Today is queen elizabeth II's 96th birthday.
The lovely "old lady" who has been queen for 70 years is currently the monarch with the longest "standby time" in the world.
Queen Elizabeth II
hi! Happy birthday to this grandmother who loves to dress herself up as a rainbow color!
According to media reports such as the British "Daily Mail", the Queen will go to Sandringham Manor to celebrate her birthday on her birthday, which is the former home of her late husband Prince Philip.
She wanted to be as close to her late husband as possible on this day, in an environment very close to their hearts.
The day before her birthday, the British royal family released a new photo of the Queen, taken last month at Windsor Castle, where the Queen, wearing a dark green coat, stood between her two ponies, Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale.
On April 9, 2021, the death of prince Philip at the age of 99 was a big blow to the elderly queen.
At the funeral, the footage of her sitting alone in a corner dressed in black touched many people.
On 6 February this year, the Queen celebrates her 70th anniversary, known as the "Platinum Jubilees Platinum Jubilee", with a grand celebration in the UK in June.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen's reign, the April issue of British Vogue features the young Queen on the cover, titled "The Queen of Platinum", the first time the Queen has appeared on the Cover of Vogue.
This cover photo, taken in 1957, was taken by Lord Snowden, the ex-husband of the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, around the 10th anniversary of the Queen's marriage to Prince Philip.
On the inner page, many pictures of the Queen are rarely made public from the 1940s to the present, allowing everyone to witness the Queen's style from a young girlhood to the present.
Barbie also launched a special 70th anniversary of the Queen's succession to the throne, Barbie, wearing a white dress and a crown on the head.
But before that, the Queen worried everyone for a while.
In February this year, the queen was exposed by the media to be infected with the new crown for the second time, and once disappeared from the public eye, and her health was very worrying...
Fortunately, at the commemoration of the first anniversary of the death of Prince Philip at the end of last month, everyone saw her figure again.
This is her first appearance at an external public event after her diagnosis of COVID-19.
Prior to this, the Queen was absent from many important events she had never been absent from, and the media also reported that she had not been able to walk her beloved corgi for 6 months... It has sparked concerns among the British public about the Queen's physical condition.
In fact, in October last year, the queen was taken to the hospital late at night, officially for a "preliminary examination".
The queen began to travel on crutches
But then, the Queen canceled some official arrangements and went into a state of rest according to the doctor's advice.
She was also unable to attend the Day of the Death of the United Kingdom in November, after the Queen had been absent only for her royal duties overseas and her pregnancy.
Princess Kate stood in the previous queen's seat that day
Meeting with incoming Wehrmacht Minister and former Rear Admiral at Windsor Castle on February 16. Still wearing a suit skirt with a smile, but on crutches the whole time, slightly haggard.
The officer asked her how she was as usual, and the queen pointed to her legs and feet and "joked" and said, "Well, as you can see, my legs can't move." ”
One of the most grand appearances of the year will probably be at a small celebration the day before the 70th anniversary of the succession.
The queen was wearing a blue suit and looked in good shape.
On the same day, the official social media of the British royal family also posted a group of photos of the queen, wearing a recent photo of the ivy leaf brooch sent by the mother on her 21st birthday.
Recent photo of the Queen at Sandringham House
Several old photos were also released, each with a red box that had been with the Queen.
For the past 70 years, the Daily Newspaper, Meeting Papers, and Commonwealth Affairs Documents that the Queen needs to read every day have been packed in this red box for the Queen to approve and sign.
The Queen's private parlor at Buckingham Palace in 2015. This photograph commemorates Her Majesty's longest reigning British monarch on 9 September of that year
In 1977, at Windsor Castle
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Her Majesty the Queen at her desk at Buckingham Palace in 1959
And on the important day of the 70th anniversary of her reign, the Queen wrote a letter to everyone. The letter mentioned the support of her deceased husband, Prince Philip, and her family, and thanked the people for their trust and love.
An important statement was also made, saying that when Crown Prince Charles succeeded to the throne as King of The United Kingdom, she sincerely wanted Camilla to have the title of Queen. And there are rumors that the queen will give up the throne within 1 year.
