Yes, it's true, she has been the queen for 60 years. The last monarch to have a diamond jubilee was Victoria. To celebrate they did lots of things: 12,000 people from the kingdom were chosen by lottery to go to a picnic on Buckingham Palace lawn. Each one received a basket with a carefully catered lunch which included Jubilee chicken, a sort of spicy chicken salad invented for the diamond jubilee. There was the river pagent, the queen parading to church, etc. And last night there was a concert to celebrate at Buckingham Palace. 10,000 had tickets, but the Mall leading up to the palace had big screens and speakers for those not fortunate enough to get tickets.
When I got off the bus I was walking to my hostel and inadvertently ended up walking through the Mall. I want to head out to go to a thrift store so I will just give a few memories and thoughts on it. And sadly my phone died before I could take any pictures but I have included some from the Mail Online.
- people wearing red, white, and blue look funny and endearing when they are waving the British flag.
- the English ladies are pretty into Prince Harry. He was handsome in a sophisticated frat guy way.
- Prince Charles is even more boring and charmless live at a concert.
- one of the announcers kept making the awkward mistake of asking people where they were from and getting an ominous silence when he reached Northern Ireland. I think the might have been 9 or so there.
- will.I.am looks awesome in British military red.
- there are a bunch of pop stars in England I've never heard of.
- it sounds really absurd when someone says "60 year reign " at a rock concert. Actually the concert which had a mix of classical, real timeless modern musicians like Elton John and today's hits was bizarre. I mean will.I.am was there. It really brought into focus how incongruous the royal family is with the modern world.
- the fireworks display looked amazing although I only saw it on the TV back at the hostel.
- I love Sir Elton John. Such a cool dude.
When I got off the bus I was walking to my hostel and inadvertently ended up walking through the Mall. I want to head out to go to a thrift store so I will just give a few memories and thoughts on it. And sadly my phone died before I could take any pictures but I have included some from the Mail Online.
- the English ladies are pretty into Prince Harry. He was handsome in a sophisticated frat guy way.
- Prince Charles is even more boring and charmless live at a concert.
- one of the announcers kept making the awkward mistake of asking people where they were from and getting an ominous silence when he reached Northern Ireland. I think the might have been 9 or so there.
- will.I.am looks awesome in British military red.
- it sounds really absurd when someone says "60 year reign " at a rock concert. Actually the concert which had a mix of classical, real timeless modern musicians like Elton John and today's hits was bizarre. I mean will.I.am was there. It really brought into focus how incongruous the royal family is with the modern world.
- the fireworks display looked amazing although I only saw it on the TV back at the hostel.
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