If you follow me on Twitter then you will know that I went a bit jubilee crazy. With the Queen celebrating her 60th year on the throne, I took an extra day off from work and enjoyed five whole days of celebrating with my family.
On Friday afternoon, mum and I went into London to wander around (one of my favourite things to do). We took a trip from Waterloo to Blackfriars Bridge to witness the biggest poster I have ever seen:
Whereas other countries often fly their flags (I see the American flag often shown on other blogs), the UK has a strange relationship with the St George Flag (English flag) and the Union Jack or Union Flag (the Great Britain flag). Very rarely do you see them flown on buildings, unless a government building. It has been lovely seeing bunting and flags and lots of red, white and blue adorning buildings in London.
Flags flying at Admiralty Arch.
And St James’s Park had the most stunning crown made from succulents:
I had bedecked the living room in red white and blue and took great pleasure in purchasing napkins, paper plates and cocktail sticks with flags on for a buffet tea which we had whilst watching the concert. Oh yeah, and there was cake – tutorial and recipe on I Am Baker.
I went a bit crazy with the pom poms (just like the ones we did for Martha Mondays a year or so back). I made big ones and small ones, tying the pom poms to garden sticks with the pipe cleaners.
Living so close to the River Thames meant that I got to see the boats getting into position before the pageant. Mum and I stood by the Thames on Saturday morning and then walked along the towpath from Hammersmith to Putney to see more of the boats in the evening.
My view on the Jubilee: Mainly, I loved it. I loved the outpouring of love for the Queen and her family, I loved how Prince Charles spoke so beautifully about his mother and his absent father (Prince Philip was in hospital) at the concert and I thought that the whole event went very well. The Queen was as gracious as ever and amazed by the crowds gathered. The Mirror quoted her as saying ‘Look at all those people, Philip…look at them!’
There are great videos here:
And it should go without being said, but I will declare that I am proud to be British and I loved having the opportunity to be so proud of my country and its history.
Did you see any of the celebrations on TV?
~ Pru
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