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| On This Day, 60 Years Ago by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/02/2013, 4:22pm PDT | ||||
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| Elizabeth Windsor dropped her last name as she was crowned Queen Elizabeth, 60 years ago today, June 2, 1953. The 26-year-old was crowned in a ceremony, covered live - in Black & White, of course - on television. The continuation of the pomp and circumstance that has been the enduring legacy of the British Empire for literally over a thousand years. As the ceremony took place, a 4-year-old Prince Charles stood by and watched as his mother ascended to the Throne of England as its newest Head of State[1].
Since then, the things that have happened to the Royal Family, from Princess Diana, to the incidents with Charles and his paramour and later second wife Camilla, to its other members, have been, on occasion, stunning. But the British Monarchy itself, today, essentially a powerless figurehead, goes on as it has for hundreds of years. [1].This differs from the United States where the President is both Head of State and Head of Government; in Great Britain the monarch is the Head of State; the Prime Minster is the Head of Government. In Canada, the Governor General acts as Head of State when the Queen is not in residence (she's only in Canada about 2 days every 20 years), and again as in the U.K., the Prime Minister of Canada is its Head of Government. |
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On This Day, 60 Years Ago by 06/02/2013, 4:22pm PDT  Oh. I thought it was your birthday. NT by 06/02/2013, 10:41pm PDT |
