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Fri, 21 April 2006 19:25 |
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British Monarchy | Queen of England
British Monarchy Celebrating the Queens Birthday
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
According to the official web site of the British Monarchy dating back
over a thousand years, the monarchy has played an important role in the
United Kingdom and the commonwealth. the monarchs web site on the Queen
of England has information on modern society, art collections,
biographies, a history of kings and queens throughout the ages,
background on royal residences, and coverage of recent royal events.
For this reason, on behalf of The Written Word [
http://www.thewrittenword.org ] I must publicly wish the Queen of
England a Happy and Joyous birthday.
If you would also like to wish the Queen of England a Happy Birthday
then visit the British Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page3776.asp
British Monarchy | Queen of England
Happy 80th Birthday
The Court Jester 2006
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982955 ] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 20:23 |
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Court Jester wrote:
> British Monarchy | Queen of England
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> British Monarchy Celebrating the Queens Birthday
> http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
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> According to the official web site of the British Monarchy dating back
> over a thousand years, the monarchy has played an important role in the
> United Kingdom and the commonwealth. the monarchs web site on the Queen
> of England has information on modern society, art collections,
> biographies, a history of kings and queens throughout the ages,
> background on royal residences, and coverage of recent royal events.
>
> For this reason, on behalf of The Written Word [
> http://www.thewrittenword.org ] I must publicly wish the Queen of
> England a Happy and Joyous birthday.
>
> If you would also like to wish the Queen of England a Happy Birthday
> then visit the British Monarchy
> http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page3776.asp
hold me back.....
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> British Monarchy | Queen of England
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> Happy 80th Birthday
> The Court Jester 2006
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982957 ] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 20:47 |
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Is the Queen of England going to celebrate her birthday with a good
toke from her water bong decorated with the royal jewels?
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982958 ] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 21:26 |
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LOL
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982959 ] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 21:27 |
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LOL - Born to Breed
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982960 ] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 21:31 |
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The History of the British Throne and what the Queen of England shall
pass to the heir of the throne:
The Queen does not 'own' the Royal Palaces, art treasures from the
Royal Collection, jewellery heirlooms and the Crown Jewels, all of
which are held by Her Majesty as Sovereign and not as an individual.
They must be passed on to The Queen's successor in due course. The
Queen and some members of the Royal Family past and present have made
private collections - such as the stamp collection begun by George V.
This is separate to the Royal Collection, although exhibitions and
loans of stamps are sometimes made.
Housed in St. James's Palace, the Royal Philatelic Collection is the
most comprehensive collection in the world of postage stamps devoted to
the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
Although a personal asset, the collection has always been regarded as
an heirloom, but The Queen does make loans of material from the
collection for display at exhibitions.
Some of the younger members of the Royal Family had already started
stamp collecting by 1864, but the first serious collector in the Royal
Family was Prince Alfred (Queen Victoria's second son, later the Duke
of Edinburgh), who was Honorary President of what is now the Royal
Philatelic Society from 1890 until his death.
Before his death, he sold his collection to his elder brother The
Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), who later presented it to his son,
The Duke of York. Some of his collection now forms part of the Royal
Philatelic Collection today.
The Duke of York (later George V) was a very able philatelist, who was
executive President of the Royal Philatelic Society London from 1896
until he became King in 1910, when he became its patron.
An astute and enthusiastic collector, he made every effort to obtain
the rarest stamps at the first available opportunity.
Although the Royal Philatelic Collection mainly consists of unused
stamps, George V also acquired used specimens (purchasing covers if
necessary, and he was particularly keen on bisected stamps) and added
air mail covers from the early routes to the Collection.
The King preferred to have mint blocks of four or six stamps and in
doing so set a fashion which lasts to this day.
As Duke of York and then Prince of Wales, he had by 1904 bought both
the 1d and 2d Post Office Mauritius of 1847 - the first stamps issued
by a colonial Post Office and among the most prized stamps in the
world.
The Penny Orange-red was bought from a collector, and the equally
matchless unused example of the 2d Blue was bought at auction in 1904
for =A31,450 (then the highest price for a single stamp).
A courtier was reported to have asked the Prince if he had seen that
some fool had paid =A31,450 for a postage stamp: "Yes" was the reply,
"You're talking to him!"
As King, George V had to approve designs of new issues which bore his
image, and a certain number of official presentations helped to build
up the Collection.
But by far the largest proportion came from purchases (the King
employed an agent to bid for him at auctions), either as individual
stamps from important collections broken up for sale by dealers, or as
complete collections.
Between 1907 and 1918, at least 18 important single-country collections
and four collections of Great Britain were bought intact. By his death,
the King's Collection was housed in 328 albums (the 'Red Albums'), each
of some 60 sheets.
The first four albums contain the so-called Treasury essays, which were
the results of the open competition which the Treasury held before the
UK issued the first postage stamps in the world in 1840.
George V also took a great interest in stamp design. Once the
stamp-sized artists' sketches, which were submitted for his approval,
had been used by the printers for engraving the die, making plates and
matching colours, they were returned for inclusion in his collection.
In addition, a number of earlier sketches, die proofs etc. were
purchased or given, and amongst the sketches there is one of two pairs
of watercolour sketches prepared for Rowland Hill to show the
Chancellor of the Exchequer how the designs for the proposed 1840 Penny
Black and Twopenny Blue would look.
In collecting artists' drawings, die proofs, plate proofs and colour
trials, the King was ahead of his time in recognising the importance of
these items and a pioneer in this area.
