RIP HM The Queen - Elizabeth II 1926-2022

[csshopper]

"The Queen is using Prince Philip's walking stick Now her dear Philip will always be beside her....continuing to be her strength and stay."

On Twitter along with pictures of each using the walking stick. Brought tears to my eyes.

 

[elvisfan4life]

"The Queen is using Prince Philip's walking stick Now her dear Philip will always be beside her....continuing to be her strength and stay."

On Twitter along with pictures of each using the walking stick. Brought tears to my eyes.

How lovely -her comfort blanket

 

[elvisfan4life]

Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck - Wikipedia

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So there is another German connection.


Teck Castle

Burg Teck - Wikipedia

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I know that Castle - I have been there.

Yes indeed and the Queen remained close to all her German relations even when it was not deemed appropriate in the post war years they were always invited to secret/ private family events - loyalty above all

 

[elvisfan4life]

Phillips memorial service will be at Westminster Abbey on March 29

 

[Traminer]

Yes indeed and the Queen remained close to all her German relations even when it was not deemed appropriate in the post war years they were always invited to secret/ private family events - loyalty above all

Good to know! That shows honour and courage and humanity!

 

[Traminer]

@ long may her lum reek!

In case you do not know the meaning of this Scottish saying, here it is:

= may her chimney always smoke!
= may she have a good long life!

 

[Traminer]

Here is the Imperial German Anthem - do you recognize the tune?

 

[Traminer]

Who remembers the Silver Jubilee year 1977?

The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official "Jubilee Days", held to coincide with the Queen's Official Birthday. The anniversary date itself was commemorated in church services across the land on 6 February 1977, and continued to be for the rest of that month. In March, preparations started for large parties in every major city of the United Kingdom, as well as for smaller ones for countless individual streets throughout the country.

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In 1977 I went by car from Dover in England to Dundee in Scotland. Often on country roads und through small towns.
I still remember the jubilee decoration in most of the towns.

Btw: I was 31 then. How old were you in 1977?

 

[duna]

I was 20, the year I got married in Westminster Cathedral, I also remember the Jubilee decorations and souvenirs!

There's a funny anecdote about my wedding: an Italian friend of my MIL, after having received the invitation, asked my MIL if her son was marrying a princess, she confused the Cathedral with the Abbey!

 

[Traminer]

I was 20, the year I got married in Westminster Cathedral, I also remember the Jubilee decorations and souvenirs!

There's a funny anecdote about my wedding: an Italian friend of my MIL, after having received the invitation, asked my MIL if her son was marrying a princess, she confused the Cathedral with the Abbey!

For a moment I confused both Westminster buildings myself.
Then I remembered:

the Abbey = Anglican
the Cathedral = Catholic

I have been to both.

 

[Traminer]

the Abbey = Anglican
the Cathedral = Catholic

I wonder whether this AA and CC was done on purpose or whether it is just a co-incidence.

 

[elvisfan4life]

Who remembers the Silver Jubilee year 1977?

Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II - Wikipedia

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In 1977 I went by car from Dover in England to Dundee in Scotland. Often on country roads und through small towns.
I still remember the jubilee decoration in most of the towns.

Btw: I was 31 then. How old were you in 1977?

13. Same year my Elvis died sigh

the royal family visited N Ireland and the royal yacht was moored at my little village - they travelled too and from functions by red helicopter - the whole family were there and mingled like a garden party in the grounds of ulster university chatting quite happily

 

[purseinsanity]

Here is the Imperial German Anthem - do you recognize the tune?

Wow! Was it a German tune that then became the basis for God Save the Queen?

 

[Traminer]

Wow! Was it a German tune that then became the basis for God Save the Queen?

I am not sure which text was first. But I will do some research.
And also about the time the tune was composed.

 

[Traminer]

Was it a German tune that then became the basis for God Save the Queen?

It seems unclear where the tune came from.

In The Oxford Companion to Music, Percy Scholes points out the similarities to an early plainsong melody, although the rhythm is very distinctly that of a galliard,[10] and he gives examples of several such dance tunes that bear a striking resemblance to "God Save the King/Queen". Scholes quotes a keyboard piece by John Bull (1619) which has some similarities to the modern tune, depending on the placing of accidentals which at that time were unwritten in certain cases and left to the discretion of the player (see musica ficta). He also points to several pieces by Henry Purcell, one of which includes the opening notes of the modern tune, setting the words "God Save the King". Nineteenth-century scholars and commentators mention the widespread belief that an old Scots carol, "Remember O Thou Man", was the source of the tune.[11][12]

The first published version of what is almost the present tune appeared in 1744 in Thesaurus Musicus. The 1744 version of the song was popularised in Scotland and England the following year, with the landing of Charles Edward Stuart and was published in The Gentleman's Magazine (see illustration above). This manuscript has the tune depart from that which is used today at several points, one as early as the first bar, but is otherwise clearly a strong relative of the contemporary anthem. It was recorded as being sung in London theatres in 1745, with, for example, Thomas Arne writing a setting of the tune for the Drury Lane Theatre.

Scholes' analysis includes mention of "untenable" and "doubtful" claims, as well as "an American misattribution".

God Save the King - Wikipedia

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