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The King's Christmas message (or The Queen's Christmas message in a queen's reign, formally as His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech, [1] [2] and informally as the Royal Christmas message) is a broadcast made by the sovereign of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms to the Commonwealth of Nations each year at Christmas.
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."
One of only three lyric poems in Middle English ascribed to a woman author, [35] alongside "An Anchoress' Hymn to the Virgin" and "Eleanor Percy's Prayer", "My heart is set upon a lusty pin" [36] is attributed to one "Queen Elizabeth", sometimes thought to have been Elizabeth Woodville (although the author is also argued [36] [37] to have been ...
King George and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (as she was later nicknamed) were crowned on May 12, 1937, another reassuring move for the monarchy as the date originally chosen for Edward's ...
The royal family (with Meghan Markle for the first time!) attends traditional Christmas Day church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham. ADRIAN DENNIS - Getty Images 2018
The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. [1] She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards.
My Christmas Family Tree (2021) ... Even the Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, has starred in a Hallmark movie — and she directed it, too! In fact, her 2015 flick about a single mother (Lacey ...
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".