The Queen: 70 Glorious Years

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The profits raised from the sale of this official range of commemorative items goes to the Royal Collection Trust. He said: “Yes, there was a certain amount of apprehension because all sorts of things could have gone wrong. We saw not just the highs, but also the lows, of our recent island story: the appalling poverty and living conditions of the post-war nation whose crown she assumed; hostility to immigrants; the miners’ strike; industrial collapse. The transformation of everyday life and attitudes: technology and the Pill changing women’s daily drudgery and subservience; acceptance of same-sex relationships; an emerging multi-cultural and multifaith nation; IT revolutionising everything. The film, called 'The Queen’s Green Planet’, featured a conversation between the Queen and the beloved nature broadcaster. However, many celebrities featured in the documentary went on to insist the Queen’s Coronation lifted the spirits of the public during a difficult time.

This new edition has been fully revised to cover the death and subsequent ceremonials of Queen Elizabeth II. Love of family, fondness for animals, a keen sense of humor, a staunch belief in the Commonwealth as a force for good in the world, and gratitude to all the people around the world who went out of their way to help their communities—these are among the themes that come across from this photographic journey through a remarkable life of duty and service. We in Britain, after the war, now we wanted to rejoice in this new Elizabethan age!” Brian Blessed exclaimed. There were problems in that where the palace is, geographically, there are always police sirens and ambulance sirens that make filming difficult." Platinum Jubilee beacons will also be lit throughout the UK, as well as in the capital city of every Commonwealth country.All the profits from the sale of this official range of commemorative items goes to the Royal Collection Trust. The Trust is a registered charity, set up to oversee the conservation of the Royal Collection and make it accessible through exhibitions and educational projects. It receives no public funding. Legendary broadcaster and a natural historian Sir David Attenborough will pay a personal tribute to the Queen. (Image credit: Getty) Speaking about how climate change will have an impact on the trees presented to the monarch over the next 50 years, the Queen ‒ who has planted over 1,500 trees all over the world ‒ quipped: “I won’t be here though." I am told by one lot that I have to wear something colourful so I can be seen in a crowd; and then you come along and tell me that I have to wear something pale and nondescript.” Unable to hide her annoyance, the Queen said: “Why do they go round and round when you want to talk?”

The Queen and family at her 1953 coronation. (Image credit: Getty) 'The Queen: 70 Glorious Years' release date At the time, Sir David admitted in an interview with the Radio Times that he was nervous about working with the monarch.A far less rosy picture of our national culture emerged from The Decade the Rich Won (BBC2, Tuesday of last week and 25 January). This was an appalling recital of, from 2008 onwards, governmental economic intervention on an eyewatering scale: trillions of pounds pumped into the system to ensure that banks and financial institutions don’t collapse, bringing down with them the whole system. But every move made the rich richer and the poor poorer.