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Congratulations to Queen Elizabeth II, Head of State of the Commonwealth Realms, and to all those celebrating her sixty years on the throne.

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She has seen so many changes, so many prime ministers, so much history.

She stood on the balcony with her parents and Mr. Churchill, to celebrate the end of World War Two. She received a wedding gift directly from Mahatma Gandhi. She became Queen at her father's unexpected death. She reigns today.

Vivat Regina.
Tom
 
For years, she was my boss. (British police swear an oath to serve the monarch, and wear the crown on their helmet and cap badge). I was constantly proud of serving, albeit indirectly, the Queen.

Well said, Tom. I could not have put that any better.
 
I still have the British set of coins that were minted for her coronation in 1952. My dad got them for me as a present when I was a kid.
 
Been watching some of the festivities, looks like everyone is having fun. (I miss fun) I can't watch the Queen ever without thinking of her 50th. There was a documentary put out and in the final scene it had her and the family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with a Spitfire flyover while Vera Lynn sang "There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover." (this in the midst of Chuck & Di & Camilla & etc. etc and Fergie & Andrew) and I remember seeing such a look of such infinite sadness on her face as (I imagine or project) she remembered a simpler time, a time that seems gone forever. I understood.
 
Elliot, I remember Coronation year so well (BTW, it was 53). The climbing of Everest, Jaguar winning at le Mans, the end of the Korean war, and the end of sugar rationing so we could now buy sweets (candies) as much as we liked, and the "birth" of my father's famous Austin Seven "Simplicity", still going strong.

I remember Coronation day - a neighbour had a TV with a screen like a postcard, it seemed, and lots gathered round in their living room to watch. It was drizzly weather, but still magic. There was Queen Salote of Tonga in an open carriage, beaming with smiles and waving to the crowd, Elizabeth herself, so young and beautiful with changes to come that nobody could have predicted.

In the afternoon the Squire of our village had arranged a celebration on the lawns of his home. There were a couple of large wooden barrels that the men found interesting, races of all kinds; egg and spoon, 3-legged, father-son relays, mother-daughter likewise, pram (baby carriage) races, skittles (ninepins), any manner of traditional English country games.

Vivat Regina indeed!
 
Her coronation was broadcast on TV here, watched it with my fraternal grandmother. That is an early memory for me.
 
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