Thread: Sarah (& maybe Wendy?)

What is a Diamond Jubilee? Do you care? Should I care? Are there other Jubilees and this one is just extra special Diamondy?

DITTO!

I saw this online and also wondered what it was.

a Diamond Jubilee is very rare. It is 60 years of a king/queen's reign. The only other Queen to have a Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria. It is a pretty big deal. I am Canadian and there is stuff going on here. Plus the Royal Family have been travelling all over the Commonwealth this year in celebration.

Hope that helps.

Due to my own curiosity I did look into this a bit the other day. The Diamond Jubilee is like the 60th anniversary of a monarchs reign, as Margaret pointed out. There are others and if she lives another 10 years she will have a Platinum Jubilee, which I guess will be super HUGE if that happens. I think that her 50 year was the Gold Jubilee.

Sarah will correct me if I am wrong.

Clearly I've been living under some kind of bush because I haven't even been hearing about this.

I blame the toddler.

What does one do at a Jubilee, besides have a concert with Elton John, Paul McCartney, etc.

Originally Posted by BuckeyeK

What does one do at a Jubilee, besides have a concert with Elton John, Paul McCartney, etc.

Mostly a bunch of parades and such. I remember the silver Jubilee when I was in school and all the kids got a special coin (mine was lost years ago) but nothing like that this year - at least not in Canada. If Queen Elizabeth II lives another 3.5 years she will have reigned the longest of any king/queen. Since her mom died over 100 years old I think she will make it.

Basically what Margaret said, it's the anniversary of sixty years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Sarah can provbaly tell you more about ehat is hapoening, we just see it on TV here. I love the ceremony of it all. I actually saw a picture of the Queen I assume sixty years ago with her husband and then now, put it this way look at Prince Albert now and that could very well be William when he is older.

Originally Posted by ange84

Basically what Margaret said, it's the anniversary of sixty years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Sarah can provbaly tell you more about ehat is hapoening, we just see it on TV here. I love the ceremony of it all. I actually saw a picture of the Queen I assume sixty years ago with her husband and then now, put it this way look at Prince Albert now and that could very well be William when he is older.

This one?