In a historical moment that marked a shift in her 65-year reign, Queen Elizabeth relinquished the duty of laying a wreath on her behalf for Britain’s fallen soldiers to her son, Prince Charles.
Instead, she chose to stand alongside her husband of almost 70 years as they watched their son take on the sacred duty at the annual Remembrance Sunday service.
Charles, 68, performed the somber ceremony as the Queen, 91, and Prince Philip, 96, looked down from a balcony of the Foreign and Comonwealth Office in London.
This year marks the first time she has been present at the ceremony and not laid a wreath.
Instead, she chose to stand alongside her husband of almost 70 years as they watched their son take on the sacred duty at the annual Remembrance Sunday service.
Charles, 68, performed the somber ceremony as the Queen, 91, and Prince Philip, 96, looked down from a balcony of the Foreign and Comonwealth Office in London.
This year marks the first time she has been present at the ceremony and not laid a wreath.
- 11/12/2017
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
Queen Elizabeth is skipping one of her most notable annual duties.
Normally the 91-year-old monarch solemnly lays down the annual tribute to Britain’s fallen soldiers on the U.K.’s Remembrance Sunday, November 12. But on Wednesday, Buckingham Palace announced that this year she will instead observe the proceedings alongside her husband Prince Philip, 96. She has asked her eldest son and heir Prince Charles to carry out the duty on her behalf.
The Queen has only missed six opportunities to pay her respects in person with a wreath of red poppies at the central London war memorial, the Cenotaph, during her 65-year reign.
Normally the 91-year-old monarch solemnly lays down the annual tribute to Britain’s fallen soldiers on the U.K.’s Remembrance Sunday, November 12. But on Wednesday, Buckingham Palace announced that this year she will instead observe the proceedings alongside her husband Prince Philip, 96. She has asked her eldest son and heir Prince Charles to carry out the duty on her behalf.
The Queen has only missed six opportunities to pay her respects in person with a wreath of red poppies at the central London war memorial, the Cenotaph, during her 65-year reign.
- 10/11/2017
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
Funny faces to lost gems, war horses to strange censorship, silent film is a wondrous way to immerse oneself in history
A trip to the British silent film festival is a unique opportunity to wallow in some unfamiliar waters. Four days immersed in silent cinema is time spent in the company of many films that have been forgotten or misremembered, films that have only been seen before by archivists and researchers, and that may never get a public airing again. Some of these films are great, but even those that aren't are fascinating, as cinema history, and as a glimpse of what it was like to live in Britain 100 years ago.
1. "They didn't need dialogue, they had faces"
We're all familiar with Gloria Swanson's famous line in Sunset Boulevard, but she was talking about the blandly beautiful people of Hollywood. The faces of British silent cinema may not be attached to famous names,...
A trip to the British silent film festival is a unique opportunity to wallow in some unfamiliar waters. Four days immersed in silent cinema is time spent in the company of many films that have been forgotten or misremembered, films that have only been seen before by archivists and researchers, and that may never get a public airing again. Some of these films are great, but even those that aren't are fascinating, as cinema history, and as a glimpse of what it was like to live in Britain 100 years ago.
1. "They didn't need dialogue, they had faces"
We're all familiar with Gloria Swanson's famous line in Sunset Boulevard, but she was talking about the blandly beautiful people of Hollywood. The faces of British silent cinema may not be attached to famous names,...
- 4/24/2012
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
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