Posted on 02/06/2005 12:28:49 PM PST by tjwmason
To all the people of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom - a very happy Accession Day.
On this day in 1952 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second began her happy reign.
As it represents the anniversary of the death of Her Majesty's father, understandably she does not celebrate publicly.
Almighty God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world, and dost order them according to thy good pleasure: We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, as on this day, to set thy servant our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, upon the throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be her guide, and let thine arm strengthen her; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness, peace and charity, abound in her days. Direct all her counsels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of her subjects; give us grace to obey her cheerfully for conscience sake, and let her always possess the hearts of her people; let her reign be long and prosperous, and crown her with everlasting life in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen.
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Lond to reign over us,
God save the Queen.
Is this what the rest of the English-speaking world celebrates since they don't have Super Bowl Sunday?
Better this than one day of "Bl_ck History Month"...
This thread is worth another bump. We were actually talking about this during the Super Bowl party this evening. The anniversary of the death of Elizabeth's father and her accession to the throne was publicized in our local paper (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
It is, for good or bad, met with a yawn across Her Majesty's Realm of New Zealand.
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