The letter reads as follows:
Swipe to see the approximate translation
Tomorrow, February 6, is my 70th anniversary since I took the throne in 1952. Even 70 years later, I can vividly remember the day I took the throne. After the death of my father, King George VI, my term of office began.
As I celebrate the 70th anniversary of my succession, I am pleased to declare that I have fulfilled the promise I made in 1947 and that I will dedicate my life to serving the people.
As I look forward to 2022, the Platinum Jubilee, with anticipation and optimism, my gratitude is palpable. We have benefited each of us from extraordinary social, technological and cultural advances over the past 70 years, and I believe there are many more opportunities ahead to provide a great platform for us, especially the younger generation in the UK and the Commonwealth.
I am thankful that I have the unwavering support of my family. I am thankful to have Prince Philip in my company. He let me know what it's like to be a partner who is willing to take responsibility and give selflessly. His support for me reminded me of what it would be like to be with my father and queen.
This anniversary also gives me more time to feel the kindness that has been shown to me over the years by people of different nationalities, faiths and ages in this country and from all over the world. Here, I would like to thank all of you for your support. I am eternally grateful for the loyalty and encouragement you continue to give me. I think that when my son Charles becomes king, you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support as you have given me; I sincerely hope that by then Camilla will be crowned queen and continue her own mission.
I want to continue to serve the people wholeheartedly, and I hope that this Platinum Jubilee will bring people together across the UK – after so much suffering, to enjoy the celebration and to reminisce about the sweet times that have happened over the past 70 years.
At the beginning of June this year, the United Kingdom will also host the Commemoration of the Platinum Jubilees of the Queen's 70th year of reign, military parades, exhibitions, thanksgiving ceremonies... It must be a big day of national celebration,
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Queen’s OOTD
Sarah Harris, feature director of VOGUE UK, said, "Queen's style is a royal lesson in modern dress".
Since her coronation in 1952, the Queen has been active in everyone's sights.
The Queen's dress on every occasion of travel is just right for the occasion she attends, adding a lot of points to her dignified, elegant and trustworthy royal image.
1958 with Princess Anne Liverpool Street Station in London
From the dresses and dresses she loved to wear as a young woman to her current favorite rainbow suit, the Queen's outfits have changed with the times while each outfit has incorporated her own style.
It can be said that the queen never chases the trend, because she is the fashion itself, the "British fashion icon".
Tweed coats, Scottish checks, trench coats, hunting suits, Barbour coats, riding boots, loafers, box handbags, capes, headscarves... They are all the styling templates for British films and the inspiration for many British brands.
Goose Lady looked through the photos of the queen in the past hundred years and found several of her favorite styles.
The Queen's dress
We always remember the image of the queen wearing a colorful suit and a kind grandmother wearing a top hat, and we all know that we are also amazed by the old photos of her wearing a dress and dress.
In the 1940s and 1950s, the trend was more towards long, waist-cinching, feminine dresses, which were the most common everyday clothing of Elizabeth during the princess period.
Princess Elizabeth after her engagement in 1947
In 1947, Princess Elizabeth wore a lace wedding dress by royal designer Norman Hartnell at her wedding, which was decorated with 10,000 seed pearls and crystals.
Norman Hartnell was authorised by Queen Elizabeth's Royal Tailor in 1940 and by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957, and the Queen's dresses for many of her important occasions were obtained.
In 1960, the Queen attended the premiere of The Song in the Rain
By the 1960s, queens favored sleeveless dresses with white gloves and fur shawls.
This pairing queen has worn for over 60 years, as always at the opening of Parliament in 2006.
The Queen's dress for many occasions has a profound meaning, and this dress for the banquet hosted by former First Lady Nancy Reagan is embroidered with California poppies, the official state flower of California.
Queen's suit
The queen in the rainbow suit is the queen we are most familiar with, a cute grandmother figure.
Since the 1970s, the Queen has been wearing dresses and top hats.
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1977
The suits and coats with trimmed dresses are not much different from the costumes in the high street windows, and are the image of the people who are willing to see the people.
There's a reason the queen always dresses so brightly: eye-catching colors can help people recognize the queen in a crowd.
Every Christmas, the Queen wears a red suit, and on cold days, loafers are replaced by boots.
