KATE MIDDLETON, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, ANNOUNCES HER ILLNESS ON OFFICIAL VIDEO

Showing Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, official video announcing her illness as an example of a real listening practice as it has been shown on different media and after all the speculation going on about her in the last weeks.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II HAS DIED

 

This evening the death of Queen Elizabeth II has been announced. She was 96 years old. Elizabeth II (born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 6 February 1952 until her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the second longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign country. At the time of her death, Elizabeth was Queen of 14 other Commonwealth realms apart from the UK. More info about her on Wikipedia.

The last time we talked about her on this blog was to talk about the celebration of her Platinum Jubilee commemorating 70 years of her reign, showing the video she shot with Paddington, the popular character of books and films. You can watch it again clicking here.

The picture in this posts shows her walking away with Paddington, and the photo was taken two days ago during her last public appearance in Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she had received Britain's new Prime Minister Lizz Truss. 

Below is the video of the announcement of her death this evening on the BBC.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PLATINUM JUBILEE: 70 YEARS

This weekend sees the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee, which commemorates the 70th anniversary of her reign. Elizabeth, who is 96, has attended some of the celebrations.

She's even had time to do a funny video with Paddington.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH II SAPPHIRE JUBILEE: A 65-YEAR REIGN

Today, February 6th, the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, has become the first British monarch to reach the Sapphire Jubilee. 65 years reigning. She has only been surpassed by 3 other kings as you can see in the chart above.

+ info:

- Queen Elizabeth II @ Wikipedia

- The Queen's Sapphire Jubilee celebrations @ BBC.

THE QUEEN DATA

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THE QUEEN IS 90

Above, the official 90th anniversary photograph, Queen Elizabeth and the three heirs to the British thrown: Prince Charles, Prince William & Prince George.

Today one of the symbols of what's British becomes 90 years old. Queen Elizabeth II's birthday is today and here's a link to her 90 years of life in pictures, a photo for each of her years. 90 years old and 64 of them as the Queen: living history of the XXth century.

In pictures: Queen Elizabeth II at 90 in 90 images [BBC]

BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY TREE

The Royal British Family is an important part of British culture and tradition. With a new baby girl just born into the family yesterday, here's the British Royal Family Tree to see who's who in this family. By the way, the new member is called Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. She's fourth in line to the thrown.

Video of the news:
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EVERYTHING ABOUT THE UK

To end up with the series of posts with information about different aspects of the United Kingdom, after the Scottish referendum for independence has been held, here's a new post (2nd part of this previous one here) where you'll find information about government, customs, geography, history, politics and government via different links.

Link to a Glogster digital poster about the UK.

Link to a post about the UK @ The Travelling Teachers Blog.

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II DIAMOND JUBILEE

Throughout this weekend and until nest Tuesday, the United Kingdom has been celebrating the Diamond Jubilee: Elizabeth II's 60 years as Queen of the United Kingdom. To commemorate we're enclosing a link to an interactive timeline of her reign from 1952 to 2012 and videoS of her biography as Queen and the Jubilee celebrations along the river Thames in London this afternoon.

Video "THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE: 60 YEARS IN VIDEO":