At last, he wrote to the Queen, life seemed to have a purpose. “To have been spared in the war and seen victory, to have been given the chance to rest and to re-adjust myself, to have fallen in love completely and unreservedly, makes all one’s personal and even the world’s troubles seem small and petty”. [x]
I name this ship Britannia. I wish success to her and to all who sail in her.
-Queen Elizabeth II christens the royal yacht, 16 April 1953.
[The family’s last cruise in 1997] was very emotional, and you know, very sad for Granny as well because it was a massive part of her life and her growing up. I think it says up there when you go look around it, there’s a picture of her and it says, “The place where I feel most free,” which just says it all.
-Zara Tindall
The Queen has a very deep history with Britannia
The Queen and Prince Philip have welcomed royal families from all over the world to a lunch in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee at Windsor Castle, 18 May 2012. [x]
- Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko
- Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco
- Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
- Prince Harry and the Sophie, Countess of Wessex
- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
- Pre-luncheon reception inside Windsor Castle’s Waterloo Chamber
Thanks to quatre1six for the gifs
Royal families attend the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee lunch
thanks to Quatre1six for submitting
Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik arrive for the lunch hosted by Queen Elizabeth II to mark her diamond jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Beatrix
this is so cute! I wonder how close they are considering that Bea’s grandmother hated the brits
