The Queen? Where mate?
Posted on 03/14/2006 7:52:12 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
THE Queen has arrived in Melbourne ahead of tonight's opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games.
Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the royal couple touched down at Melbourne Airport at 12.30pm (AEDT). The chartered British Airways 777 taxied to a secure area of the tarmac where about 150 people were waiting to greet the couple.
The crowd – a mix of Games volunteers, airport staff, and families – cheered as the Queen, wearing a lime-coloured dress and hat, left the plane.
The Queen shook hands and greeted several members of the crowd before leaving in a black limousine.
Commonwealth Games chief executive Ron Walker and Victorian Premier Steve Bracks were among those to greet the monarch.
Her next official engagement is the Prime Minister's luncheon, to be held at Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building from 1pm.
The Queen will receive the Commonwealth Games baton during a high point of tonight's opening ceremony, which will be staged inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground and also on the Yarra River from 8pm.
I'll raise glass (actually, a coffee mug) to HM Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen? Where mate?
Thank God Mohamed Al Fayed did not hire the Pilot!... sorry.
Good luck to you Australians! I'll cheer for your side whenever New Zealand isn't competing.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
On a side note, Microsoft just issued a Windows update because apparently five Australian states are planning to postpone the usual changeover from daylight savings time until after the Olympics are over, so they had to fix the Aussies' computer clocks.
Too right.
Hey AD do you call the Queen Elizabeth or Betty
I know in the UK freepers call her Betty just asking
We often refer to her as "Your Gracious Majesty", or, sometimes, "Phil the Greek's missus".
OMG I never hear of that nickname LOLOLOL! Phii the Greek missus
Well I know some of UK Freepers call her Queen Betty LOLOL!
I like that nickname LOL!
Whoever said lime was the new black is seriously disturbed!!! LOL!
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