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David C. H. Austin (1926 – 2018) was an award-winning rose breeder, nursery owner and writer from Shropshire, England.He began breeding roses in the 1950s with the goal of creating new shrub rose varieties that would possess the best qualities of old-fashioned roses while incorporating the long flowering characteristics of hybrid tea roses and floribundas.
Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō [a] (born 13 January 1997) is the Māori Queen since 2024, [3] [4] being elected to succeed her father Tūheitia. [5] The youngest child and only daughter of Tūheitia, she is a direct descendant of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who was installed in 1858.
New Zealand: Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves: 18–21 September 1989 Jordan: King Hussein I: 8–10 April 1991 Italy: President Francesco Cossiga: 2–4 May 1991 Vatican City: Pope John Paul II: 27–30 May 1991 Hungary: President Árpád Göncz: 7–9 April 1992 Ireland: President Mary Robinson: 22–24 April 1992 Estonia: President Lennart Meri
The flag follows the same basic pattern used by the then Queen across several other realms since the 1960s: it is the escutcheon of a country's coat of arms (e.g. the arms of New Zealand) in banner form defaced with a device taken from her personal flag (a blue roundel surrounded by a garland of roses encircling a crowned letter 'E', all in gold).
A number of activities marking the Queen's Golden Jubilee as Queen of New Zealand, the Queen's first visit to New Zealand as Sovereign in 1953–54, and subsequent royal visits, took place in New Zealand. [25] "Queen Elizabeth II has been Queen of New Zealand for fifty years and is held in warm regard by New Zealanders.
It was the first marriage of a reigning Swedish monarch since 1797. The wedding was preceded the evening before by a Royal Variety Performance, where the Swedish musical group ABBA performed "Dancing Queen" for the first time as a tribute to Sweden's future queen. [10] The King and Queen have three children:
Victoria was born on 14 July 1977 at 21:45 CET [1] at the Karolinska Hospital in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden, and is the oldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. She is a member of the House of Bernadotte .
The role of the monarchy in New Zealand is a recurring topic of public discussion. [8] The Realm of New Zealand is the entire area over which the King of New Zealand is sovereign, and comprises two associated states, Niue and the Cook Islands, and the territories of Tokelau [9] and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in ...