Brief Roundup: Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Reflects on her life, rare footage 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh1-9ww_HmM

PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN. Part 1 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEtW7l1A_wE&feature=related

H.M Queen Elizabeth opens her Parliament, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPPWzT9tdbs&feature=related

British State Opening of Parliament 1958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWIHqnFG3I&feature=related

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGLN1kREJ2Q&feature=related

Queen Elizabeth II: The Coronation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLHRHSvVZs&feature=related

HM Queen Elizabeth II - Rare Photos (Vol 1) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xixgwk3bDNg&feature=related 

HM Queen Elizabeth II - Rare Photos (Vol 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv46ZAldwVY&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (1/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeMY_f50RT4&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (2/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xv_7Pj0nKQ

The Royal House of Windsor (3/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bXATIHZmow&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (4/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-dtX6uu8Q&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (5/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRNJFSPRSik&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (6/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jb7OCmO2NQ&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (7/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmyZHAhGzI&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (8/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV2vv24jiLs&feature=related

The Royal House of Windsor (9/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8x2Xu_uJE

The Royal House of Windsor (10/10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaHeIWVq3Nk

Party At The Palace - The Queen's Golden Jubilee 2002 
In an obtreperous piece of vulgar and rash populism, the "Party at the Palace" was a "pop concert" held in London in 2002. The event--allegedly--was in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II held over the Golden Jubilee Weekend 1 -4 June 2002.  However, it sounded like a "celebration of the cult of narcissism." The concert was held at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002.  The event was touted as the greatest concert in Britain since Live Aid or possibly ever. 12,000 people attended. An estimated 1 million "shuck and jive" people watched outside the Palace in The Mall and around the Queen Victoria Memorial.  Reportedly, 200 million watched on television to the "mind numblingly stupid and enthusiast lyrics." The concert included hit (= "loud crashing bomb") songs from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.  The BBC Music Live Festival also occurred on the day. It would have been better dubbed the "Dead Festival." At 1 o'clock towns across the United Kingdom had bands play "All You Need Is Love" before church bells were rung around the country.  This was more like an "American Freak Show."  England, especially the clerics, get some discipline and return to the 1662 BCP.  Start thinking.  "It is appointed once from a man to die and then the judgment."  The Great Litany of the 1662 BCP would be appropriate as one listens to this bizarre show. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdyIE5_u5-k&feature=related

Royal Family Attends Christmas Service While Duke Philip Recovers in Hospital

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8977372/Royal-family-attend-Christmas-service.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Royal family attend Christmas service

The Queen and members of the Royal Family attended a Christmas Day church service today as the Duke of Edinburgh recuperated in hospital following surgery.

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The Duchess of Cambridge joined royals at the service at a church on the Queen's estate in Sandringham, Norfolk, for the first time as 90-year-old Prince Philip was being treated at Papworth Hospital near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, following treatment for a blocked coronary artery.

Police estimated 3,000 well-wishers had gathered outside St Mary Magdalene Church to see royals, including the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex, arrive.

^{Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives ahead of the British Royal family Christmas Day church service}

England rugby player Mike Tindall and the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, who married in the summer, also attended the service.

The royals traditionally gather at Sandringham for Christmas. Philip normally walks the few hundred yards from the main house to the church and is not thought to have missed a Christmas Day service before.

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Well-wishers called out with questions about the Duke, but members of the family did not respond.

The Duchess of Cambridge is spending her first Christmas as part of the Royal Family following her marriage to Prince William, now the Duke of Cambridge, in April.

By 9.30am hundreds of people were waiting at the gates, with queues stretching back around 300 yards.

^{From left, Britain's Prince Andrew, Prince William, Kate Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Charles, Prince Harry and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall arrive to attend a Christmas Service}

Veteran royal-watcher Mary Relph, 77, from Shouldham, near Sandringham, said the royals had been spending Christmas at Sandringham for the last two decades and queues had never been as long.

"I have never seen queues like this on Christmas Day before, I have never seen this amount of people here since Diana was alive," she said.

"People are obviously coming to see Kate Middleton."

She said she was sure the Duke of Edinburgh had never missed a Christmas at Sandringham before.

A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said Kate was wearing a hat by Jane Corbett.

Her coat was created by an independent British dressmaker, he added, but declined to reveal the designer's identity.

"The Duchess is keen to use independent British dressmakers, whose skills and craftsmanship she admires," he said.

Corbett, who is based in Hungerford, Berkshire, describes herself as a "couture milliner and artist" on her website.

She has been creating bespoke hats for more than 15 years and was trained by Rose Cory, the late Queen Mother's milliner.

Corbett designed the pale blue hat that mother Carole Middleton wore to Kate's wedding in April.

Every piece is hand-crafted to suit each client, their outfit and occasion, her website says.

The Queen wore a dress in lavender Armani wool gabardine and a coat in lavender wool boucle, both by Karl Ludwig.

Her ivory hat with lavender wool boucle detail at the base was created by Angela Kelly.

She wore a diamond shell brooch with a pearl at the centre.

During the service, rector of Sandringham the Rev Jonathan Riviere said: "We pray for the Queen and the Royal Family, especially today we pray for Prince Philip and his continued recovery."