

Going into the 90s DOlly the Sheep became a scientific sensation as she was cloned from a cell from another cow's udder. At the time, the development was met with horror as some believed it could lead to humans being cloned.

Here, an infographic created by health insurance provider Benenden, documents the medical breakthroughs we all now take for granted...
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Read more: Welsh widow who shares the Queen's birthday 'shocked' by invitation to event - Worksop Guardian
Hilda Price is one of six individuals given the honour of leading prayers, specially written to mark the Queen's 90 years, at the St Paul's Cathedral event this Friday.

Mrs Price, 90, who lives in Cardiff, said "It was the shock of my life" when she was told she had been picked to take part in the service.

She added laughing: "I had no idea, it was such a shock, I hope I do all right, I'm worried, but I used to read in the churches so I've had plenty of practice."

But the service on Friday will not be the first time she has been in the presence of the Queen, she said: "I've been to events at the palace and my mother was mayor of Carmarthen and she met the Queen."

Mrs Price has sent a birthday card to the Queen every year and on April 20 1989 she met the Queen during a royal visit to Swansea, after the monarch became curious by a card she held which said "I am 63 tomorrow too" and walked over to meet her.

The 90-year-old was also one of almost 100 pensioners invited to Buckingham Palace for lunch with the Queen to celebrate them all turning 80 in 2006.

The St Paul's Cathedral service will be attended by senior members of the Royal Family including the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Politicians past and present, diplomats and governors general will also be in the congregation.
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Sir David Attenborough to lead tributes at Queen's 90th birthday service
Sir David Attenborough, Britain’s second-most famous 90-year-old, will be among stars paying tribute to the Queen at a Service of Thanksgiving on Friday that will begin a weekend of celebrations for her official birthday.

The naturalist will read an address written by the Paddington Bear author Michael Bond, who is also 90, reflecting on the passage of the last nine decades.

It will be one of a series of “birthday gifts” for Her Majesty in a highly personal service at St Paul’s Cathedral attended by virtually every member of the Royal family.
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Burnley on track to celebrate Queen's 90th birthday in style
Burnley will be celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday this weekend with a range of events – including taking part in the national station to station event.

On Saturday June 11 staff from Burnley Council will be at Burnley Manchester Road train station between 10am and 11am giving away goody bags, as well as free coffee and cake.

The Station to Station event will celebrate the Queens big birthday as well as highlighting the importance of public transport.

Elsewhere, the mayor of Burnley Cllr Jeff Sumner will be holding the mayor’s annual Civic Sunday event on June 12 with a Civic service held at St Stephens Church on Oxford Road. The event will be followed by a celebration of the Queen’s birthday in which the church will be decorated in bunting and Union Jacks.

Sunday will also see the Ightenhill festival – in Ightenhill Park – which will have a celebratory feel for the Queen’s 90th birthday before on Wednesday, June 15, there will be a celebration of the Queen’s birthday in Padiham Memorial Park.
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Mods have said to put all posts regarding this year's Trooping the Colour, in the birthday thread.

In the run up to Trooping the Colour, Lieutenant Dutton provides an overview of 'escorting the Colour' while soldiers from The Coldstream Guards rehearse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9297H_gh98
 
Monarchist League ‏@monarchist
Governor General David Johnston and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will travel to London, England, from June 9 to 11, 2016,

Monarchist League ‏@monarchist
to take part in the celebrations marking The Queen of Canada's 90th birthday.

The 90th Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen
 
London flies the flag ahead of The Queen's 90th birthday celebrations | Daily Mail Online
London has been draped in red, white and blue ahead of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations this weekend.

Union Flags have been hung all the way down the Mall and above Regent Street and Oxford Street as the capital gets ready to party in honour of Her Majesty.

Three days of events will begin with The National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on Friday.

The morning after and the Household Cavalry will commemorate Elizabeth II's 90th with the annual Trooping the Colour, which will be followed by an RAF flypast over Buckingham Palace, at which Prince George is expected to appear.

Heavy rain is predicted on Sunday, when her Majesty, Prince Philip, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will then join 10,000 wellwishers for the Patron’s Lunch, a picnic that forms the centrepiece of three days of official festivities.

Its organisers, led by the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips, had already planned to provide guests with both a plastic rain poncho and sun cream in anticipation of Britain’s unpredictable weather.
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Street party for the Queen's 90th in Stubbington - Portsmouth News
MORE than 4,000 spectators are expected to hit the streets to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday on Sunday in Stubbington.

Stubbington Green will be turned into a feast of delights, with swing dancers, stalls, live bands, street buskers and a handful of vintage cars on display.

The event comes on the day that Hampshire is set to celebrate the monarch’s official birthday with street parties organised around the county.

Festivities will kick off from around 10am until 6pm.

