EAN: 9781909741829

THE QUEEN GEBUNDEN

This official souvenir publication celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II through 70 photographs chosen to illustrate memorable events in the reign of
Britain's longest-serving monarch. Delightfully informal family photographs of The Queen as a
young girl  as a young wife and mother  on holiday and enjoying the company of her children and
dogs are joined by more formal images illustrating the official life of the monarch  on grand
state occasions  such as the Coronation  the State Opening of Parliament and Trooping the
Colour - not to mention her memorable encounter with James Bond and her dramatic arrival at the
ceremony marking the opening of the 2010 London Olympics. Each photograph is accompanied by
resonant quotations from speeches given by The Queen over the years  from her wartime
Children's Hour radio broadcast at the age of 13 and her first televised Christmas Day
broadcast in 1957 to her speeches welcoming Commonwealth leaders and US Presidents to
Buckingham Palace or responding to the warm hospitality extended to her on state visits to
India  Asia  Australia  New Zealand and the Caribbean. Love of family  fondness for animals  a
keen sense of humour  staunch belief in the Commonwealth as a force for good in the world  and
gratitude to all the people around the world who go out of their way to help their communities
- these are among the themes that come across from this photographic journey through a
remarkable life of duty and service.

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