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After struggling loss in the beginning of 2002, the Queen spent a wonderful summer time celebrating a very glittering Golden Jubilee.
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The Queen marked 50 years on the throne on February 6, 2002. Three days later, her sister, Princess Margaret, handed away, and 7 weeks after that, the Queen Mom adopted. The beginning of the yr was spent in mourning. However because the summer time approached, and the nation ready to have fun the primary Golden Jubilee because the reign of Queen Victoria, a extra hopeful feeling was on the horizon.
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The Golden Jubilee festivities had been formally launched on April 30, 2002, when the Queen delivered a particular joint tackle to the Home of Lords and Home of Commons at Westminster Corridor.
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For the speech, the Queen wore her favourite pearls with the Metropolis of London Lily Brooch.
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For the following a number of weeks, Queen Elizabeth II attended particular Golden Jubilee celebrations throughout the nation. On Might 18, she was the visitor of honor at “All The Queen’s Horses,” a particular pageant held in the course of the Royal Windsor Horse Present. She wore the Dubai Sapphires for the event.
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had been in Scotland on Might 25 for the opening of the Normal Meeting of the Church of Scotland. They participated in a particular jubilee carriage journey in Edinburgh.
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For the meeting opening, the Queen selected the Cullinan V Brooch.
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On June 1, the Queen attended Promenade on the Palace, a particular classical music live performance held within the gardens at Buckingham Palace. She wore the Australian Wattle Brooch for the event.
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On the next day, June 2, the Queen and the Duke had been in Windsor for a particular jubilee service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey.
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The Queen chosen one of many oldest brooches in her assortment, the Duchess of Cambridge’s Pearl Pendant Brooch, for the event.
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On June 3, the Queen arrived on the Guildhall in Windsor for the disclosing of a brand new portrait by the painter Theodore Ramos. Within the new portray, pictured beside the Queen right here, she wears the Women of Nice Britain & Eire Tiara with the Pear-Formed Diamond Drop Cluster Necklace and Earrings and Prince Albert’s Brooch. (Within the portrait hanging behind her, which dates to 1954, the Queen wears Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara and Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Necklace.)
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Along with her pearls, the Queen wore one among Queen Victoria’s Diamond Bow Brooches for the portrait unveiling.
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That night, again in London, the grand Celebration on the Palace rock live performance was held outdoors Buckingham Palace, adopted by a grand fireworks show.
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The Queen (having her hand kissed by Prince Charles right here in the course of the live performance) wore Queen Adelaide’s Brooch along with her pearls for the night occasions.
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The splendor was amped up on June 4, when the Queen and the Duke rode within the unimaginable Gold State Coach from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul’s Cathedral, the place a particular service of thanksgiving was held in her honor.
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For the service and the Guildhall luncheon that adopted, the Queen once more wore her pearls with the Metropolis of London Lily Brooch. (As its identify suggests, the brooch has particular resonance for the Queen’s relationship with the Metropolis of London, the place St. Paul’s Cathedral and Guildhall are positioned.)
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The Queen become a second outfit for the return to Buckingham Palace, the place a parade and balcony look adopted.
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HM appeared on the palace balcony along with her household to greet the well-wishers gathered on the Mall. She wore her signature pearls with a suitably golden brooch: the Golden Dahlia Brooch.