Stubbington Green will be closed to traffic while the celebrations takes place
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Reigate to celebrate Queen's birthday this weekend | Surrey Mirror
A band will march through Reigate on Sunday, as the town celebrates the Queen's 90th birthday.

Reigate Business Guild has organised the celebrations, which will take place from noon to 6pm in Priory Park.

Live music and entertainment will culminate in a proms finale, with plenty of flag waving.

A rolling road block will be in place while the Surrey and Sussex Drum and Bugle Corps make their way from Reigate Town Hall to the park at 11.30am.
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Rudolph said:
The last surviving Dambuster, Sqn Ldr Johnny Johnson, a bomb-aimer on 617 Squadron, wishes Her Majesty the Queen a Happy Birthday in advance of this weekend's celebrations in London. #‎QBF16 #HappyBirthdayYourMajesty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGVrMFuwVgY&feature=youtu.be
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A seriously brave man!
So many crews were lost during that raid.

BTW TV here in DK is showing big-time from the celebrations! Starting Friday forenoon and throughout the weekend.
 
Rudolph said:
Monarchist League ‏@monarchist
Governor General David Johnston and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will travel to London, England, from June 9 to 11, 2016,

Monarchist League ‏@monarchist
to take part in the celebrations marking The Queen of Canada's 90th birthday.

The 90th Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen
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The Royal Family ‏@RoyalFamily 3h3 hours ago
Reps from all 53 #Commonwealth countries will join Her Majesty at her birthday celebrations this weekend #Queenat90

Do we have any idea if any other royal families are attending?
 
Rudolph said:
The last surviving Dambuster, Sqn Ldr Johnny Johnson, a bomb-aimer on 617 Squadron, wishes Her Majesty the Queen a Happy Birthday in advance of this weekend's celebrations in London. #‎QBF16 #HappyBirthdayYourMajesty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGVrMFuwVgY&feature=youtu.be
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A very brave man!

Molly2101 said:
Do we have any idea if any other royal families are attending?
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No, I don't think so.

Muhler said:
BTW TV here in DK is showing big-time from the celebrations! Starting Friday forenoon and throughout the weekend.
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Yes I know.

Denmark:
Tv 2 (one of Denmark's two main channels) will broadcast both the The National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral and Trooping the Colour, while TV 2 CHARLIE will broadcast the Patron’s Lunch.

TV 2 CHARLIE has also dedicated their entire schedule from around 10:00 until around 00:00 both Friday, Saturday and Sunday to programs about the British Royal Family. They've already broadcasted the Horse Pageant from Windsor.

DR1 (the other big TV channel) will also broadcast the Trooping the Colour.

Norway:
NRK1 (Norway's largest TV channel) has already broadcast the Horse Pageant from Windsor and will in the coming weeks broadcast a series of documentaries about the Queen, while Norway's only News Channel will broadcast live from the celebrations this weekend.

They think that this is going to be a big celebration with millions of peoples in the streets, as we saw during the Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees in 1977, 2002 and 2012. What they don't understand is that this is a birthday and not a Jubilee.

The UK media doesn't cover this as they did during the Jubilees, and we will not see millions of peoples in the streets.

The media coverage and celebrations will be more like it was during the 80th birthday in 2006. We will see a few hundred people outside St Paul's Cathedral, a few thousand outside Buckinham Palace for the balcony appearance and perhaps 10,000 during the Patron's Lunch, but it looks like the weather are going to be bad again, as usual during the Queen's celebrations.
 
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Madame Tussauds throws the Queen a star studded birthday party including Waxwork of Daniel Craig (4L), William Shakespeare (3L), David Beckham (2L), Madame Tussauds (1L), Barack Obama (1R), Adele (3R), Benedict Cumberbatch (4R) and Kim Kardashian (5R) to mark the Queen's 90th Birthday at Madame Tussauds on June 9, 2016 in London, England:
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos...studded-birthday-party-of-picture-id538950664
 
As I've said before on another thread: I was in Windsor with my British mother and her family for Her Majesty's 80th birthday. It was an amazing experience to see the people's Queen engaging with her public, and I and the others who were there will never forget it. My first experience with royal celebration was in 2002 (at the age of 14) when the Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee. And I was in London for the wedding/Diamond Jubilee

I could have traveled to the UK and on to Windsor for the 90th birthday as well, but it had been difficult since I now live permanently in Norway with my new family/job situation. And I did not know that she was going to go on such a long walkabout, and I didn't know that she would be driven out in the crowds in her Queenmobile.

But one of my half brothers were there with some friends, and they will probably never forget it.

The TV coverage on April 21:
BBC News Channel and Sky News sent all the day until we got the news about Prince's death.

BBC One sent live from Windsor for two hours and sent the documentary Elizabeth at 90 in the evening. BBC Breakfast and the The One Show was also mainly about the birthday.

ITV sent their documentary Our Queen at 90 on March 27 and the Horse Pageant from Windsor on May 15. Both Good Morning Britain and This Morning was also mainly about the birthday on April 21.

