Today The Earl and Countess of Wessex visited St Vincent and the Grenadines as part of their Caribbean tour.
🏏 🏃🏽♀️ At the Sir Vincent Beache National Stadium, The Earl met sportsmen and women who will take part in the Commonwealth Games this summer in #Birmingham2022.
💃 At St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, The Countess watched La Gracia Dance Company perform, as well as meeting local women’s groups to learn more about their role in the community's response to the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano.
🏅During a reception at Government House, Their Royal Highnesses presented 13 Duke of Edinburgh’s @intaward Gold Awards.
🦜At the Botanical Gardens, The Earl and Countess had a close encounter with St Vincent's national bird, the Amazona guildingii, as well as meeting local school children and planting a tree to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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🤝 The Earl and Countess of Wessex visited Antigua and Barbuda where they were welcomed with a Guard of Honour before meeting Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
During a reception at Government House Their Royal Highnesses met local craftspeople, creatives and community groups.
🏏 The Earl and Countess visited the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium where they were welcomed by cricket legends Sir Viv Richards himself, Sir Richie Richardson and Sir Curtly Ambrose.
Over the next 70 days, as we countdown to the #PlatinumJubilee Central Weekend, we’ll be sharing an image a day of The Queen – each representing a year of Her Majesty’s 70-year long reign.
🌎 In 1952, rationing was still in place in the UK for certain commodities following World War Two. Tea rationing ended in this year, though rationing did not end completely until 1954.
The young Queen was informed of the news while standing in for The King, who was suffering from ill health, on an official Commonwealth visit to Kenya.
In an instant, she had ceased to be Princess Elizabeth and became Queen Elizabeth II.
Upon her Accession, a ceremonial body called the Accession Council met at St James’s Palace. The Council made a formal proclamation of the Accession.
However, a new Monarch comes to the throne at the moment of death, hence the phrase, 'The King is dead, long live The Queen!'.
The Queen has hosted a reception for local community groups at Sandringham House on the eve of Accession Day.
Her Majesty is the first Monarch in history to reach the historic milestone of 70 years on the throne.
The Queen was joined by members of the Sandringham @WomensInstitute, local pensioners, @WNBefriending and Little Discoverers, an early-years charity for children with disabilities.
#DYK The Queen has been a member of the Sandringham WI since 1943 and their President since 2003?
The Queen met Angela Wood, who helped create the original recipe for Coronation chicken in 1953.
This iconic dish was created to mark Her Majesty's Coronation and was served at street parties.
This year The Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, marking 7⃣0⃣ years as Monarch.
To begin the celebrations, Her Majesty viewed a selection of cards, letters and artwork sent to her by children and other members of the public to mark this, and previous, Jubilees.
In 2002, for the Golden Jubilee, 9 year-old Chris sent Her Majesty ‘A Recipe for a Perfect Queen’.
Ingredients:
❤️ ‘a dash of loyalty’
👋 ‘a handful of royal waves’
🥤 ‘a cup of courage’
The Queen also viewed a finger-print portrait created by school children in Leicestershire and a card reading ‘Ma-am you’re the tops!’ that were sent in for the Golden Jubilee.
The items have been saved in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle for posterity.
Giving an opportunity for people and communities to come together to mark this historic milestone, there will be an extended Bank Holiday weekend from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 June.
Getting the weekend underway on Thursday 2 June will be The Queen’s Birthday Parade, where the @irish_guards will ‘Troop’ their Colour.
Tickets for this event are available to the public and ballot applications open next week: qbp.army.mod.uk