It was the most momentous
event of the 21st century
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and one of the biggest single
gatherings of world leaders
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politicians, and
royalty in history.
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Five hundred foreign
dignitaries, 4,000 service
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personnel and
billions of people watching
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around the world.
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The event, Queen
Elizabeth II's State Funeral.
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Queen Elizabeth the Second,
the United Kingdom's longest
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living Monarch died on Thursday
the 8th of September, 2022,
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age 96 after
reigning for 70 years.
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She died peacefully
surrounded by her family at
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Balmoral Castle in Scotland
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few alive anywhere in
the world had witnessed
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anything like the carefully
orchestrated and detailed plan
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for a final farewell including
gun salutes, Royal Carriages,
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bells peeling across United
Kingdom and millions gathering
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to pay tribute. The queen
was brought to Westminster Hold
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from Buckingham Palace in
a slow procession accompanied
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by a military parade and
members of the royal family.
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She lay in state
in West Minister Hall
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for four days. Her
coffin was then carried from
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West Minister Hall
to West Minister Abbey
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on the state gun
carriage of the Royal Navy
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where her state funeral took
place on the 19th of September
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2022. Following the funeral
service the queen's coffin was
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drawn in a walking
procession from the Abbey to
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Wellington Arch
at London's High Path
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before heading to
Windsor by hearse.
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The queen's coffin
made its final journey to
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St. George's Chapel in
Windsor Castle where it ended
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St. George's Chapel
for a committal service
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and was then lowered in
the Royal Vault before being
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interred in the King George 6th
Memorial Chapel located inside
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St. George's Chapel.
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The reaction to the queen's
death was both global, national,
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and personal. There was a
world-wide outpouring of grief
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showing on Social
Media and News Broadcasts
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around the world.
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Over a million people queued
for hours to view her coffin
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and members of the public
laid flowers at Royal Residences
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around the country.
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However, many found comfort
in the fact that the year of
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the queen's death also saw
the greatest celebration of
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her life, her Platinum Jubilee.
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Join me as we re-experience
The Platinum Jubilee
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and investigate what made
Queen Elizabeth the Second great
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and discover the power
and anchor behind her reign
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and as we do so we
may find and anchor
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for our lives as well.
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It was one of
London's most memorable events
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Queen Elizabeth's
Platinum Jubilee Celebration.
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On the 6th of February
2022, Queen Elizabeth II became
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the longest-reigning
monarch in British history.
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She was the first to ever
celebrate a Platinum Jubilee
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marking a 70-year
reign and to celebrate this
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unprecedented anniversary
Britain pulled out all the
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stops. Events and initiatives
took place throughout the first
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half of the year culminating
in a four-day holiday weekend in
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early June. Street parties and
big Jubilee lunches were staged
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across the country was nearly
a quarter of a million events
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taking place in total. The
UK threw a once in a once-in-a-
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generation celebration to
honor and thank the queen.
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Queen Elizabeth Platinum
Jubilee was the celebration of
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one of the very few
70 reigns in history.
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Only three monarchs are
documented to have reigned
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more than 70 years, Louie
the XIV of France, Yohann II of
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Liechtenstein, and
Bhumibol of Thailand.
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Royal Jubilee's celebrate
significant periods in the
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reign of a Monarch in the
nation, Golden Jubilee's for
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50-year reigns are very
rare and few British Monarchs
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have reigned for that long.
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The first British Monarch
to mark 50 years on the throne
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was King George III on
the 25th of October 1809.
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And the second
monarch was his granddaughter
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Queen Victoria, now King
George the third had four sons
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and the future Queen Victoria
was the only daughter of
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Edward Duke of Kent,
the 4th and youngest son of
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King George III, so she didn't
really have a very good chance
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of ever gaining the throne.
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But Victoria's three uncles who
each had a claim to the throne
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all died young and had no
surviving heirs and Victoria's
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own father died shortly after
her birth and so she suddenly
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became heir to the British
throne and became queen when she
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was only 18 years old. Her long
reign and legacy in the 1800's
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is now known as the Victorian
Era and was marked by the
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expansion of the British
Empire which covered a fifth
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of the earth's surface
by the end of the century.
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In June 1887 Queen Victoria
celebrated her Golden Jubilee
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and then 10 years
later it was followed by her
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Diamond Jubilee in June of
1897. Queen Victoria reigned for
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63 years, a record that
many thought would last forever.
