The Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is an international celebration held in 2002 marking the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the seven-country throne, following the death of her father, King George VI, on February 6, 1952, and is intended by the Queen to be the 50th anniversary of the king and the opportunity for him to formally and personally thank his people for their loyalty. Despite the death of his sister, Princess Margaret, and mother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, respectively in February and March 2002, and predictions in the media that the anniversary will be a no-show, the jubilee is characterized by large-scale and popular events throughout London in June of the same year, marked by events throughout the Commonwealth. Elizabeth attends all official celebrations on schedule, with her husband, Duke of Edinburgh; over twelve months, the royal couple traveled more than 40,000 miles (64,000 km) to the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, then around the United Kingdom, and wrapped up the jubilee year in Canada. Many landmarks, parks, buildings, and the like are also named in honor of the gold medal and the memorials, stamps, and other symbols are issued.
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Jamaika
Elizabeth's first official involvement with the Golden Feast occurred in Jamaica; for the country, the Queen had approved in 1952 as king of the United Kingdom and became Queen of Jamaica 10 years later; Therefore, his tour to the island coincided with 40 years of independence of the country. He arrived for celebration on February 18, 2002, nine days after the death of his sister, Princess Margaret, Mrs. Snowdon; The Queen sets a short period of personal, though not a state, of mourning. Elizabeth was first greeted in Montego Bay, after which she went to Kingston and stayed at the home of Jamaica Prime Minister, Jamaica House.
Despite anti-monarchist sentiments in the country at the time, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were "enthusiastically welcomed" by the Jamaicans; 57% of those surveyed said the visit was important for the country and many people came to see Elizabeth, despite minor protests by the Rastafarians seeking reparations for slavery and their return to Africa. The Queen receives an official welcome at King's House, the Governor-General's residence, meets Jamaican veterans of the First World War, speaks to the Jamaican parliament, and visits the disadvantaged areas of Kingston, known as Trenchtown, to see the urban poverty project over there. The tour ends with a unique note when, at a recent dinner in Jamaica, a power blackout burns King's House into the dark during the meal; Elizabeth described the show as "memories".
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New Zealand
After his tour to Jamaica, the Queen went on a tour of New Zealand, stopping in Auckland, Taupo, Christchurch, and Wellington. He and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in the country on February 22, just after Prime Minister Helen Clark said in his speech that he felt that "it is inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic." The royal couple was greeted by the Governor-General and other officials when they descended from the Royal Aviation; Clark was not there, because he was at a meeting of middle-left leaders in Stockholm, Sweden. The low exit was reported to see the Queen when she arrived at the airport, while an estimated 4,000 people came to see the Queen in Auckland.
Australia
Queen Elizabeth on 27 February was accepted in Adelaide by Governor-General Peter Hollingworth; the young Australian monarch, at the time, was in the midst of a controversy involving allegations of child abuse in the Anglican Church and protesters present when Queen and Prince Philip landed. The royal couple toured five days through South Australia and Queensland, which also coincided with this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Coolum Beach. On Queen's Anniversary holiday for 2002, thanksgiving meetings were held in churches and bonfires were lit at a party at the Governor-General's residence in Canberra.
United Kingdom
The celebration for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II took place throughout England between May and July 2002. By the end of those festive weeks, the British media - The Guardian, in particular - estimated that the Jubilee would fail, arguing that Britain was no longer interested in monarchy; the flood of apathy among the people seems to confirm this. However, predictions proved wrong, especially during the official jubilee weekend, when people who numbered hundreds of thousands turned out to participate in the festival. The celebration peaked on the June 4 show at The Mall in London, when more than a million attended parades and flypasts. The Hours as stated in his editorial: "How the anti-Royalist newspaper in The Guardian and elsewhere has been confused, they are convinced that it will fail, that the House of Windsor no longer able to inspire the loyalty it has ever done and that no matter how the royalty concept is passed on the cold Britannia. "
