Shapcott, Jo. Her Book: Poems 1988-1998. Faber and Faber, 2000.
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Queen Elizabeth II
Standard Name: Elizabeth II, Queen
Used Form: Princess Elizabeth
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Jo Shapcott | Her mother was still in hospital when Queen Elizabeth
was crowned, and held her baby up to the window to see the great / procession, so she said. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Daphne Du Maurier | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore | Later relations of MEBCS
include Queen Elizabeth II
(through her mother
, who was born a Bowes-Lyon) and John Bowes
, the Victorian illegitimate son who built and endowed the splendid Bowes Museum
in County Durham. |
| Literary Setting | Rose Tremain | Tremain's butler, Jack Sadler, has been left by his employers the great house (modelled on RT
's mother's ancestral home, Linkenholt Manor in Hampshire, in which he served them during his working career. He... |
| Literary Setting | A. S. Byatt | ASB
says that this book and its three successors are about the desirability of an androgynous mind. Friel, James, and Jenny Newman. “A. S. Byatt”. Contemporary British and Irish Fiction: An Introduction through Interviews, edited by Sharon Monteith, Jenny Newman, and Pat Wheeler, Hodder Headline, 2004, pp. 36 -53. 43 |
| Occupation | Jan Morris | While studying and writing for the student newspaper, Cherwell, Morris also established contact with The Times, then took a job as a sub-editor and junior leader-writer, then as foreign correspondent with the newspaper... |
| Occupation | Emma Tennant | Her first season involved not only being formally presented to the queen
, much formal dressing and a round of lunches and dances, but also her own coming-out ball. For this her parents provided a... |
| Publishing | Alison Uttley | |
| Publishing | Queen Victoria | The unpublished writings of QV
are in the Royal Archives at Windsor. Victoria, Queen. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Dearest Child: Letters Between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal 1858-1861, edited by Roger Fulford, Evans Brothers, 1964, p. various pages. ix |
| Publishing | Dorothy Brett | DB
's article The King
is Crowned, solicited by the New Yorker's Kyle Crichton
, reached print in time for Queen Elizabeth II
's coronation. Brett, Dorothy. “The King is Crowned”. The New Yorker, pp. 56 -4. Hignett, Sean. Brett. Franklin Watts, 1985. 247-8 |
| Reception | Edna O'Brien | In May 2011 EOB
was one of fifteen Irish people chosen by the President of Ireland to attend a lunch with Queen Elizabeth
of Britain. This historic occasion was the first visit by a reigning... |
| Reception | Ruth Pitter | RP
received more recognition during her lifetime from the bestowers of literary awards and from fellow-writers than from the critics. In 1955 she became the first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry... |
| Reception | Fleur Adcock | After Ted Hughes
died on 28 October 1998, FA
's name was put forward as Poet Laureate. This honour went, however, to Andrew Motion
. Adcock had already won the Cholmondeley Award in 1976, received... |
| Reception | Vita Sackville-West | VSW
was one of those in the running for the position of Poet Laureate in succession to Robert Bridges
in summer1929. She later secretly hoped to succeed Bridges' successor, John Masefield
, and wrote a... |
| Reception | Edith Sitwell | ES
was awarded a DBE by the Queen
; she was the first poet to receive this accolade. Greene, Richard. Proposal: Edith Sitwell: A Life. 1999. 13 |
Timeline
21 April 1926
Princess Elizabeth
was born: the future Queen Elizabeth II, though at this time there was no apparent prospect of her succeeding to the throne.
13 October 1940
January 1945
Princess Elizabeth
received training in the operation and maintenance of vehicles while part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service
.
20 November 1947
Princess Elizabeth
married the Duke of Edinburgh
; BBC
radio broadcast the wedding service, and BBC television covered the procession as well.
14 November 1948
Princess Elizabeth
had her first child, Charles
, who was later invested as Prince of Wales.
13 July 1951
6 February 1952
King George VI
died and Elizabeth II
assumed the throne.
May 1953
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
was marked by a special bonus on the butter ration: four extra ounces to add to each person's weekly eight ounces.
29 May 1953
The summit of Mount Everest, highest mountain in the world, was first reached: by the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
and the New Zealander Edmund Hillary
(who was later knighted).
2 June 1953
Queen Elizabeth II
was crowned; the BBC
's coverage of this, the first televised coronation, was carried live in the UK, France, the Netherlands and West Germany.
24 November 1953
Just months after her coronation, Queen Elizabeth II
began her first tour of the Commonwealth, which continued for six months.
1955
Italian artist Pietro Annigoni
drew record attendance to the Royal Academy
's summer Exhibition with his somewhat romantic portrait HM the QueenQueen Elizabeth II
.
14 October 1957
Queen Elizabeth II
made her first television broadcast, a telerecording to Canadians.
18 March 1958
The attendance of debutantes at Court for formal presentation to the Queen
took place for the final time.
10 June 1958
The Centenary Gala of the Royal Opera House
took place in celebration of the opening (on 6 April 1847) of the third theatre on the Covent Garden site, the first designed for opera.