Edward VIII is said to have considered selling the Royal Philatelic
Collection but there is little evidence he did so: although the
collection is the personal asset of the Monarch, it was and is regarded
as an heirloom.
George VI took a personal interest in the Collection, but he did not
share his father George V's specialised knowledge. Nevertheless, the
Collection continued to expand and much material mounted - or still
today awaiting mounting - was added during George VI's reign and is or
will be in the Blue Albums.
During The Queen's reign a considerable volume of material has been
acquired, much of which is still to be mounted - in time these will be
in the Green Albums.
Two major additions have been a collection of pre-adhesive covers of
Great Britain and a collection of the pioneer air mail flights
envelopes of Canada.
The Queen also has a collection of first day covers from the UK and the
Commonwealth which date from 1952, the year of her accession to the
throne.
In addition, the Collection receives a mint copy of every stamp issued
in the world and stamps of the UK and the Commonwealth in mint blocks
of four or six.
Over the years, donations and purchases have continued. One of the most
poignant was that of the stamp album said to have belonged to
Tsesarevitch Alexis (murdered with his family in Russia in 1918).
The album is said to have been stolen by a soldier and was sold to a
worker for a British company in Russia, who brought it to this country
when he fled from the Bolsheviks in 1923. The album was later given to
The Queen by his son, who wanted Her Majesty to have the album for the
Collection.
The most recent significant purchase, for =A3250,000, has been the
famous cover bearing ten Penny Blacks used on the first day of use - 6
May 1840.
The Royal Philatelic Collection has never been counted in terms of
total stamp numbers, and it is impossible to value the collection as it
contains unique items (including drawings and proofs) for which the
market has never been tested.
The Collection remains stored in high security, carefully regulated
conditions in its albums, with unmounted material in chemical-free
packets. It is estimated that there is enough material to fill perhaps
another 2,000 albums - the material is kept filed for reference and
study purposes.
Although much of the Collection is fragile, in that exposure to light
or heat can fade or otherwise damage the stamps, examples are
occasionally on public display.
Each season, the opening display at the Royal Philatelic Society London
(of which The Queen is patron) consists of material from the Collection
- a custom started shortly after the First World War by George V and
continued today by The Queen.
Selections from the Collection are displayed in the United Kingdom when
opportunity arises, and are also exhibited at many of the major
international stamp shows.
The exhibiting of these selections, and responsibility for the Royal
Philatelic Collection as a whole is under the care of a Keeper, the
current Keeper being Michael Sefi.
see http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page324.asp
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982961 ] |
Fri, 21 April 2006 21:42 |
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I want to be the raven keeper in the next kingdom . . .
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982970 ] |
Sat, 22 April 2006 00:02 |
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On 21 Apr 2006 10:25:10 -0700, "Court Jester"
<goshdarnitdude [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>...According to the official web site of the British Monarchy dating back
>over a thousand years...
Geez, they got into the internet fast.
Myk
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #982999 ] |
Sat, 22 April 2006 09:10 |
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Court Jester wrote:
> British Monarchy | Queen of England
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> British Monarchy Celebrating the Queens Birthday
> http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
>
> According to the official web site of the British Monarchy dating back
> over a thousand years, the monarchy has played an important role in the
> United Kingdom and the commonwealth. the monarchs web site on the Queen
> of England has information on modern society, art collections,
> biographies, a history of kings and queens throughout the ages,
> background on royal residences, and coverage of recent royal events.
>
> For this reason, on behalf of The Written Word [
> http://www.thewrittenword.org ] I must publicly wish the Queen of
> England a Happy and Joyous birthday.
>
> If you would also like to wish the Queen of England a Happy Birthday
> then visit the British Monarchy
> http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page3776.asp
>
> British Monarchy | Queen of England
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> Happy 80th Birthday
> The Court Jester 2006
VIVE LE REPUBLIQUE!!
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #983007 ] |
Sat, 22 April 2006 11:37 |
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"Court Jester" <goshdarnitdude [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1145640310.580073.107430 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> British Monarchy | Queen of England
>
> British Monarchy Celebrating the Queens Birthday
> http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp
>
> According to the official web site of the British Monarchy dating back
> over a thousand years, the monarchy has played an important role in the
> United Kingdom and the commonwealth. the monarchs web site on the Queen
> of England has information on modern society, art collections,
> biographies, a history of kings and queens throughout the ages,
> background on royal residences, and coverage of recent royal events.
>
> For this reason, on behalf of The Written Word [
> http://www.thewrittenword.org ] I must publicly wish the Queen of
> England a Happy and Joyous birthday.
>
> If you would also like to wish the Queen of England a Happy Birthday
> then visit the British Monarchy
> http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page3776.asp
>
> British Monarchy | Queen of England
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> Happy 80th Birthday
> The Court Jester 2006
Isn't the rightful King of England an Aussie named Mike Hastings? (also
known as the Lord Michael, 14th Earl of Louden, but that name apparently
doesn't go down too well in Jerilderie). According to Baldrick anyway -
http://www.serendipity.li/more/monarch.htm
Anyone know when his birthday is, in case we want to celebrate it?
--
Apteryx
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| Re: British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #983225 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 17:34 |
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3 September
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| Insomnia and the Royal Family - was British Monarchy | Queen of England [message #983226 ] |
Tue, 25 April 2006 17:48 |
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Herb wrote:
> 3 September
This is a great cure for insomnia. I was chucking out Zeds in no time.
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