Anecdotes with Mari: Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate 70 years on the throne 2:10
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(CNN Spanish) --
England is celebrating, and in all corners of the United Kingdom the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne are celebrated - starting on February 6.
Your Platinum Jubilee!
This is a historical fact that occurs for the first time in the history of British royalty and will inaugurate a great celebration, which, mainly starting next June, will have all kinds of processions, exhibitions, contests, parades, gala dinners and fun community meals in every town in the UK!
Endless acts that will honor their beloved queen with great affection and emotion.
And it is especially important and exciting that this Jubilee is in honor of a woman.
The first woman in history to establish this record of permanence as sovereign, and a woman highly respected by citizens.
It celebrates the fact that a young princess named Elizabeth ascended the throne at the age of 25 and 70 years later, after countless historical moments and personal experiences, continues to reign with dignity and love over her country, at 95 years of age! !
A curious data?
That the second longest reign of the United Kingdom, which lasted almost 64 years, was precisely that of another woman: the famous Queen Victoria.
Also (and this makes the celebration of the Platinum Jubilee even more exciting) a queen who less than a year ago lost her great love, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was her beloved life partner, her rock for 73 years .
A love that accompanied and supported her in her long reign.
And according to herself – as she said in 1997, when her Golden Anniversary, “my husband has been my strength and my support all these years and I have a greater debt with him than he himself imagines”.
Felipe died at the age of 99, and it is curious to note that since his death – in June 2021, in her honor and as proof of love for her husband – the queen has not given in to sadness and smiles more than ever, because In the words of his daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Wessex, Prince Philip liked to see her happy and doing her duty as sovereign.
And now we have the big national Platinum Jubilee party where there will even be a national contest to choose “the best pudding in the UK”, in honor of the queen's favorite dessert!
Queen Isabel
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