On March 3, Queen and Duke of Edinburgh returned to London from Australia. Eight days later, on Commonwealth Day, the Commonwealth Secretariat unveiled at Buckingham Palace a portrait of Elizabeth, painted by Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy who had been commissioned to mark the 50 years of the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth; the work is now hanging in Marlborough House, with a study kept as part of the Queen's collection at St. James's Palace. But by the end of the month, the Queen suffered another blow when her mother died on March 30; The Commonwealth of Nature observed the period of mourning, and on April 9, the day of its funeral, over a million people filled the area outside Westminster Abbey and along the route 23 miles (37 km) from central London to the end of the Queen's Resting Mom next to her husband and daughter at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Plans for the Golden Feast in England went according to plan, and, after dinner hosted by Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street for him and all his former British Prime Ministers (Sir John Major, Baroness Thatcher, Sir Edward Heath and The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff), the Queen officially launched the celebration in Britain with a speech to both British parliamentary assemblies at Westminster Hall on April 30, marking the fifth time in five decades that Elizabeth II spoke to her British parliament on her. own account. The Queen spoke of an unforgettable 50 years and a change of life and British society at the time, and described that the monarchy must change as well; Elizabeth says she has "witnessed the transformation of the international landscape through which [the United Kingdom] has to map out its purpose" and declares "its determination to continue, with [Royal Family] support, to serve the people... for [his] best ability through future time change. "
For the Queen's goodwill visit, which begins on May 1, two to three days are spent in every corner of the UK; The Queen and Duke first stopped in Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset before traveling to Tyne and Wear, then finally to Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. On May 13, the couple were accepted in Northern Ireland, and visited areas such as County Fermanagh, Cookstown, and Omagh. Then, throughout the middle of May, the royal couple were in London who spent much of their time on art promotion, attending the Chelsea Flower Show, dedicating the Queen Gallery at Buckingham Palace, and attending a reception at the Royal Academy of Arts. The jubilee journey begins again on May 23 with a six-day trip to Scotland; the nobility first stopped in Glasgow, and then traveled to Edinburgh, Dundee, Stornoway and Aberdeen, and, after the London Jubilee weekend, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on June 7 toured West Sussex, spent three days in Wales, Anglesey tour, Llanelli, and Cardiff. The following month, the couple traveled on a two-day trip to West Midlands, Yorkshire (where the Queen visited the set of Emmerdale soap operas), and the Suffolk and Norfolk region, as well as a good three-day trip to Liverpool and Manchester, where the Queen opened the Commonwealth Games of 2002. The Queen closed July with a tour of the East Midlands, and ended her domestic tour by visiting Lancashire.
Among several other independently organized events to celebrate the Jubilee in June 2002 were the British Army's performances at Portsmouth from a special parade of 6,000 personnel from all three branches of the British Armed Forces, and the Queen's guard boarded a joint parade, in which 300 members of the Gentlemen at Arms, Yeoman of the Guard, and Yeoman Warders all gathered together for the first time since centuries since their foundation. Elizabeth also hosts a banquet for all the rulers and queens who ruled in Europe, one for all the Governors General who served, and the garden parties at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyrood for people born on Accession Day 1952. Throughout the country, street parties were held, in which about 40,000 toolkits are distributed.
Golden Jubilee Weekend
The Golden Jubilee Weekend took place between 1 and 4 June 2002 in London, where the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh left Scotland on May 29 to make final preparations. On the first night, Saturday, Prom at the Castle takes place in the Buckingham Palace park and highlights classical music; Of the two million who applied for the tickets, 12,500 people were selected to attend, making this event the biggest event ever held on the royal property. The crowd was entertained by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, performed by Sir Andrew Davis, and guest vocalists including Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Angela Gheorghiu, and Roberto Alagna.
The following day, the Queen and her husband attended a church service at the St. Chapel. George, Windsor Castle, while their family is present at the thank-you service elsewhere in the UK; Prince of Wales and his sons, Prince William and Harry, at Swansea; The Earl and the Countess of Wessex in Salisbury; and The Princess Royal in Ayr.
After a time on June 3, Eton and Slough tour, Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh return to London and the first at 1:00 pm launch the BBC National Live Music Festival, where more than 200 cities and towns across the UK openly play songs The Beatles "All You Need Is Love". During the day, street parties are held all over the country, and that night, the Queen, Duke, and other members of the Royal Family soon, making themselves present at another concert in the grounds of Buckingham Palace; The fÃÆ'ªte, called the Party at the Palace, showed off achievements in pop music over the previous 50 years, with major actions including Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Cliff Richard, and Tony Bennett. Queen guitarist Brian May started the show by playing the "God Save the Queen" setting from the palace roof, and Paul McCartney closed the night with numbers like "While My Guitar Weently Weeps" and "Hey Jude" each done before and after the Queen turned on the National Beacon at Victoria Memorial, the last in a series of 2,006 beacons to be lit in a worldwide chain, echoing the Queen's own Golden Jubilee Queen in 1887. 12,000 guests were allowed into the concert while a million additionally crowded The Mall to watch and listen to the celebrations on the giant television screen and join the palace audience of the castle from outside the gates of Buckingham Palace, and over 200 million people watched the show aired around the world.
