The British Feast with Elizabeth II

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Parades, masses, concerts or neighborhood lunch in four days of the celebration of 70 years of reign

Residents of the United Kingdom will spend four days celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, who will participate in several events despite the mobility problems she has at the age of 96. The splendor, traditionally marred by rain on Saturday and Sunday, will gather millions of Britons around the popular monarch.

Another British tradition is to confuse outsiders. The seven decades of rule were actually fulfilled in February. The first event, this Thursday, is ‘Trooping the Colour’, celebrating the Queen’s birthday in June, even though she was born in April. Over a thousand soldiers, 240 horses and military bands parade from headquarters, next to the royal palace, to Horse Guards Parade, the esplanade of institutional London.

In the past, the monarch led the parade on horseback. In recent years by carriage. On his recent visit to the Chelsea Flower Festival, he moved around the grounds in an electric car, similar to the ‘buggies’ you see on golf courses. He is expected to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet the end of the parade and later watch the Royal Air Force display.

The monarch spent five days at Balmoral Castle in Scotland before returning to Windsor on Tuesday. He will attend Thanksgiving Mass Friday at Saint Paul’s Cathedral, but proof of his difficulties is that for the third time in his life, he will not participate in the Epsom Derby, one of the great races on the horse racing calendar, the the de only one who didn’t win the queen’s stable.

You will also see on television the show intended to celebrate the reign, on Saturday, on three stages with music, dance and short praises of personalities from culture, entertainment or sports. The audience of 22,000 includes 10,000 who won their entry through the public’s lottery and 7,500 workers in essential services and the armed forces; as well as charitable volunteers.

The celebrations end on Sunday with a grand parade through the streets surrounding the palace. The contracted company has several groups to design montages that commemorate his rule and notable events of his seven decades: starting perhaps with the ascent of Everest and ending with the impact of movements such as the feminist ‘Me Too’ and the anti-racist ‘ Black Lives Matter”.

Shopping streets, private homes and public buildings are decorated with flags, and Sunday lunches and small parties have been organized in tens of thousands of neighborhood streets to promote community ties. The celebration of the adored Queen offers Britons – 25% of them Republicans according to a recent poll – a perhaps necessary opportunity for gratification.

As in other countries, the pandemic is leaving behind a series of unexpected disturbances and perhaps the expansion of a more plaintive and aggressive state of mind. For example, those who had decided to take advantage of the school holidays and the anniversary to spend a holiday in the sun are faced with queues, cancellations and bitterness at airports, stations or ports.

The renewal of passports or driver’s licenses, the police and the courts, seem overwhelming. Companies, restaurants and factories do not find employees. In recent football games, fans have jumped onto the field after their team’s victory and beat up rival players. There is a malaise over disorderly management and shady behavior. Prices have skyrocketed.

The anniversary of such a popular queen would be balm. “It is a luxury that we Brits can celebrate 70 years of His Majesty’s reign, for which I feel enormous admiration and respect,” said British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott. “Elizabeth II is a role model, an example of personal dedication to public service and the true symbol of the United Kingdom. In my opinion she is the best diplomat in the world.”

Cracks are of course checked again. What events will Enrique and Meghan attend? Will the Queen protect her son Andrés publicly, as she did at her husband Felipe’s funeral? Conchita de Pablo, a 97-year-old woman from Valladolid who came to London in 1956 to work and learn English, has a more corrosive view of the anniversary than the morbidity caused by these lawsuits.

He had seen images of Isabel’s coronation in Barcelona, ​​where he lived before emigrating. She worked for nearly seven decades in domestic service, with terrible housekeepers or as a housekeeper with aristocratic women. He looks back on his long life in England, although he doesn’t like it now. And he feels sorry for that “poor woman”, the queen. He wouldn’t change for her, he says, because he’s not a free person.

Source: La Verdad

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