And since I didn't had the time to post videos or many articles from the celebrations at Windsor on April 21, and no one else has done it - here are some:

Daily Fail article with pictures from all events on the day:
The Queen to mark her 90th birthday with an appearance in Windsor | Daily Mail Online

Article from Robert Hardman and look at the pictures:
ROBERT HARDMAN: Fire up the Queenmobile, it's time for a birthday street party | Daily Mail Online

From BBC One with commentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa969QZ3cF0&index=39&list=LLppR7a3q3veeF_nqlyV4a6g

From ITV without commentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44H_8KQmlrw&index=45&list=LLppR7a3q3veeF_nqlyV4a6g
 
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The Queen's 90th Birthday:
The National Service of Thanksgiving Live Coverage- BBC One- Starts at 9:30AM UK Time-

"The weekend of worldwide celebrations for Her Majesty the Queen's 90th birthday begins with the National Service of Thanksgiving live from St Paul's Cathedral. Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are joined by senior members of the royal family in honour of this very special occasion. Presented by Huw Edwards and Kirsty Young."

BBC One - The Queen's 90th Birthday
BBC One - The Queen's 90th Birthday, The National Service of Thanksgiving Live Coverage

BBC News Live Coverage: 11:00AM
BBC iPlayer - Channel Schedule - BBC News - Friday 10 June 2016

Outside of UK Live Coverage Link-
http://mediahhh.com/
 
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Britain prepares for three days of pageantry to celebrate The Queen's 90th birthday | Daily Mail Online
Bunting has been strung across the streets and store fronts decorated with Union flags as the nation prepares to mark the Queen's official 90th birthday this weekend.

The monarch, whose actual birthday was on April 21, will mark the milestone publicly with three days of pomp and pageantry in London.

There are plenty of opportunities to take part in the celebrations - although some of the events are exclusive to the Royal Family and special guests.

The festivities will culminate on Sunday with a street party on The Mall, which will see some 10,000 people enjoy a picnic lunch and a special parade.

Tickets were balloted and have now all been issued, but those who aren't lucky enough to attend can still watch the fun on big screens in nearby Green Park and St James Park.

Another screen will be in place in Trafalgar Square, alongside a host of other entertainment including food stands, a football competition, dancing and royalty-themed games.

Celebrations start tomorrow with a special service at St Paul's Cathedral at 11am - although it is only for the Royal Family and their invited guests.
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I lov this picture:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...day_marked_her_actual_-a-42_1465493956148.jpg

I didn't bother to read this article, but many good pictures, including a new one of HM and Philip: The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh don pink for official portrait for Philip's 95th birthday | Daily Mail Online
 
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I didn't bother to read this article, but many good pictures, including a new one of HM and Philip: The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh don pink for official portrait for Philip's 95th birthday | Daily Mail Online
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I think an opportunity was missed here; For his 95th birthday I would have loved to have seen a photo of him with his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, with Prince Philip in the middle centre in his position as Paterfamilias, where he is always going to be No. 1. Not for a minute though will I think he will think that way; he has always been a superb consort for The Queen, without being overly deferential, and still his own man. Well done HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.

Thanks Royal Norway for finding that picture.
 
Heads up fellow Cdns!!

On tonight'sThe National, which will be on after Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final is over, there's going to be an interview w/Peter and Autumn Phillips. They're going to talk about the Queen, their relationship w/Granny and the responsibility of heading the Company in charge of Sunday's events.

I think this is the first time Autumn's done an interview. At least that I remember.


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Heads up fellow Cdns!!
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Ah, if only I were a 'fellow Cdn'! I'd love to see Autumn 'live' so to speak; I have seen Peter several times. But I'm here at the bottom of the world, so I won't see it. Have seen Canada, though, (Vancouver and Whistler and surrounds) and it reminds me of a larger version of NZ! Very beautiful (both countries)

I hope the weather is fine for the Mall 'street party'.
 
Good to hear from Peter and Autumn!
 
free2rhyme said:
The interview with Peter and Autumn has been posted to the CBC's website

Autumn Phillips on what it's like to be part of the Royal family - CBC Player
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Thanks!

Read more: Diamond Jubilee flotilla to be recreated for Queen's 90th while Prince Philip celebrates turning 95 at charity gala
The Queen will have a chance to re-live one of the highlights of her Diamond Jubilee year when a flotilla of boats processes town the Thames on Saturday as part of the three-day weekend of official 90th birthday celebrations.

The Royal Rowbarge Gloriana, the star of the river pageant in 2012, will lead 50 vessels, including Dunkirk “Little Ships”, from Pa rliament to Tower Bridge as the Queen appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following Trooping the Colour.
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Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor, Zara and Mike Tindall, Peter and Autumn Phillips and the Linleys have just arrived. :flowers:

They arrived by coach.
 
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Is there anyway we can watch live ?


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