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Annus horribilis (pl. anni horribiles) is a Latin phrase that means "horrible year". It is complementary to annus mirabilis, which means "wonderful year".
The Queen’s use of the Latin phrase “annus horribilis”, which translates as “horrible year”, was a play on the more commonly used phrase “annus mirabilis”, meaning “year of wonders”.
annus horribilis: horrible year: Variation on annus mirabilis, recorded in print from 1890. [10] Notably used in a speech by Queen Elizabeth II to describe what a bad year 1992 had been for her. In Classical Latin, this phrase actually means "terrifying year". See also annus terribilis. annus mirabilis: wonderful year
"I think what was remarkable was just how hard it was for the Prince of Wales at the start of the year," says a friend of the Prince. "His wife had gone in for major surgery and it became worse ...
Disaster after disaster hit the British royal family in 1992. Here, what the Queen meant when she spoke of her Annus Horribilis.
Sir Edward William Spencer Ford GCVO KCB ERD DL FRSA (24 July 1910 – 19 November 2006) was a courtier in the Royal Households of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.He is perhaps best known for writing to Elizabeth II’s private secretary regarding the 40th year of her reign, having hoped that the Queen would experience an annus mirabilis but instead finding 1992 an annus horribilis.
The monarch's famous 1992 speech was rewritten for the show but stayed mainly true to the sentiment that 1992 was not a vintage year for the royals.
In November 1992, in a speech to mark the Ruby Jubilee of her accession, Elizabeth called 1992 her annus horribilis (a Latin phrase, meaning ' horrible year '). [140] Republican feeling in Britain had risen because of press estimates of Elizabeth's private wealth—contradicted by the Palace [ e ] —and reports of affairs and strained ...