More important occasions the queen prefers to wear the royal family's favorite ice blue.
In 1981, when the Queen attended the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, she also wore an ice blue suit.
Queens often wear solid color suits, and occasionally printed styles.
1967 and 2021, 50 years later "the same model" reappears.
Each set is paired with a top hat of the same color, and the role of the hat is not only to look good, but also to make the queen stand out from the crowd.
Not only should the hat be the same color as the suit, if it rains, the umbrella in the queen's hand must also be the same color as the dress!
It seems like we rarely see the queen in pants, who wore a gray suit after knee surgery in 2003.
The look without accessories is incomplete, and the queen's matching kit's handbag comes from Launer, who is said to have more than 200 Launer's handbags, each priced for about $2,000.
In addition to the pearl necklace that has remained unchanged for many years, the accessories of the matching set also have a variety of brooches.
Most of these brooches are in the Queen's private collection, as well as gifts from Prince Philip and her parents.
Left: A ruby brooch given to Princess Elizabeth by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to commemorate the birth of her son Prince Charles in November 1948.
Right: The aquamarine brooch was given in 1944 by her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
The brooches in the left and right figures are inherited from their grandmother, Queen Mary
The Queen's casual attire
The Queen also wears comfortable casual attire when attending specific occasions or long-distance travel visits, and we see a more intimate side of the Queen.com.
At the annual Windsor Horse Show, the Queen usually shows her casual side.
Knitwear + Scottish skirt is her classic pairing.
Camel coat with check turban, is the most standard British style.
The headscarf is a must-have accessory to wear casual wear.
This year's super hot quilt, the queen has been wearing it many years ago.
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He reigned for 70 years
Platinum Jubilees
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, who is about to turn 96, and is known as Platinum Jubilees, Platinum Jubilee.
The Queen reigned for 25, 50, 60... These important years are called "Jubilee Years" and special celebrations are held.
In 1977, the 25th anniversary of the Queen's reign was the Silver Jubilees Ju jubilee
In 2002, the 50th anniversary of the Queen's reign was the Golden Jubilees Golden Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II has served 14 british prime ministers, witnessed almost all the events of the century, and is the longest-reigning monarch in history.
For the British people, the Queen is their common mother and grandmother.
On February 6, 1952, elizabeth and her husband, the king, who was seriously ill, were on a visit to Australia when they received the bad news of the king's death at the Tree house hotel in Kenya and rushed back to London.
On 7 February 1952, Queen Elizabeth returned to London after her father's death
On 8 February, Elizabeth officially proclaimed herself Queen and Head of the Commonwealth:
"Due to the sudden death of my dear father, I was called upon to assume the duties and responsibilities of sovereignty."
On February 8, archibald George Blomfield Russell of the Lancaster Herald read the proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II's enthronement in the royal carriage of Charing Cross
More than a year later, on 2 June 1953, Elizabeth was officially crowned at Westminster Abbey, becoming the 39th monarch to be crowned at the church.
As the eldest daughter of the second son of King George V, Elizabeth had originally lived a quiet and comfortable life with her parents and sister, when she and her parents, the Duke of York, never thought of inheriting the throne.
King George VI's family of four
Show at Windsor Castle and Sister Princess Margaret
In 1936, Elizabeth's uncle Edward VIII abdicated, George VI became king, and Princess Elizabeth naturally became the heir to the throne.
After the coronation of George VI in May 1937, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth was raised at home under the supervision of her mother, the Duchess of York.
In 1945 she persuaded her father to participate in World War II, joined the Women's Auxiliary Service Corps, learned to drive military trucks and repair machine breakdowns, where she was named Lieutenant Elizabeth Windsor Ii, numbered 230873.
She was the only woman in the British royal family to have fought in World War II.
In 1947, on her 21st birthday, she made the following promise to Commonwealth Broadcasting:
"I declare before all of you that my life, long or short, will be dedicated to you and for the great royal family that we all belong to."
In the first few years of her reign, the queen did not dare to show her personality in front of the camera. The British did not like her serious and cautious appearance, calling her "cold-blooded Windsor".
