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Queen Elizabeth II
Standard Name: Elizabeth II, Queen
Used Form: Princess Elizabeth
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Wealth and Poverty | J. K. Rowling | By the end of June 1999 JKR
was officially a millionaire. In the Sunday Times's annual Rich List she first appeared in 2001 as number 526 with a fortune of £65 million. She rose... |
Wealth and Poverty | Muriel Spark | About this time she signalled her enjoyment of her new level of wealth by buying a racehorse (from that other racing enthusiast Queen Elizabeth
), registering her colours as an owner, and allowing this story... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Lady Cynthia Asquith | Her first book about the Duchess of York, written while the Duchess was on tour in Australia, ended with the anxious moment of the reunion of the stranger mother with her toddler daughter the... |
Textual Production | Sue Townsend | ST
published The Queen
and I, a novel which was later produced as a play with music at the Haymarket, Leicester
, on 23 March 1994. It led to a sequel, Queen Camilla, 2006. “Playwrights. Sue Townsend”. doollee.com. “Sue Townsend—Obituary”. The Telegraph. |
Textual Production | U. A. Fanthorpe | Although not Poet Laureate, UAF
was commissioned by the organisers of Bolton Festival to write a celebratory work for the eightieth birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
. Its first performance, with music by composer Martin Lessons |
Textual Production | Rumer Godden | She broadcast, too. For the US radio network of Mary Margaret McBride
she described, live, the responses of the crowds in the streets at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth
on 2 June 1953. Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan. 163-4 |
Textual Production | Ann Jellicoe | The Girl Guides (founded in 1910), having heard that AJ
wrote plays about teenagers, commissioned her in 1960 to write a play for their fiftieth anniversary. It was meant to be performed by four hundred... |
Textual Production | Jan Morris | JM
published a book about reporting from the Mount Everest expedition, titled Coronation Everest because its account of the conquest of the summit had reached London providentially on the eve [1 June 1953] of Queen Elizabeth |
Textual Production | Dorothy Brett | In spring 1953, amid public excitement over the forthcoming coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
, a journalist acquaintance of DB
, Kyle Crichton, suggested she should write an article of reminiscences about the coronation of... |
Textual Production | Vera Brittain | |
Textual Production | Carol Ann Duffy | CD edited a poetry anthology, Jubilee Lines: 60 Poets for 60 Years, to mark Elizabeth II
's Diamond Jubilee. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. |
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... |
Timeline
21 April 1926: Princess Elizabeth was born: the future Queen...
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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: Princess Elizabeth made her first BBC radio...
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13 October 1940
January 1945: Princess Elizabeth received training in the...
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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;...
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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,...
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14 November 1948
Princess Elizabeth
had her first child, Charles
, who was later invested as Prince of Wales.
13 July 1951: Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone...
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13 July 1951
6 February 1952: King George VI died and Elizabeth II assumed...
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6 February 1952
King George VI
died and Elizabeth II
assumed the throne.
May 1953: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was...
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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...
Building item
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Building item
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.
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