Last Sunday, we actually watched on television, Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee pageantry with 1000-flotilla on the River Thames, during and after dinner for four hours! It wasn't planned and we watched from one scene to another, bringing back memories of our years in Britain. It was like a virtual tour of London with familiar names like Westminster, Tower Bridge and Battersea, but with new structures like the London Eye.
My wife was there from 1968 until 1982 and yours truly from 1973 until 1981. To put it in perspective, by the time she left UK in 1982, her years there represented >40% of her lifetime then, and by the time I left UK in 1981, my years there represented >25% of my lifetime then. By now, her years in UK have been reduced to 21% and mine to 13%. So it is understandable that we took the opportunity to review London on another occasion of royal pomp and pageantry. The last one which we witnessed was the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977!
I missed last night's royal concert but clips can easily be found on Youtube and other websites. BBC's report on the finale of the Diamond Jubilee with a couple of video clips...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18327711
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My wife was there from 1968 until 1982 and yours truly from 1973 until 1981. To put it in perspective, by the time she left UK in 1982, her years there represented >40% of her lifetime then, and by the time I left UK in 1981, my years there represented >25% of my lifetime then. By now, her years in UK have been reduced to 21% and mine to 13%. So it is understandable that we took the opportunity to review London on another occasion of royal pomp and pageantry. The last one which we witnessed was the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977!
I missed last night's royal concert but clips can easily be found on Youtube and other websites. BBC's report on the finale of the Diamond Jubilee with a couple of video clips...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18327711
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