9th of September 2015-Longest reigning monarch celebrations?

[Halb]

9th of September 2015 - Longest reigning monarch celebrations?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-eliza...

Should it be celebrated?
Street party maybe?
This might be the last big celebration of this reign?

[Einion Yrth]

Halb said:

9th of September 2015 - Longest reigning monarch celebrations?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-eliza...

Should it be celebrated?
Street party maybe?
This might be the last big celebration of this reign?

Yeah, but you could hold it everyday until she croaks.

[superlightr]

meh - not really a reason to celebrate. its a nothing event.


Trafalgar day - would be one though.

[beko1987]

Will be my birthday TV made boring if she does!

Wonder if she will send me and others with a 9th sept birthday a card/email?

[NoNeed]

It would be great to celebrate her reign, she has done a terrific job.

[Halb]

Two months away.

[Cheese Mechanic]

NoNeed said:

It would be great to celebrate her reign, she has done a terrific job.

Entirely agree

[55palfers]

Make it a Bank Holiday please

[Laurel Green]

Cheese Mechanic said:

NoNeed said:

It would be great to celebrate her reign, she has done a terrific job.

Entirely agree

[fluffnik]

We could celebrate by becoming a republic.

[anonymous-user]

Laurel Green said:

Cheese Mechanic said:

NoNeed said:

It would be great to celebrate her reign, she has done a terrific job.

Entirely agree

+1

Every time I read about her or watch a documentary, I'm always staggered by how much she actually does.

[mudflaps]

We can call it Cap Doffers and Serviles day

[AJL308]

mudflaps said:

We can call it Cap Doffers and Serviles day

Well you could if you want but you'd look like a bit of an infantile idiot.

Good luck with that.

[anonymous-user]

AJL308 said:

Well you could if you want but you'd look like a bit of an infantile idiot.

Good luck with that.

+1

[ClaphamGT3]

I think that there is a need to balance this celebration with a need to be respectful of the memory of Queen Victoria. I would suggest that next year's 90Th birthday could be a better event to celebrate

[PoleDriver]

. Keep it down, there's actually going to be a surprise party and we need to keep it quiet!

[Esseesse]

NinjaPower said:

Laurel Green said:

Cheese Mechanic said:

NoNeed said:

It would be great to celebrate her reign, she has done a terrific job.

Entirely agree

+1

Every time I read about her or watch a documentary, I'm always staggered by how much she actually does.

She's undoubtedly a busy person, however has she actually done a terrific job when you look at what her responsibilities/job is officially meant to be? I think there may be a significant argument that says she has done a poor job.

[mudflaps]

AJL308 said:

mudflaps said:

We can call it Cap Doffers and Serviles day

Well you could if you want but you'd look like a bit of an infantile idiot.

But only to the Cap Doffers and Serviles surely

Any republicans could live with it.

[ClaphamGT3]

Esseesse said:

NinjaPower said:

Laurel Green said:

Cheese Mechanic said:

NoNeed said:

It would be great to celebrate her reign, she has done a terrific job.

Entirely agree

+1

Every time I read about her or watch a documentary, I'm always staggered by how much she actually does.

She's undoubtedly a busy person, however has she actually done a terrific job when you look at what her responsibilities/job is officially meant to be? I think there may be a significant argument that says she has done a poor job.

Out of interest, what do you think that she has done badly?

I, personally, would tend to disagree and think that she has done most things very well, some things exceptionally well and only a few things rather poorly.

Overall, she has performed consistently in the same role for over sixty years, which is quite an achievement, even compared to other comparable monarchs; Carl Gustav of Sweden has seen the Swedish monarchy turned into a tourist attracting irrelevance, whilst Juan Carlos oversaw the Spanish monarchy fall from stratospheric approval ratings to the point where there is a very credible republican movement in Spain. the King of Greece lost his throne altogether whilst Queen Beatrix's rather overtly heavy-handed use of the Dutch monarch's constitutional powers saw these legally curtailed and the standing of the monarchy much diminished. Compared to all that, Brenda hasn't got very much wrong IMO

[Esseesse]

ClaphamGT3 said:

Out of interest, what do you think that she has done badly?

I, personally, would tend to disagree and think that she has done most things very well, some things exceptionally well and only a few things rather poorly.

Bill of Rights in 1688 said:

... I doe declare That noe Forreigne Prince Person Prelate, State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authoritie Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realme Soe helpe me God.

Oath taken by Elizabeth II in 1953 said:

Archbishop said:

Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and the other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs?

Queen Elizabeth II said:

I solemnly promise so to do.

Lisbon Treaty in 2007 said:

The Conference recalls that, in accordance with well settled case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Treaties and the law adopted by the Union on the basis of the Treaties have primacy over the law of Member States, under the conditions laid down by the said case law.