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HISTORY SHARE: HOW ROYAL LIFE HAS CHANGED
Even though all the celebratory stuff happened last weekend to work in with the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the festivities for the official birthday of the British Monarch are usually held on the second Saturday in June, the June birthday custom having been brought in by King George II in 1748. The real […]
HISTORY IN THE MAKING: QUEEN ELIZABETH II’s PLATINUM JUBILEE
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain’s Queen on February 6th, 1952, but was crowned queen on June 2nd, 1953. The coronation was televised, but I didn’t watch it because (a) we didn’t have a telly in 1953, and (b) I was only an infant and not all that interested in such things. Later, however, my godmother […]
Time Travelling With Kids 