But in fact, the queen is a humorous person, and many years later she complained about the Crown of St. Edward, which was worn at the coronation ceremony, saying: I can't bow my head and read the manuscript, otherwise my neck will be broken or the crown will fall.
It's really "Don't look down, the crown will fall."
The Queen of England, though not substantively powerful, was a brilliant diplomat and played a rather important role in maintaining relations between states.
During her 70 years on the throne, she has made more than a hundred trips to the Commonwealth and other countries.
In 1953, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Bermuda
In 1965, the Queen paid her first state visit to West Germany
The Queen visited the Vatican for the first time in 1980
During her visit to Delhi, India, in 1983, the Queen awarded Mother Teresa the Medal
Commonwealth countries are located in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific, with a total population of about 2.5 billion, almost one-third of the earth's population.
The Commonwealth was able to exist and continue to grow, to some extent to the credit of the Queen, elizabeth II is also the queen loved by these countries.
In 1986, the Queen left a mysterious letter during a visit to Australia, but she told the Mayor of Sydney that the letter would not be made public until 2085.
Curious about what is written in the letter, the distant year of 2085, can we wait?
A cold knowledge, the Queen does not have a driver's license and passport.
According to the official royal family, "British passports are issued in the name of Her Majesty the Queen, so the Queen herself does not need a passport." ”
In October 1986, the Queen and Prince Philip visited China.
During this period, they came to Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Guangzhou and other cities, visited the Great Wall, terracotta warriors...
The Queen is a forward-thinking, Internet-minded person.
As early as 1953, at her coronation, she persuaded archbishop and then Prime Minister Winston Churchill to put BBC cameras into Westminster Abbey, where more than 20 million Britons watched the ceremony live on television.
More than 50 years ago, the queen also filmed a "reality show" "Royal Family" for her family, and was later removed by the queen herself because it caused public dissatisfaction.
Goose Lady has introduced this out-of-print program before, poke the picture below to review the whole process
From their daily routine, you can intuitively see how busy the queen's day is.
In 2007, the Queen launched an exclusive channel on Youtube to record royal videos.
Christmas speeches were also broadcast online for the first time on this channel, commemorating 50 years of the Queen's Christmas speeches.
In 1957, Elizabeth II gave her first Christmas speech on television
Christmas speeches in the UK have been broadcast on the air since Queen Elizabeth's father, King George VI, was first published on the air more than 80 years ago and is an important christmas event.
The Christmas speech was written by the Queen herself and avoided political and controversial views, which was a rare opportunity for the Queen to "speak from the heart".
Christmas Speech 2019
Since then, the Queen's Christmas speech has become the MOST anticipated 'show' in the UK every year.
Hopefully, this Christmas, this particular Platinum Jubilee, I can still hear the Queen's heart.
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The Queen's family
The Royal Family
In an open letter to her 70th anniversary, the Queen said: "It is a great pleasure to have prince Philip in the company of him, who has taught me what it is like to be a partner who is willing to take responsibility and give selflessly. ”
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died on 9 April 2021 at the age of 99. The Queen sat alone at Prince Philip's funeral at St. George's Church at Windsor Castle
In the first year of Prince Philip's absence, the Queen expressed her thoughts of her lover who had been with her for more than eighty years.
Prince Philip was born in 1921 as a distant cousin of the Queen, and their grandmother was Queen Victoria.
In 1939, at the age of 13, Elizabeth accompanied her father on a tour of the Royal Naval School in Thmouth, where she fell in love at first sight with Philip, who was studying there, and they have been in touch ever since.
Elizabeth and Philip were officially engaged on 9 July 1947, and the wedding took place at Westminster Abbey on 20 December of the same year.
Big wedding group photo
Shortly after his marriage, Prince Philip was sent to Malta as Captain of the Mediterranean Fleet, with elizabeth, who was still a princess.
Later, the two revisited their hometown on their 60th wedding anniversary.
The Queen and Prince Philip in Malta in 2012
The queen and his wife's relationship has always been good, but over the years Prince Philip has also had a lot of lace news, saying that he has a mistress and illegitimate children.
