Items Tagged ‘Queen Elizabeth’
December 27th, 2007 - File under Blog - Tags: Britain, Queen Elizabeth - 124 Comments;
Since 1957, it has been customary for Her Majesty the Queen to give an annual, televised Christmas greeting. This year marked the 50th anniversary of the tradition, and, more importantly, it was also the first time her message was posted on YouTube. And it was nice. I’m not contrarian to the point where I would deny that. One [...]
December 21st, 2007 - File under Blog - Tags: Queen Elizabeth - 29 Comments;
Queen Elizabeth II formally became the oldest person to ever serve as monarch of the United Kingdom today. Until now, Queen Victoria held the record at 81 years and 243 days, but the present Queen is now officially one day older. All commemorations of the Queen’s achievement beg an uncomfortable, underlying question. How much longer until [...]
