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The Queen read the poem in the printed order of service, and was reportedly touched by its sentiments and "slightly upbeat tone". A Buckingham Palace spokesman said that the verse "very much reflected her thoughts on how the nation should celebrate the life of the Queen Mother. To move on."
Queenhood" is a poem written by the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Simon Armitage, to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. [1] [2] Tim Adams, writing for The Observer, described the poem as a tribute that "came close to capturing something of the unique service and strangeness of [the Queen's] life". [3]
The poem may have been brought to his attention by his wife, Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Consort). [1] The book The Servant Queen and the King She Serves, [2] published for Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday, says that it was the young Princess Elizabeth herself, aged 13, who handed the poem to her father. The book's foreword was written by ...
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death.
Queen Elizabeth II is Britain's longest-reigning monarch, surpassing the record of her great-great grandmother queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and 216 days between 1837 and 1901.
The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser.Books I–III were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 stanzas, [1] it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian ...
Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her coronation, Buckingham Palace, 1953. The Print Collector/Getty Images At the age of 25, Queen Elizabeth II — then known as Princess Elizabeth — pledged to ...
It's no question that Queen Elizabeth II was one impressive woman. The former sovereign made history as the longest-reigning British monarch, having led the commonwealth for nearly 71 years.