The Queen was also protective of Philip, and for these rumors, the official rebuttal said "How is it possible?" Since 1947, Prince Philip has been followed by bodyguards. ”
After marriage, the Queen and Prince Philip lived in Clarence Palace in London, where they had many corgis, and reuters were often seen walking the queen's dog.
In 1944, Princess Elizabeth received a corgi named Susan on her 18th birthday, and now the Queen's dogs are all descendants of Susan, and there are said to be more than 30 in total.
The Queen and Susan
The Queen and Prince Philip had four children.
The eldest Prince Charles was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948.
Prince Charles was officially appointed heir to the throne at the age of 21 and was given the title of Prince of Wales (unexpectedly, there is still no successor to the throne at the age of retirement).
But the heiress-to-be did not worry less about the queen from childhood to adulthood.
In 1981, Prince Charles married Princess Diana and gave birth to Prince William and Prince Harry.
However, Charles has always had a lover, Camilla, and after divorcing Princess Dai, he married Camilla in 2005.
In 1997, Princess Diana died in a car accident a year after her divorce, and the resentment of the people brought a huge crisis to the royal family, and finally the queen came forward to make a heartfelt speech to resolve it.
In a televised speech, the Queen said: "I am not only your Queen, I am also a grandmother"
In recent times, the 73-year-old Prince Charles has added to the chaos.
Last September, the Metropolitan Police received allegations that Charles's charity had violated the Honours (Prevention of Abuse) Act 1925 by selling titles of nobility or honors.
On February 16 this year, British police said the case was under investigation.
The Queen's only daughter, Princess Anne, was born in 1950 and holds the title Princess Royal.
Princess Anne's marriage was not very smooth either, and both marriages were husbands who were bodyguards.
Here is a popular science of the title of a royal woman. The daughters of the king and queen are called princesses, and the princesses and wives are princesses.
But if the princes and ladies were princesses themselves before marrying into the royal family, when they married members of the royal family, the queen would give them the title of "duchess xx".
The Queen's third child, Andrew, was born in 1960 and was just removed from the royal family in January.
Andrew was stripped of all military ranks and royal status by Buckingham Palace for being implicated in the serial sexual assault scandal of The American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein (known as the "Lolita Island" incident) in the media.
Protagonist of the "Lolita Island" incident
The youngest son, Prince Edward, was born in 1964 and is the Queen's most carefree child.
His wife, Princess Sophie, is low-key and stable, participates in many charity activities, and is said to have a very good relationship with the queen's mother-in-law.
Prince Edward was also the Queen's only child who had never been divorced, and the family of four was happy.
Four families now have more than 30 people, and this is roughly the case
The purple strip in the picture is the line of succession to the throne.
In order, the first in line to the throne is Prince Charles.
The second in line to the throne was Prince William, the eldest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
The third in line to succeed is the eldest son of Prince William and Princess Kate, our lovely little Prince George.
The group photo of the queen and the prospective "heirs", I feel that everyone's smile in this group photo is from the heart.
This was followed by George's sister, the lovely Princess Charlotte, in fourth place.
For more than seventy years, the queen has been busy with affairs outside the family, and she is also happy about it.
In her 2015 Christmas speech, she joked with everyone that one of the joys of longevity is watching her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren decorate the Christmas tree in their homes.
Elizabeth is a solemn queen and a loving mother, grandmother, a lovely old lady, and it is said that the queen has a great sense of humor in private.
Finally, a few short stories to get a feel for the Queen's humor.
It is said that once, the Queen and her guards were walking at Balmoral Manor, and a tourist who did not recognize the Queen asked if she had ever seen her. The queen replied "no," then pointed to a nearby guard and said, "But he's seen it." ”
Another time, when the Queen was driving to the Royal Windsor Horse Show, the door guard didn't recognize her and said, "I'm sorry, you can't come in without stickers." The queen replied unhurriedly: "I suppose if you look closely, I can come in." ”
During a visit to New Zealand in 1986, the Queen and Prince Philip were thrown eggs by protesters. At the dinner a few days later, she joked: "I myself prefer Tony New Zealand eggs for breakfast." ”
A bit arrogant, a little "revenge".
Finally, I wish the Queen good health and look forward to seeing her at her 70th anniversary celebration in early June!
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