Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II

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The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is expected to be celebrated in June 2022 in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth[1] to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.[2] In the United Kingdom, an extra bank holiday will be created and the traditional May bank holiday weekend will be moved to the start of June, to create a special four-day Jubilee weekend.[3] The British government has promised a 'once-in-a-generation show' that will "mix the best of British ceremonial splendour and pageantry with cutting edge artistic and technological displays".[4] So long as Queen Elizabeth remains on the throne until 6 February 2022, this will be the first time any British monarch has celebrated a platinum jubilee.[5]

Carly Ledbetter, writing in the Huffington Post, suggested that the fact that planning for the Platinum Jubilee was underway meant that any rumours that Elizabeth was planning to step down when she reached the age of 95 in 2021, in favour of her son Charles, were false.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_J...of_Elizabeth_II

I hope we will all live to see it happen.

Here we can follow the preparations for this event.
And - hopefully - talk about this event once it happens.

Brits invited to plant a tree to celebrate Queen's 70-year reign in 2022

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Brits around the UK have been invited to plant a tree in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

The project, known as the Queen's Green Canopy, will see communities, charities, councils, cities, businesses and landowners unite to plant healthy native trees that will thrive.

Led together by Cool Earth, the government and The Woodland Trust, the planet-friendly initiative has been praised for being a "fitting way" to mark the first time a British sovereign has been on the throne for seven decades.

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https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlif...20will%20thrive.

What a good idea!

Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977

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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II

Memories come back to me now:
It was in 1977 when in went by car (in my Renault 4 or R4 then) from Dover to Dundee, and from there on to the Isle auf Skye.
Partly on motorways, partly on country roads through towns and villages.
And I remember how many towns and villages were beautifully decorated because of the Silver Jubilee.

The Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II on 6 February 2017

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The Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II on 6 February 2017, marked sixty-five years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to have a sapphire jubilee.[1]

Unlike her Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees, there were no widespread public celebrations of the Sapphire Jubilee. Instead, like the February 1992 Ruby Jubilee, the Queen did not undertake any official engagements.[1][2] As then, she spent the day in "quiet reflection" on the anniversary of the death of her father, George VI, and undertaking official work at Sandringham House.

She attended a service at St Peter and St Paul Church in West Newton, Norfolk on Sunday 5 February, where she was greeted by crowds of well-wishers. Larger-scale celebrations took place in June 2016, to mark the Queen's 90th birthday, and any extensive celebrations would be reserved for a possible Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

Despite proposals for larger celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the Queen's accession in June 2017, including a mooted bank holiday, no such celebrations were held.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_J...of_Elizabeth_II

I did not know this before. Good to hear of it!

Tomorrow I will plant this Ornamental Peach Tree on my meadow in the Black Forest, weather permitting.
In honour of Queen Elizabeth II.
"ornamental peach" - isn't such a tree wothy of Queen Elizabeth! :smile:

Prunus Persica Melred - Ornamental Peach Tree

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This is a fantastic Peach variety to grow in Ireland, perfect for small gardens being compact in size with an eventual height of around two metres - so no step ladders needed to reach the delicious fruit, this also means it lends itself well to growing in a container on the patio or in the garden. Peach Melred also benefits from fruiting at a young age, and should fruit within a year or two of planting with crops increasing in size each year until the tree it fully established.

Originally discovered as a chance seedline in the USA, Peach Melred will dazzle in Spring Time with beautiful deep pink-red flowers which will of course be followed by the fruits later in the year. Melred is self-fertile, so you will not need to plant another tree as a pollination partner - useful in modern smaller gardens where there may only be room for one tree.

The fruit produced is a good size, and usually ready to pick from early August depending on the weather, nothing can beat your very own scrumptious home produced juicy peaches!

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https://www.newlands.ie/prunus-persica-m...4455808/122974/

Queen Elizabeth visits UK's largest warship, as it set sails for South China Sea

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth visited the country's new aircraft carrier on Saturday, giving the UK's biggest warship a royal sendoff before it leads a flotilla of British, US and Dutch ships to Asian waters on its maiden operational voyage.

The 95-year-old monarch stepped aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, seven years after she named the vessel alongside her late husband Prince Philip, who died last month.

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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/22/europ...scli/index.html

So Queen Elizabeth the Second visited Queen Elizabeth the First!

Remember:

"If Queen Elizabeth remains on the throne on 6 February 2022, this will be the first time any British monarch has celebrated a platinum jubilee"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_J...of_Elizabeth_II