The scene below happened 40 years ago.
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Posted on 02/05/2022 1:57:12 PM PST by RandFan
The Queen has cut a cake to mark her Platinum Jubilee as she met members of the Sandringham community on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her reign.
Ahead of Accession Day, she hosted a reception for volunteer groups, pensioners and fellow members of the local Women's Institute (WI) group.
Guests included a former cookery student who helped create the original Coronation chicken recipe.
The Queen was described as being on "sparkling" form at the reception.
On Sunday, she will have reigned for 70 years, excluding Accession Day.
It also marks the day her father George VI died in 1952.
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The Queen is set to become the first British monarch in history to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.
Sunday marks the start of the jubilee celebrations, which will culminate in a four-day UK bank holiday weekend from 2 to 5 June.
The celebrations will be marked by concerts, street parties and a Platinum Jubilee Pageant, with the private estates of Sandringham and Balmoral open to visitors across the long weekend in June.
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That’s about how long my kids think I spend on the throne each morning.
The scene below happened 40 years ago.
She’s a tough ol’ gal who is doing a good job keeping her village idiot son off of the throne.
That is a huge horse
...and tomorrow, Feb 6th, is also Ronald Reagan’s 111th birthday.
Hers is a double bridal.
He is using a martingale.
Interesting.
I suppose both were her horses.
That, alone, is quite an accomplishment. It will be even greater if she outlasts him. It could happen.
I just happened to be in the UK for the weekend of the Double Diamond (60) celebration. Lots of hoopla.
Nice job Elizabeth.
She is the ONLY world leader who spent time in the military during World War II.
Lol!
Ronnie and Liz both had/have a love of horses and were expert riders.
She is the only monarch that most in her worldwide realm ever have known. It will be a rude shock to her subjects when that ignoramus son ascends to the throne.
I’ve read that she disapproves of how political Charlie is as she has avoided it as much as possible.
I am guessing English Thorobreds.
About 16 hands tall.
She is a strong, remarkable women as was her father.
Thank heavens the succession worked as it did gong into WWII with George VI assuming the throne instead of Edward who seemed to have the character of a jellyfish.
That could be a problem.
Sadly, I suspect this will be the end of a reigning royal family...
The ragheads that have overwhelmed the U.K. will make sure of that...
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