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But Queen Elizabeth II created a
new record, she had significant
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Jubilee Celebrations in
1977 for her Silver Jubilee,
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in 2002 for her Golden Jubilee,
and then in 2012 for her
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Diamond Jubilee, but 2022
was the real record breaker.
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It was a Platinum
Jubilee, it was a truly
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remarkable achievement.
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Like Queen Victoria before
her, Elizabeth never expected to
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become the ruling monarch even
her grandfather King George V
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the grandson of Queen Victoria
was born third in the line
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of succession and
didn't expect to become king.
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Now, their all family name
at this time was a German one,
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Saxe-Coburg Gotha but due
to the friction during the
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1st World War, George the Fifth
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changed the
family name and became
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the first Monarch of
the House of Windsor.
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King George V ruled from
1910 until his death in1936
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he and his wife Mary
had six children, five sons
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Edward, Albert, Henry, George,
and John, and one daughter
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Mary. Queen Elizabeth's
father was the second son Albert
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and he didn't expect to be
king. King George V had a poor
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relationship with his elder
son and heir Edward and was
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disappointed in Edwards'
failure to settle down in life.
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But by contrast King George
was fond of his second son
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Prince Albert and doted
on his eldest granddaughter
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Princess Elizabeth,
King George V even nicknamed
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her Lillybet and she
affectionately called him
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Grandpa England.
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After King George the Fifth's
death in 1936, his eldest son
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became King Edward VIII but
he only ruled for six months.
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You may remember the story
of how Edward fell in love with
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Wallace Simpson and American
divorcee and therefore was not
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someone the ruler of
the British couldn't marry.
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So Edward had to make
the unenviable choice between
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marrying Wallace
Simpson or keeping the throne.
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He chose Wallace and abdicated
or gave up his right to be king
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in December 1936.
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Now, the next in line for the
throne was Elizabeth's father
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Prince Albert unexpectantly
the second son Albert was then
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crowned King George the
sixth on the 12th of May 1937.
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His daughter Elizabeth
Alexandra Mary was born on the
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21st of April 1926, Elizabeth
and her younger sister Margaret
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spent their childhood in
a larger house in London.
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They didn't go to school
but were taught by a governess
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Marion Crawford, the princess
was instructed in history,
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music and languages.
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Elizabeth's life changed
when her father was crowned
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King George VI, the family
moved to the Royal Residence
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here Buckingham Palace
and as the elder of the King's
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daughter Elizabeth knew
that one day she would be Queen.
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During World War II when
London was being bombed and many
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children were evacuated to
the country, young Elizabeth
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was asked to make a
radio broadcast to the nation.
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So, the 14 year-old
princess gave them a calm firm
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reassurance, the British
would always remember her words.
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We know, every one of us that
in the end, all will be well
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for God will care for us
and give us victory and peace.
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Elizabeth was only 8 years
old when she first met the young
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Phillip Mountbatten at a family
wedding in 1934, then in 1939
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when Elizabeth was 13, they met
again at the Royal Naval College
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where Phillip was an 18-year-old
cadet, they soon became friends
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and in 1947 when Elizabeth
turned 21 they were engaged.
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Elizabeth and Phillip
were married on the 20th of
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November 1947 in West Minister
Abbey and the Royal Wedding
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Service was broadcast
on radio around the world.
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While Elizabeth and Phillip
were on an official visit to
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Kenya in1952, King
George VI suddenly died.
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Elizabeth was heir to the throne
and her coronation took place
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in West Minister Abbey on the
2nd of June, 1953 in front of
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eight thousand guests.
This was the first time an
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English Coronation Ceremony
was broadcast on television.
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More than 20 million people
around the world witnessed
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pomp and spectacle of the event.
Together Elizabeth and Phillip
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had four children
Charles, Prince of Wales,
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Ann, Princess Royal,
Prince Andrew, Duke of York,
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and Prince Edward, Earl of
Essex and of since welcomed
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grandchildren and
great- grandchildren.
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After 73 years of marriage,
Prince Phillip passed away
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the 9th of April,
2021 at 99 years of age.
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In June 2002 when the queen
celebrated her Golden Jubilee,
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50 years on the throne,
the celebrations began with the
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traditional queen's
birthday parade and the
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Trooping of the Color.
Also during the queen's birthday
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parade, a royal
gun salute was fired.
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Then once the parade ended and
the Royal Procession returned
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to Buckingham Palace for
the royal family's traditional
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balcony appearance including
and impressive fly past.
