London, 2 June 2022 – The celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee from Elizabeth II (four days of celebrations, here how to follow the program on tv). An ocean-going crowd watched the Trooping the Colourthe great military parade (this year with 1,500 soldiers and 250 horses) which is usually held for the public celebration of the 96-year-old sovereign’s birthday, after the private one of 21 April, her true date of birth.
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Il Trooping the Colour
The center of the scene, in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace, was entrusted to the equestrian parade of theHorse Guards Parade of the 1st elite battalion of the Irish Guards of the British Armed Forces. . The sound of the national anthem ‘God Save the Queen’ (‘God Save the Queen’) then announced the arrival of the members of the royal family “on active duty”, greeted by the enthusiastic greeting of crowd wings lined up along the Mall avenue in a blaze of Union Jack: in the front row the heir to the throne Carlo with his son Williamsecond in line of succession, both riding in full uniform together with the princess Anna, second child of Elizabeth, and with the gold medals of the Jubilee pinned to her breast; followed among others aboard a common carriage by their respective spouses, Camilla and Catherine (in Alexander McQueen dress), together with the three children of the Dukes of Cambridge, George, Charlotte and Louis. The Prime Minister is also present on a platform set up in the square, Boris Johnsonin morning dress, with First Lady Carrie next to her, in a pink dress with a large service hat.
The reginain a light blue dress signed by Angela Kelly, it is instead overlooking the balcony of the royal palace and observed the parade with alongside his cousin, the Duke of Kent. Here she was joined by the rest of the royal family for the air show with 70 aircraft and the final overflight of the Raf aerobatic team’s Red Arrows. Absent (as already announced) Harry and wife Meghan Marklehowever, returned to London for the occasion and to present their second child Lilibet to the family.
The closing of the show was high intensity: the crowd greeted with repeated hurray the 96-year-old sovereign, appeared smiling and moved behind her smoked glasses.
Protest interrupts the parade
The start of the show was marked by an over-schedule. The British police have stopped two men and dragged them away after they had climbed the barriers of The Mall, disrupting the event. The men, some wearing plastic crowns, were lie down on the ground in protest in front of the soldiers along the great avenue leading to Buckingham Palace. Many present applauded the agents who launched themselves on the intruders. “We thank the crowd for showing their support and applauding our agents as they re-entered behind the barriers after quickly putting an end to the incident,” reads a statement released by Scotland Yard. According to Guardian they are two activists of ‘Animal Rebellion’.
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The sovereign: “I look to the future with confidence”
The court has released a new smiling portrait, with a video message in which she evokes her “happy memories” not without scrutinizing the future. And addressing her subjects she says: “I continue to be inspired by your good will towards me and I hope these days will give us the opportunity to reflect on all that we have achieved in the last 70 years, while we look to the future with confidence and enthusiasm” .
Greetings from the Pope and Macron’s homage
And this morning the queen received the best wishes of Pope francescowho assures her prayers – reads the telegram – so that “Almighty God may grant her, the members of the royal family and all the people of your nation blessings of unity, prosperity and peace”.
Even the French President Emmanuel Macron he paid tribute to the sovereign for her 70 years of reign, recalling her “devotion” to the “unshakable friendship” between France and Great Britain, expressing her gratitude towards this “so close ally”. “She is the golden thread that binds our two countries – wrote the French president in a message to Elizabeth – proof of the unshakeable friendship between our nations. She has been a constant presence and a source of wisdom for leaders of our two countries “. “She – continues Macron – is our friend, our close ally, our example of service to others. Celebrating her today means celebrating the sincere and profound friendship that unites our two countries and her devotion to serving you”.
Queen Elizabeth’s life, and her 70-year record reign in British history, was “a gift to the UK and the world,” she said instead. Barack Obama. In a message of good wishes entrusted to a video shot in the US and broadcast by the BBC, the former US president attributes to the daughter of George VI the historical merit of having contributed to making his country, the planet and “our democracies” more prosperous and peaceful. Hence the final hope: “May his crown shine again for many years to come”.
The letter from Sinn Fein
Also it sense fine, the Irish Republican party that was the political arm of the IRA, sent a message of good wishes to Elizabeth II. Vice President Michelle O ‘Neill in her letter to the queen praised “her important contribution towards peace and reconciliation”. It is a letter that until recently would have been unthinkable. In 2011 the Queen became the first British monarch to visit Ireland, a major gesture of reconciliation which was followed last year by Sinn Fein’s apology for the murder of Louis Mountbatten, the Queen’s cousin, killed by the IRA. in a bombing in 1979.
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