On June 4, the entire royal family attended the Thanksgiving National Service at St Paul's Cathedral, where the Queen rode in Gold State Coach, followed by lunch at the Guildhall. There the Queen spoke to the people and proudly proclaimed the achievements of the Commonwealth, both during her reign as queen and all the time; Elizabeth was quoted as saying: "Thanks, respect and pride, these words summarize how I feel about the people of this country and the Commonwealth - and what Gold Day of the Tomb means to me." The jubilee procession then begins along The Mall in the afternoon; In addition to the entertainers performing for the Queen, many buoys are decorated to illustrate British life during Elizabeth's years of rule and pushed through The Mall. The march ended with 5,000 adults and children from 54 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations marching in their national costumes before the Queen and presenting to him a "rainbow of hope", consisting of handwritten notes from schoolchildren throughout the Commonwealth. In front of more than a million people, the Royal Family gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace Central Room and watched a flypast consisting of every type of Royal Air Force aircraft in service (27 overall), Concorde, and Red Arrows. There is only one negative event publicly recorded in relation to the Jubilee when about 40 activists, mostly taken from the Anarchist Movement Against the Monarchy, were arrested during protests before Jubilee's Feast.
Celebration at The Turks & amp; Caicos Islands
In the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Foreign Territories, during the first four days of June, the celebrations took place across the Archipelago, led by Governor Mervyn Jones. The Department of Public Relations of the Tourist Board for the Jubilee Committee produced the Jubilee Brochure, with texts and pictures covering the visit of the historic Kingdom provided by the National Museum; only 5,000 were produced, number 1 was issued to Queen Elizabeth II herself. The museum also provides photographs for the production of three sets of stamps, and, for Jubilee Weekends, setting up temporary exhibitions on royal visits, with other items from the past, such as a medal of coronation issued to several local residents in 1953. Another item produced to commemorate the Jubilee is the crown crown made in Middle Caicos by Loathie Harvey and Judy Geddis, two 20-crown coins, and a badge given to all the schoolchildren as a memento of a historic event.
Canada
During the year, events were held in Canada to mark the Jubilee, such as the Levile Jubilee held by Lieutenant Governor Alberta Lois Hole, attended by more than 4,000 Albertans and in which Hole states: "What we want to realize is the importance of Canada's monarchy and of course for Alberta. "
For 12 days in October 2002, Queen and Duke of Edinburgh toured Canada, stopping in Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Hamilton, Hull, Fredericton, Sussex, Moncton, and Ottawa. The trip was also unique because it was the first royal visit to the new region of Nunavut, where the royal couple made their first stop on Iqaluit. There, on 4 October, the Queen opened and spoke to the new legislature, stating in her speech: "I am proud to be the first member of the Royal Family of Canada to be welcomed in Canada's newest region." After a walk through Iqaluit, the Queen opens one of the road signs on the main street of the city, which has been renamed in her honor.
From Nunavut, the royal party flies to Victoria, where the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are accepted by the provincial lieutenant governor. Saturday was spent at a private retreat and, on Sunday, the Queen attended religious services at Christ Church Cathedral, undertook unscheduled walks after preaching, and went to the provincial parliament building to uncover stained glass windows to commemorate the Golden Year. After His Holiness is outside the legislature, Snowbirds performs acrobatic flies for sovereignty and a gathering audience of about 16,000 people.
In Vancouver, on October 6, Queen, accompanied by Wayne Gretzky, and in front of a crowd of 18,000 at General Motors Place, dropped the first shavings of the ceremony for the National Hockey League exhibition between Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks; this is the first time any ruling king, Canada or not, has done the job. The Queen and Duke then witnessed the first period of the game from the royal box - the first time they had done so since their first hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1951. Premier Gordon Campbell said during the visit: "Your Majesty, as the world has changed in the last 50 years, one thing always remains constant - sincere affection between the people of British Columbia and their Queen. "
The couple is next in Saskatchewan, which opens in the grounds of the provincial parliament, the product of the Jubilee Emas Sculpture Project: a bronze statue of the Queen riding Burma, a horse awarded in 1969 by the Queen by the RCMP. In Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Queen made a walk-in at The Forks, again presenting a newly restored Golden Boy statue over the Manitoba Legislative Building, and attending a night show from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, accompanied by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Loreena. McKennitt.
His Majesty and Majesty on October 9 were welcomed in Ontario by the lieutenant governor and thousands of spectators in Toronto, and, that night, appeared at a festival, installed at the Exhibition Venue, highlighting the province's progress over the previous five decades. After a day of leisure, the Queen then traveled to Sheridan College, to see students studying computer animation, and Hamilton, where at Copps Coliseum she, as head of their colonel, presented Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada with their new Colors. Rejoining her husband Elizabeth attended Toronto Broadcasting Corporation headquarters in Canada, an event marking the organization's 50th anniversary; there, he saw the exhibit and amusement by a video screen that showed a previous tour in Canada in the 1950s. Finally, the royal couple was among the audience at Roy Thomson Hall for a Canadian talent gala concert, including Oscar Peterson, Evelyn Hart, Rex Harrington, Cirque du Soleil, The Tragically Hip, and others. At the same time, Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council named the park near Gravenhurst as Wildlands Queen's Provincial Park II and created the Ontario Golden Jubilee Award for Civic Courage.
