The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will honor today Queen Elizabethbefore next week ‘s four – day celebrations for completion of 70 years on the thronecharacterizing it as “The rock” of Britain.
Elizabeth, 96, completed seven decades on the throne in February, and anniversary events, including a Thanksgiving ceremonybut also a music concert outside Buckingham Palacewill take place from 2 to 5 June.
Politicians in parliament will today honor the queen in a “ordinary meeting “ with the start of the discussion being done by Johnson.
«Today, we honor the leader of the country, with the length of her service, but also her dedication to duty, simply to have no precedentJohnson will address the parliament, according to excerpts from his speech released by his office.
«The only queen that most of us have known and the rock on which our nation and our people rely for what we have spent in these 70 years “.
Elizabeth became the queen the United Kingdom and more than a dozen other kingdoms, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand, after the death of her father, King George of the 6th on February 6, 1952, when she was in Kenya on an international trip.
Johnson will stress that the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, the Queen’s 54-nation group, would be ashamed to celebrate not the institution but the person wearing the crown.
«This special woman, who, from God, but also with the power she has, led this country to good, but also to difficult times, who dedicated her life to her people, to her beloved Commonwealth, but also to essence of the idea of ​​what a constitutional monarchy should beJohnson will emphasize.
The four-day festivities will begin next Thursday, with traditional military parade “Trooping the Color” in central London, while on Friday it will become one official service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in the British capital. The next day, there will be a music concert outside Buckingham Palace, and on the last day of the festivities, there will be a grand parade throughout London.
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