Queen Elizabeth II officially celebrated her birthday last weekend. Official coverage.
Britain's Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh attends the Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade, London as part of national events to mark the Queen's 80th Birthday and Prince Phillips 85th birthday Thursday June 15, 2006. A second round of celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday began Thursday with a national service of thanksgiving and a salute to the monarch for offering a human face of power. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons/PA)
Service of Thanksgiving, St. Paul's Cathedral
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Prince Charles with his sons Prince William, centre and Prince Harry, left, attend a thanksgiving service in honour of Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Thursday June 15, 2006. About 40 members of the royal family _ including the queen's husband, Prince Philip, her heir, Prince Charles, and his sons, princes William and Harry _ were among the 2,300 people at the service at London's St. Paul's Cathedral. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is also on the guest list, as are former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. (AP Photo,Chris Young,Pool)
Members of the British royal family, front from left, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie The Countess of Wessex, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William, Princess Beatrice and Prince Andrew stand outside St Paul's Cathedral after a service of thanksgiving in honour of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday, Thursday June 15, 2006. More than 2,300 people, including Prime Minister Tony Blair, military chiefs and multi-faith leaders packed into St Paul's Cathedral in London to commemorate the monarch's landmark birthday. Princess Anne behind left in light blue. (AP Photo / Cavan Pawson, Pool)
Trooping of the Color
Official celebrations of her birthday are delayed until this day, because the weather is better.
Info about the ceremony from the army website.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh leave Buckingham Palace for Trooping of the Colour at Horseguards Parade in central London June 17, 2006. Thousands of tourists and Londoners waited in soaring temperatures on Saturday to watch the Queen as she attended the annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony to mark her 80th birthday. REUTERS/Stringer (BRITAIN)
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Soldiers from the Household Cavalry ride towards Horse Guards Parade for the annual Trooping the Colour parade. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central London as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 80th birthday by attending the annual military ceremony.(AFP/John D McHugh)
Royal troops escort Britain's Queen Elizabeth's carriage (unseen) down the Mall to Buckingham Palace after she attended Trooping the Colour at Horseguards Parade in central London June 17, 2006. Thousands of tourists and Londoners waited in soaring temperatures on Saturday to watch the Queen as she attended the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony this year to mark her 80th birthday. REUTERS/Stringer (BRITAIN)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, center, rides in an open horse drawn carriage returning to Buckingham Palace from Horse Guards Parade after attending the Trooping the Colour parade, to mark her official 80th birthday, in London, Saturday, June 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, centre, cheers on a fly past by the Red Arrows display team from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after returning from Horse Guards Parade where the Trooping the Colour parade took place to mark her official 80th birthday,in London, Saturday, June 17, 2006. With her are, from left, Princess Beatrice, Prince Andrew, Princess Eugene, the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh,the Princess Royal and Prince Harry. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Britain's Prince Harry (R) and Prince Andrew leave Buckingham Palace for Trooping the Colour at Horseguards Parade in central London June 17, 2006. Thousands of tourists and Londoners waited in soaring temperatures on Saturday to watch the Queen as she attended the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony this year to mark her 80th birthday. REUTERS/Stringer (BRITAIN)
Order of the Garter
Info about the order at the official UK monarchy website.
Britain Queen Elizabeth II, bottom right, , with Companions and Officers of the Order of the Garter walk in procession through the grounds of Windsor Castle to St George's Chapel in Windsor England, for the Garter Ceremony , Monday, June 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Sang Tan/ Pool)
Britain's Princess Anne holds on to her hat as she arrives at St George's Chapel in Windsor, England. Monday June 19, 2006, for the annual Garter Service where Prince Andrew, left, and Prince Edward, right, were formally made Knights of the Garter. Second from right is Prince Charles. The Order of the Garter, established by Edward III in 1348, is the Queen's personal gift, and is given without advice from government ministers.(AP Photo/Tim Ockenden, pool)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, leave St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England, after the Order of the Garter Service, Monday, June 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)
Photos from the Garter Service of 2004 are available here.
Lyrics for "Rule Britannia"
"The poem "Rule Britannia" by James Thomson (1700-48) was put to music by Thomas Augustine Arne (around 1740) and is sung as an unofficial national anthem."
STANZA 1:
When Britain first at Heav'n's command, Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain;
CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.
STANZA 2:
The nations not so blest as thee, Shall in their turns to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all.
CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.
STANZA 3:
Still mor majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak.
CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.
STANZA 4:
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame, All their attempts to bend thee down;
Will but arouse thy generous flame, But work their woe, and thy renown.
CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.
STANZA 5:
To thee belongs the rural reign, They cities shall with commerce shine;
All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine.
CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.
STANZA 6:
The Muses, still with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guide the fair.
CHORUS:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves.
The lyrics to "God Save The Queen"
(dates back to the 18th century but could be as early as the 17th...)
1. God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!
2. O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all!
3. Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign;
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!
4. Not in this land alone,
But be God's mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world over.
5. From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!
6. Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aidVictory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the King!
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