Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday Celebrations: 2006

[ElisaR]

I think that this coin, with those trumpets and the phrase "Vivat Regina", would be more suitable for a jubilee rather than for a birthday, however I'm going to buy it.

 

[AuroraB]

I can't remember which country it was from, but it was part of the Golden Jubilee collection issued by the BRM.

 

[RoyalProtocol]

I would like to enquire if we know if any Euro-Royals will be attending the service in St Paul's to mark Her Majesty's Birthday in June.

 

[mandyy]

Article from HELLO
Portraits of the Queen Looks Back on 80 years
Relaxed but regal and with a warm twinkle in her eye, the Queen shows she still has plenty of zest for life in a portrait released to mark her 80th birthday celebrations.................
http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2006/04/03/queenportraits/

Photos from HELLO magazine
#1: The picture is one of a series of intimate photographs, which will go on public display at Windsor Castle from today. In the portrait the Queen looks "relaxed but at the same time quite energised," comments royal curator Sophie Gordon
#2: Decades earlier as a young mother gazing at her first-born son, Charles
#3: Captured on camera by her son Prince Andrew in 2002

 

[mandyy]

Photos from Reuters
#1: A curator holds a book of pictures of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II by Dorothy Wilding (1952) at the Drawings Gallery in Windsor Castle, southern England, April 2, 2006. The pictures, which are part of an exhibition of photographs to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Queen, will be on display from April 3 until March 11, 2007. The Queen's 80th birthday is on April 21, 2006.
#2: A curator mounts a coronation picture of Britain's Queen Elizabeth by Cecil Beaton (1953) at the Drawings Gallery in Windsor Castle, southern England, April 2, 2006. The pictures, which are part of an exhibition of photographs to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Queen, will be on display from April 3 until March 11, 2007.

 

[mandyy]

Newest issue of the "Majesty" magazine features the Queen's 80th birthday celebrations.

image from majestymagazine.com

 

[corazon]

we can see a portratit with all the royal family like for 1977 jubilee?

 

[Amy]

Does anyone have any information about the forthcoming book by Jane Roberts - Queen Elizabeth II: A Birthday Souvenir Album that will be published by The Royal Collection?

 

[fanletizia]

A combination photograph of a collection of stamps, due to be issued by the Royal Mail to celebrate the 80th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, is seen in this handout released by the Royal Mail on April 10, 2006. The pictures of the Queen, which have been chosen from thousands of archive photographs, are a collection of informal photographic portraits taken throughout her life. The stamps will be issued on April 18, three days before the Queen's 80th birthday

from yahoo/reuters

 

[Elspeth]

Does anyone have any information about the forthcoming book by Jane Roberts - Queen Elizabeth II: A Birthday Souvenir Album that will be published by The Royal Collection?

Here's the Amazon listing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/190216377X/ref=br_lf_b_6/202-5158973-1759052

 

[Duchess]

The following is a link to an article from Time magazine. It's an interview with Prince Andrew which included some questions regarding his mother. I thought his answers were wonderful.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181623,00.html

 

[mandyy]

Article from HELLO about some beautiful stamps of the Queen
http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2006/04/11/queenstamps/

Images from AFP vis HELLO

 

[StoneCold]

the stamps are very nice.

Palace releases 80 facts about the Queen's life

 

[Royal Fan]

They are Indeed what a A Wonderful Monarch & Mother She will leave a great Legacy LONG LIVE THE QUEEN !!!! GOD BLESS THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR!!!!!

 

[Skydragon]

Charles to lead Queen's 80th tributes

PRINCE Charles will pay a televised tribute to the Queen on her 80th birthday.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/210/210429_charles_to_lead_queens_80th_tributes.html

 

[mashed potatoes]

80 Facts about the Queen

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4823.asp

 

[puresnow]

the stamps are very nice.

 

[JessRulz]

The stamps are wonderful!!
I especially like this one:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=237607&d=1144752246
It shows us a different side to HM, one that we don't see often

 

[GrandDuchess]

Charles to lead Queen's 80th tributes

PRINCE Charles will pay a televised tribute to the Queen on her 80th birthday.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/210/210429_charles_to_lead_queens_80th_tributes.html

How wonderful! And a dinner at Kew Palace, it's great that they will use such a venue and not one of the "usual" palaces. And I do hope the BBC World will show the tribute from Charles as well, that's the only BBC channel we get here in Sweden.

 

[le_ptit_diablotin]

Just wondering if The Queen will also invite all of Europeans Royals Families to attend to her birthday at the Kew Palace or at the Windsor Castle? I hope so...
Thanks!

 

[Duchess]

I read the TIME magazine article today and it was very good. one part told of a reception at BP for the national cricket team and how one player, after meeting HM said what a beautiful woman she is. She is still so lovely and everytime i see a photo of her I just can't get over how beautiful she is.

 

[MOLEY]

Have I missed a birthday dinner party in the royal diary? i was chatting to friends earlier today and they tell me that there is a birthday dinner on the 22nd at windsor as well as the dinner at kew on the 21st? are they mistaken or has anybody else head of two dinners?

 

[MOLEY]

If you get BBC1 you can watch HM live on BBC1 friday 21st April at 11am, it will follow her walk about in windsor and it's on for an hour. BBCnews24 will also be covering it throughout the day including the royals arriving at the Royal Palace at Kew.

 

[WindsorIII]

Time Magazine did another wonderful tribute for the Queen's 80th birthday. This one has some interesting facts you may not have known before.

http://www.time.com/time/europe/html/060417/facts.html

Enjoy!
PS sorry if someone already posted it, I am new.

 

[bigheadshirmp]

I read the TIME magazine article today and it was very good. one part told of a reception at BP for the national cricket team and how one player, after meeting HM said what a beautiful woman she is. She is still so lovely and everytime i see a photo of her I just can't get over how beautiful she is.

i read that today too...but one mistake they made was they called Sophi, the Countess of Wessex as Duchess of Wessex....

 

[machievelli]

I love the stamps for the Queen's 80th birthday. I particularly am keen on them because they show the Queen from childhood to now. And more importantly they show her smiling and looking happy.

 

[WindsorIII]

"One British Queen, Two Birthdays"

This is an interesting article.

39 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II turns 80 on Friday but her official birthday is not until June 17 due to a tradition that has its root in fickle British weather...

Heres the link to the rest of the article..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060414/en_afp/britainroyalbirthday_060414154855

 

[Elspeth]

As if the fickle British weather was any less fickle in June than in April. Talk about misplaced optimism...

 

[JessRulz]

The Herald Sun (Melbourne newspaper) had a article on the Queen that went for 2 or 3 pages entitled 'A Peek At The Real Queen' and it had a heap of memories that the public wouldn't necessarily know about in it, and reading on the Hearld Sun website, in tomorrow's paper there will be a tribute 'Pictorial Souvenir - The Queen At 80'

If you like, I could probably scan the articles and post them, just PM me if you want!

 

[Margrethe II]

I have it right before me "JR"..It was quite humerous I thought!

Here is another article though, from Melbourne's Herald Sun.

Queen living away from Buckingham

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18822081%255E23109,00.html


"MII"