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Then 10 years later in
2012 Queen Elizabeth celebrated
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her Diamond Jubilee, 60
years on the throne of England.
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One of the Diamond Jubilee's
events was when Queen Elizabeth
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went to St. Paul's Cathedral
in London on the last day's
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celebration. A loud fanfare
sounded as she approached
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the West Steps, thousands
waived and shouted as she
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slowly into the
place of worship.
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The Honorable Core of Gentlemen
at Arms escorted her through
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the Naive and these words
ascended as the choir sang
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the introit.
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The United Kingdom
also has a long tradition of
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lighting beacons for
celebrating Royal Jubilee's.
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A beacon chain has now become
a symbol of unity across towns,
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countries, continents and
if often the central point of
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for any outdoor
gathering or celebration.
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In 1897, beacons were lit
to celebrate Queen Victoria's
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Diamond Jubilee, the beacons
again commemorated the Silver,
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and in 2016, for Her
Majesty's 90th Birthday.
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Then, over 1,500
beacons were lit throughout the
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United Kingdom, Channel Islands,
Isle of Mann, and the UK
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Overseas Territories
for the Platinum Jubilee.
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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
captivated the nation and
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the world, it's well-known
that the queen was fond of
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horses so a very special event
was planned on the grounds of
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Windsor Castle. More than
500 horses and 1,000 performers
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created 90 minutes of
spell binding arena theater
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that included actors and
artists musicians, dancers,
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and global equestrian and
international military displays.
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Then, as we noted earlier,
there was a very special service
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of thanksgiving for
the queen's reign held at
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St. Paul's Cathedral.
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The largest church bell in
the country called Great Paul
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was built in 1882 and as
it was such a special event
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it was rung for
the Royal Service.
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Elizabeth's reign spanned
70 years when she welcomed
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President's Biden to
Windsor Castle in June 2020,
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he became the thirteenth
American President to meet her
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she's met every president
since Harry Truman except
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Lyndon B. Johnson.
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One of the queen's many roles
was to hold weekly meetings
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with England's Prime Ministers
beginning with Winston Churchill
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and now Liz Truss, that's
15 Prime Ministers of the UK
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that she had worked with.
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Now that's a
record fit for a queen.
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Queen Elizabeth worked
tirelessly to protect the image
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of the Monarchy in her
many traditional and ceremonial
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duties although she had to
weather the many stormy periods
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in her family, she still
managed to keep the Monarchy
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as a unifying symbol of
stability, constitutional
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democracy and goodwill. A
reflection of what is the best
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in the British tradition.
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Queen Elizabeth also holds seven
official Guinness World Records.
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Apart from being the
Queen of England, these records
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set her apart from having
achieved something incredible.
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The queen holds other
world records as well.
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She's the longest-reigning queen
of England and is the longest
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reigning queen in the world
as well as being the oldest
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queen in all history. In
addition, she was one of the
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most
photographed Monarch's ever.
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Queen Elizabeth the
second also holds the world's
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record for the most currencies
that have featured the same
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individuals image. The queens
face or profile has appeared
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on the coinage of at
least 45 different counties
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that's more than any
other living Monarch.
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She was also the wealthiest
queen with a net worth of over
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a half a billion dollars. Her
vast wealth includes collections
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of fine art, jewelry,
and property in England
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and Scotland.
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Another of the queen's records
is the largest parade of boats
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that took part in the
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
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Six hundred and seventy boats
turned out for the 3rd of June
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2012 to celebrate the Diamond
Jubilee of Elizabeth the second
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her 60th anniversary as Monarch.
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The queen had been a constant
figure in the British nation
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she was loved and admired by
many and was the only Monarch
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that 85% of the British
population had ever known.
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It has been said that Elizabeth
the second understood the should
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of the people. She had a strong
Christian faith that had been
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evident throughout her
life in both her words and deeds
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as well as the formal
role as defender of the faith
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and supreme governor of the
Church of England which came
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with the Monarchy. Her personal
faith was evident even before
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she was crowned.
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At the Christmas
broadcast in December 1952,
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the young Princess
Elizabeth was asked to make
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a prayer request. She said,
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Her Christmas broadcast to
The Commonwealth were among
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the few speeches she
wrote herself, they frequently
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referred to Jesus Christ,
the founder of Christianity
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whose birth is
celebrated at Christmas.
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Alongside of her official role
as head of the Church of England
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the queen expressed a
personal faith in Jesus Christ.
