Elizabeth Regina records the Queen’s banter at Windsor about the old tradition the Ascot Races. The race traces back over three hundred and two years and everybody from the Royal Family have worn their best hat and attended the race. All the biggest best bookies are there and many people go there to have a flutter as well as watch the jockeys and horses race. Everyone dress up every so often to go there and show their support for this traditional fun day out.
In 1804 a Russian representative attended the race his name was Nicholas I, for attending he was awarded the Royal Plate which if you know anything about the Crimean war will recognise the term this is why it was coined. Ascot Gold Cup since it was presented in 1807.
One watched his Mansion House speech Flemish style artistic style Mr Osborne who is responsible for the Treasury and I imagine a big fan of investing in 18th century art. Mansion House is where the intersection in Bank joins with Queen Elizabeth Street.
Anyone who has been here in the UK to boarding school will have heard of the Old Etonian crowd. They were very instrumental in last years olympics and every year hold a festival reunion in Slough, which is where The Office is situated. A place at Eton for school kids statistically raises their chances of getting into higher education at Oxford and Cambridge. To very competitive universities, you often see them on shows like University Challenge.
Justin Welby is the current Archbishop of Canterbury around Kent in the UK he is pretty well-known. Ever since the fall of the Anglo Saxons reign the place has proved very popular, keeping at bay any hint of paganism in the UK. Politically the Houses of Parliament Privy Council took interest in what people in this place had to say about current affairs and news in general. Nowadays they are often present when the royal family make a visit to the Houses of Parliament. They were big advocates for boys corporal punishment as they seen this as a way of disciplining people.
The paper said he met the Pope from the Vatican in Vatican City. The first pope we know of was from Alexandria and the new Pope was found in Argentina. Those with communion with Rome have Syrian rites which are held every year originating and different in detail from East to West. Often they burn more incense and the prayers are more private. It all goes back to the Holy See ritual which is often spoke about here on Stirring Trouble Internationally.
The founder of the Girl Guides is also from Paddington, in an earlier post we spoke about Paddington station. 1st Baron Robert Baden-Powell separated the boys and girls creating the girls scouts or brownies in 1909 realising they could learn more and be more teachable this way. Nine years before this you could find his image shared on postcards because he did so well in the war, such as he fought in the Boa war. A year after creating the brownies he was asked to leave the forces by King Henry VII who realised he would be better suited training the youth and not fighting away from home. If you found this interesting then please visit the link below which goes into more detail about the Queen might say about the subject.
The Queen Shares Her Views On The Latest Goings On. Sort Of
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