Friday, July 22, 2005
We Went to England and Saw the Queen
(Christine) We went to Dover and who did we meet – The Queen, of course. Elaine and I raced to the Dover High Street (business street) to get a chance to see Queen Elizabeth, the second who was coming to see the Dover Museum. We managed to get a front row at the barricades, hopefully in a position to see the Queen get out of her Rolls Royce. We were both excited. The Queen hadn’t been to Dover since 1958. So, the town was also excited. The Lord Mayor, the County’s Lieutenant and the full council were out to greet the Queen. We were standing by the town’s newspaper editor and photographer, so we got live commentary.
(Elaine) Before we saw the Queen, we were standing beside two people who worked for the press, the photographer with an enormous camera and the reporter. The photographer was taking pictures of everybody, mostly of kids with flags. I wished we had our Canadian flag with us. The reporter said we were probably the people from the furthest away. So, he wrote down our names and where we were from. So, we hope we will be in tomorrow’s Dover Paper. I haven’t been in the paper before, so I am really, really happy. My Mom hasn’t seen the Queen before, so this is a first for both of us. Mom and I have been searching all over for a Magazine called Royalty, with pictures of Britain and Europe’s royal families. We haven’t found it yet.
(Christine) It was all very exciting waiting for the Queen in a crowd of flag waving Brits. Many of the conversations around us were about how important the Queen was to England, what clothes she looked best in, Prince Charles behaviour, and then onto Dover and its part in World War 2. It was just great to stand there and listen. Then the flashing motorcycle turned the corner. The Queen was here!
(Elaine) They drove up in a big fancy maroon car with the Royal Insignia on the roof. It had no licence plate. We heard that she is the only one in the whole of England who didn’t need to have a licence plate. She wore a light pink coat, pink hat with a white flowers and netting, white shoes, and long white gloves. Pink everything! She looked very pretty and she didn’t look really old. She looked very sophisticated. We thought we found a spot that would get us a great view when she got out of the car – but she got out on the other side, so we didn’t have such a clear view at the beginning.
(Christine) After the Queen visited the museum, Elaine wondered how she could see the museum in only 20 minutes, especially after she had to spend a bunch of that time meeting all the county of Dover’s dignitaries. When the Queen came out of the museum everyone started cheering. She went over to Miss Dover to get flowers and then across to greet some other ladies. That is when we had the best view of her. Then in an instant the Queen was gone. Off to the docks and water sports areas then back onto the helicopter and onto the next appointment.
(Elaine) She looked very pretty and not very old. Her husband wasn’t there, neither were her kids. She did have her lady in waiting with her. It was all very fascinating.
(Elaine) Before we saw the Queen, we were standing beside two people who worked for the press, the photographer with an enormous camera and the reporter. The photographer was taking pictures of everybody, mostly of kids with flags. I wished we had our Canadian flag with us. The reporter said we were probably the people from the furthest away. So, he wrote down our names and where we were from. So, we hope we will be in tomorrow’s Dover Paper. I haven’t been in the paper before, so I am really, really happy. My Mom hasn’t seen the Queen before, so this is a first for both of us. Mom and I have been searching all over for a Magazine called Royalty, with pictures of Britain and Europe’s royal families. We haven’t found it yet.
(Christine) It was all very exciting waiting for the Queen in a crowd of flag waving Brits. Many of the conversations around us were about how important the Queen was to England, what clothes she looked best in, Prince Charles behaviour, and then onto Dover and its part in World War 2. It was just great to stand there and listen. Then the flashing motorcycle turned the corner. The Queen was here!
(Elaine) They drove up in a big fancy maroon car with the Royal Insignia on the roof. It had no licence plate. We heard that she is the only one in the whole of England who didn’t need to have a licence plate. She wore a light pink coat, pink hat with a white flowers and netting, white shoes, and long white gloves. Pink everything! She looked very pretty and she didn’t look really old. She looked very sophisticated. We thought we found a spot that would get us a great view when she got out of the car – but she got out on the other side, so we didn’t have such a clear view at the beginning.
(Christine) After the Queen visited the museum, Elaine wondered how she could see the museum in only 20 minutes, especially after she had to spend a bunch of that time meeting all the county of Dover’s dignitaries. When the Queen came out of the museum everyone started cheering. She went over to Miss Dover to get flowers and then across to greet some other ladies. That is when we had the best view of her. Then in an instant the Queen was gone. Off to the docks and water sports areas then back onto the helicopter and onto the next appointment.
(Elaine) She looked very pretty and not very old. Her husband wasn’t there, neither were her kids. She did have her lady in waiting with her. It was all very fascinating.
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