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As she said in her Christmas
broadcast in December 2000
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The queen was crowned in a
deeply symbolic church service
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first of eyes way back in
A.D. 973 and includes prayers
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and a service of Holy Communion.
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The orb, scepter, ring,
and crown used in the ceremony
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each include a cross
to symbolize the rule of
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Jesus Christ over the world.
A Bible was also presented
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during the Coronation and
described as the most valuable
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thing that this world affords.
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Perhaps the most sacred
moment at the heart of the
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Coronation Ceremony is
the anointing when the symbols
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of the royal status are removed
the queen sitting under a canopy
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is dressed in a simple white
dress with no jewels or crown
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as the archbishop anoints
her with oil, the prayers said
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said over her, invited God's
Holy Spirit to set her apart as
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God's servant.
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The theme of this service
runs throughout the Coronation
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and during the queen's
long reign she had been inspired
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by the life of Jesus
Christ whose said of himself
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He did not come to
be served but to serve.
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In 2008 the queen said,
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The queen often referred to
this service in her speeches
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in four of her Christmas
broadcasts she talked about
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the parable Jesus
told of a good Samaritan.
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In 1985 she said,
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Then in 1989, she spoke
how her husband the Duke of
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Edinburgh shared her Christian
faith and sense of duty.
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She said,
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Jesus told the wonderful
story of a man traveling from
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Jerusalem to Jericho who
was attacked and left injured
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on the side of the road,
several important people saw him
00:22:12.06\00:22:16.30
and passed by without stopping
to help, but one man did stop
00:22:16.33\00:22:20.17
a despised Samaritan man
who cared for the injured
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made sure he was being well
looked after at the local hotel
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before he resumed his journey.
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It's not very difficult to
apply the story to our own times
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and to work out that our
neighbors are our friends
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or even complete strangers
who need a helping hand
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in time of need.
00:22:43.59\00:22:45.29
This would be a wonderful
thing if we applied the message
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of kindness and
love to those we meet.
00:22:48.00\00:22:50.73
Then in the 2020 broadcast
on Christmas Eve from Windsor
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Castle where she had been
isolating with Prince Phillip
00:22:55.67\00:22:59.01
due to the Covid
19 Pandemic she said,
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.14
As well as talking about
her faith and attending church
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services in an official capacity
the queen worships privately
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as well. She has a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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In 1992 in a speech to
mark the 40th Anniversary of her
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ascension, she thanked all
those who had prayed for her
00:23:30.54\00:23:34.41
and said that those prayers
sustained me through all these
00:23:34.44\00:23:38.61
years. Her personal faith also
prompted her to work for peace
00:23:38.65\00:23:43.59
and reconciliation
internationally and in her own
00:23:43.62\00:23:46.45
family.
00:23:46.49\00:23:47.82
In 2011, she said,
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Throughout her long life
Queen Elizabeth the Second led a
00:24:05.01\00:24:09.24
dutiful
faithful life of service.
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.75
It seems the prayer
at the start of her reign
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has been answered. In 2012
she concluded her Christmas
00:24:15.15\00:24:19.92
broadcast by praying
for people and inviting a
00:24:19.95\00:24:23.89
practical response to
Jesus' message of love.
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Here is what she said.
00:24:26.80\00:24:58.43
We live in a world plagued
by conflict, violence, scandals,
00:24:59.66\00:25:04.03
and political disasters so there
was something quite refreshing
00:25:04.07\00:25:08.37
and inspiring about a
queen of peace and goodwill
00:25:08.40\00:25:12.07
devoted to her people who
embodied of rich tradition
00:25:12.11\00:25:15.64
of faith and service.
00:25:15.68\00:25:17.35
One of Queen Elizabeth's
favorite Christian Hymn's
00:25:17.38\00:25:21.18
was the well-known and
much loved song The Lord is my
00:25:21.22\00:25:25.05
Shepherd. This beautiful hymn
is both reverent and uplifting.
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What beautiful words, words
about Jesus, the Good Shepherd
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who cares for us, protects
us, and guides our lives,
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words that the queen
loved and appreciated throughout
00:25:53.55\00:25:57.05
her reign.
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queen that was loved
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and many people around the
world and our reflections on the
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anchor in her life then be
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and bless us and our families.
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Dear Heavenly Father, We
thank you for Queen Elizabeth
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the 2nd the second and the
example of a life of service.
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that she has given the world
like her, may we put our faith
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and trust in You.
Please bless us and keep us
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in Jesus' name, we pray, Amen!
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