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The Queen: 70 Glorious Years

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This official souvenir publication celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch. A brief consideration will concede that the Queen has provided TV, starting with the Coronation, with its most spectacular and brilliant moments, not to mention constant material with which to fill up news bulletins and documentaries. She is expected, as usual, to keep that date privately as it also marks the anniversary of her father’s death. The chinaware is being hand made in Stoke-on-Trent using techniques stretching back to the 18th century.

Distinguished speakers investigate those things in which we believe deeply – and for which we would be prepared to make a costly stand. The Queen has lived through 14 prime ministers, from Winston Churchill and Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson, as well as the country's numerous cultural changes and her own family dramas. But what we love is its collection of richly illustrated books to inspire kids (and grown-ups who like to dream). Delightfully informal family photographs of The Queen as a young wife and mother 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 2012 London Olympics. 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.We saw not just the highs, but also the lows, of our recent island story: the appalling poverty and living conditions of the post-war nation whose crown she assumed; hostility to immigrants; the miners’ strike; industrial collapse. The book itself is a lovely hardcover, and overall, it's a beautiful book to have and perhaps even better to give as a gift. Lydia Starbuck is Jubilee and Associate Editor at Royal Central and the main producer and presenter of the Royal Central Podcast and Royal Central Extra.

The lovely full-page photographs and the informative accompanying text reveal the extraordinary queen at work and play, often surrounded by her adoring family and subjects. The Queen will mark the 70th anniversary of her reign on February 6, 2022, this will be kept private and the main celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee will take place between June 2 and June 5, 2022. There’ll be big national celebrations to mark her Platinum Jubilee this June, but for her record-breaking anniversary, a special one-off show will feature the highlights of her eventful seven decades as monarch, including her family life, royal duties, previous jubilees plus her trips around the commonwealth and elsewhere.The Queen is also releasing her official book for her Platinum Jubilee, The Queen: 70 Glorious Years, which includes over 77 images chosen to represent The Queen’s reign. And there were crucial moments of courage in the teeth of political caution: her visiting a mosque at a time of racial tension; the first monarch to visit Ireland since its partition; the handshake with Martin McGuinness. Featuring a deep purple background and covered in golden decorations, the chinaware is being hand made in Stoke-on-Trent using techniques going back to the 18th century. From the transformation of Empire to Commonwealth, the rise in our standard of living, the digital revolution, sporting achievements and living through the pandemic, Queen Elizabeth has been the one constant in all our lives.

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