I raise a toast to the Duke of Lancaster.
“Congratulations on your diamond jubilee and long may you reign.”
In celebration of the Diamond Jubilee I had planned to attend the ‘three gardens party’ arranged by my neighbours for Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately the weather had other ideas… It turned bitterly cold overnight and there was torrential rain all day.
Mum was visiting for an evening meal and we decided that discretion was the better part of valour so the afternoon was spent watching the BBC coverage of the Flotilla along the Thames. I took a few photographs of the BBC coverage and this is one of them.
In celebration of the event (and another upcoming one) we cracked a bottle of bubbly to accompany our evening meal.
At least with all the rain there was no chance of the Thames running dry yesterday!
Or anywhere else for that matter!
Its a shame the weather wasn’t like it was last week (very sunny and warm), but I don’t think it dampened spirits too much – Her Majesty certainly seemed to be enjoying the day
It gave us lots of opportunities to make some (rubbish?) jokes too: a new definition of “long to reign over us” is one that springs to mind…
I must admit that joke did cross my mind as I was typing up this post!
I saw the real one yesterday!
Yes, the Royal Barge without the Royal Family though.
It was after the Flotilla at about 7pm, near my flat.
Apparently, the Queen and Prince Philips didn’t quite like the front seats.
The barge designer forgot to include a windshield. Ha…
It would have been pretty chilly yesterday without a windshield!
They showed the celebration on TV here in Sweden so I saw some while zapping through several channels
I hope you enjoyed the coverage as much as we did
I love the way our Queen dresses. I’m waiting for a video to see it well with friends. To the Queen!
She is a very elegant lady, I have always admired her. Unlike our governments over the years she has always been very much in tune with the people.
I was so pleased that this was such a successful event in spite of the weather. It was a joy to see the Queen so happy
It was a joyous event and I think everyone involved enjoyed it, which allowed those watching from afar (including me) to enjoy the event too
We also watched it at the BBC. I have never seen the Queen more content. I could see that she really loved it. She is a remarkable lady. Too bad that her husband ended up in the hospital, I do hope he will recover soon.
She is a remarkable lady. I had not heard about Prince Philip, I had to look up the news to see what had happened…
I expect he caught a chill, it was freezing in England yesterday. That is the main reason we didn’t pop over the ‘three gardens party’, my Mum was round to enjoy the celebrations and her health was more important.
I wish Prince Philip a speedy recovery too.
A nice weekend was had by all methinks.
Yes I think it uplifted a lot of peoples spirits
I hope your mum was more cheerful than HM. A shame about the garden party; the weather caused a few problems.
I think HM was enjoying herself
We really WERE glued to the tube for this grand occasion, Cherry. You can be very proud of the presentation to the world of this unique celebration. Astrid hopes it will be made into a DVD for us to buy!
Some of the people I met on my holidays were also fascinated by the occasion. I am sure the BBC will get round to making a video of it
I have so enjoyed watching the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee on TV. Such pomp and pageantry –a spectacular event. Glad those things can be shared with the rest of the world-thank you technology. Have a lovely weekend. Mickie
Thanks Mickie it seems everybody from around the world has enjoyed the occasion equally.
I hope you have had a good weekend
All the time and effort that went into making those magnificent throne-like seats and I don’t think they sat on them once. As a craftsman or craftswoman, I’d be peeved.
I thought that it was odd that they didn’t use them. In the above comment LC says it is because there was no wind-shield and it was cold, which perhaps explains it…