As the tour progressed to the maritime province, the royal party arrived at the Government House in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where they were greeted by thousands of people. The stop in the province is short, however - only 25 hours - with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh flying by helicopter the next day from Fredericton to Sussex and then to Moncton, where they attend lunch at Dieppe to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the city and officially opened a new terminal at Greater Moncton International Airport.
From the east coast, the royal couple flies west again to the national capital, Ottawa, to be greeted there by Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, who earlier, on the day of the Queen's arrival in Canada, caused controversy by declaring Canada to be a republic. The next day, October 13, a multi-religious Thanksgiving celebration was held at Parliament Hill for about 3,500 people, and Queen put a wreath at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A state dinner was held that night at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec, where Your Honor said: "[I hope] to thank all the Canadians... for the loyalty, passion and support you have provided. to me over the past 50 years. "When his motorcade crossed the Ottawa River to Quebec, about 100 protesters shouted foul language at the Queen in French, waving the Quebec flag and shouting" We want a country, not a monarchy "; it was the only protest during the Canadian yubileum tour.
On the last full day of the tour, Ratu, as Honorary Commissioner, watched the Royal Canadian Ride Musical show Mounted before moving to her last major event in Canada: lunch at Rideau Hall for the fifty prominent Canadians - one from Elizabeth's every year. The Queen also planted another tree in her Canadian home, and met with members of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Queen and Duke of Edinburgh then depart Canada on October 15th.
Celebrations outside the Commonwealth
The Golden Jubilee is also marked in New York City, where the Empire State Building peak is lit with a purple and golden royal color. City mayor Michael Bloomberg and officials at the British consulate said the award was a thank-you to the Queen for having had the American anthem played at Buckingham Palace during the Guard Substitution on September 13, 2001 and to England people for their support afterwards. It has been more than 10 years since the Empire State Building honors someone who is not from the United States; the most recent example is when Nelson Mandela visited New York after he was released from prison in 1990.
Monuments and souvenirs
Before, during, and after the jubilee year, souvenirs were created, monuments unveiled, and public works called to commemorate the event of the kingdom. In Australia, the Australian Post released a special stamp that combines old and new images of Queen Elizabeth II, along with a booklet outlining the Queen's reign.
In Canada, the Governor-in-Council allocates $ 250,000 CAD as a contribution in the Queen's name to the Dominion Institute Memory Project, which aims to educate the Canadian youth about the experiences and contributions of state veterans from the First World War to the maintenance of a modern peace mission. The provinces also marked a milestone; The Governor-in-Council of Ontario, on the advice of the prime minister, approved the renaming of Dalton Digby Wildlands Provincial Park as the Wildlands Park of Queen Elizabeth II and, in Saskatchewan, the horse riding statue of Queen Elizabeth II was commissioned and erected next to Queen Elizabeth II Garden on the Building Legislative. In Alberta, the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Recognition Act establishes the Queen's Gold Celebration Medal, Queen's Gold Jubilee Scholarship for Visual and Performing Arts, and the Premier Citizenship Award in the Golden Queen's Jubilee Recognition.
A special coin worth £ 5 was released in the United Kingdom to celebrate the event, and the annual Jubilee Queen Gold Award for volunteer service groups was established in 2002, while the private company produced a variety of ornaments and knick-knacks as memorabilia from the jubilee; manufacturers like Spode create various forms of warning and crystal porcelain. At Windsor Castle, Jubilee Gardens opened, the first new public area created since 1820, and a 167 foot (51 meter) roller coaster, Jubilee Odyssey, built at Fantasy Island theme park in Lincolnshire.
Results
It is disputed in a retrospective analysis that the Jubilee has been beneficial to both nationalism and monarchy; The Daily Mail states: "Below and in front of him a magical and magnificent event like the Gold Jubilee himself unfurled before his enchanted eyes - the British rediscovered the land of hope and glory," and Globe and The Mail said: "When he boldly bent to drop the pieces on the NHL match... he achieved perhaps the most brilliant combination of symbolism in Canadian history... The Jumbotron in Vancouver's GM Place says it all, winking Queen EIIR gold near the giant screen above the beer commercial: "I'm Canadian. The crowd went hysterical. "
See also
- Gold Medal Jubilee Queen Elizabeth II
- 2002 Golden Jubilee Honors
- Silver Jubilee from Elizabeth II
- Diamond Jubilee from Elizabeth II
References
External links
- the CBC website on Golden Jubilee
- the BBC site in Golden Jubilee
- Canadian Heritage Department: Golden Jubilee, Canadian Celebration
- Archives of Ontario celebrates Golden Jubilee Queen
- Markham City, Ontario: Golden Jubilee, Fifteenth Birthday of His Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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