TODAY IS HM THE QUEEN's Official Birthday...... note the term "official"; Elizabeth II actually has two birthdays. Her actual date of birth was 21 April 1926, making her 84.
Her Official Birthday has no set date, but is ordinarily celebrated "on the first, second or third Saturday in June, though it is rarely the third," say the experts at Wikipedia.
As well as hosts of cards, bouquets (why would you send the Queen flowers, knowing they will more likely than not spend half an hour at the Palace before being sent on to a children's hospital?) and prezzies great and small from politicians, dignitaries, presidents and Kings, the today's highlight is the ceremony of Trooping the Colour; all soldiers in microphone-hats (bearskins) and Her Majesty riding side-saddle on her trusty steed Burmese. A stately display of pomp and splendour straight from the lid of a souvenir toffee-tin!
Highlights of the Queen's Birthday Honours include: actress Catherine Zeta Jones becomes a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British British Empire), she says it's "humbling and overwhelming" to receive such a distinction; Oscar-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo ~ who I don't like because she skulked into the shop I begged outside on a regular basis and never spared me so much as a glance, let alone a penny ~ gets a CBE too; a railway station announcer ~ MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) and a farmer who was awarded an MBE for "services to ploughing" ..(!)WORLD CUP:
England v USA at Rustenberg. 7:30pm kickoff (London time) tonight.(Not that, though I've yet to watch a game this year, I'm secretly following this in some underhand, mentally interesting unconscious-eyes-closed-type way ...)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MA'AM!
84 GLORIOUS YEARS:
Commentary by the Queen herself ...
If you've ten minutes spare, this will provide educational, entertaining and highly informative coffee-time viewing...
Excerpts are from my Elizabeth R documentary. You can watch this in its entirety (about 2 hours) on my Fabulous Celebrity Blog!
TROOPING THE COLOUR:
BEN STILLER ~ ROBERT DENIRO ~ BARBRA STREISAND ALERT!
MEET THE F*CKERS IS ON BBC1 AT 21:30 HRS!
Having seen Meet the Parents, I wanted to see this sequel when it came out. But of course my local cinemas ran it for all of three days so I missed it. And every subsequent chance of seeing it. Till now...
To those of you not resident in the UK. Sorry.
Why not move here? Half of Mogadishu already has ...(!)
NOTE TO SELF:
GERMAN GRAMMAR LESSONS: BEGINNERS'/ADVANCED
I'm watching Trooping the Colour now as I type. It's a great spectacle don't you think? :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. D'you know after posting all that I never thought to see it on telly. What channel? I've only got 1-5
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think of England's chances at this world cup? Just to let you know that I am back.
ReplyDeleteEngland's chances of winning? Very, very slim.
ReplyDelete(Though I have to say I'm watching England v USA as we speak... which is not like me(!))
They're not playing that amazingly. No fire. No passion. Too entrenched in the idea that England is a crap country that never wins anything and doesn't deserve to win...
Nice to hear from you :-)...
That scene from the Fockers is so funny. Ben Stiller says, "But mom you were riding him like Sea Biscuit." It is so funny. You will howl.
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ReplyDeleteWho/what's Sea Biscuit? Closing titles are rolling as we speak. It was hilarious.
I liked the scene with Dustin Hoffman, spray cream and Barbra Streisand's breasts
talking of sprays:
my local supermarket used to do spray chocolate mousse, WAY better than creme;
4get sexual chenanigins, spray the crap straight into your mouth a blob at a time till all's gone. really nice
die hard with a vengeance is coming right on, is that any good?
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ReplyDeletethe fuckers were screamingly hilarious. shame on my local cinema for pulling it after about 2 performances. they do that with every film i specially want to see. the queen with helen mirren. young victoria with... precisely. a film with a plot with no-one famous and it's about queen victoria doesn't get shown at all. pathetic
american beauty's now on bbc2. that recurrent rose petals scene reminds me of my x. we used to sit stoned in her old house seeing that scene over and over, hmmm
NOBODY IS COMMENTING ON MY NIGHTINGALES, I NOTICE! come on you recalcitrant lot!!
ok ok call this a stoopid question but:
is American Beauty a comedy?
I agree it's daft to send flowers to the Queen. Why not send them to someone who is lonely? I thought the trooping of the colour would be on Sky this morning - I wanted to show some students - but of course it was all football, fotball, football.
ReplyDeleteAaarkh!
ReplyDeleteI watched some of England v USA but gave up in boredom...
Is the Sky you get called something like Sky Italia, or is it the same as the British one. I mean, do you get 300 channels with names like Hallmark, Dave, TCM and Animal Planet ...? (I wouldn't know...)
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ReplyDeleteI love Meet The Fockers! It's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean CZJ is a Dame? (Her parents have a house not far from us.)
OOOOH, my verifier is WALES!!!