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Queen's Birthday honours list
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- Duration: 1:52
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 12 Jun 2012
Politicians and professors have topped today's list of appointments to the order of Australia.
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Queen's Birthday Honours List
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- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
Professor Ian Frazer talks about being named on this year's Queen's Birthday List for his groundbreaking cervical cancer vaccine.
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Queen's Birthday Honours 2012
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- Duration: 2:41
- Published: 13 Jun 2012
- Updated: 13 Jun 2012
15 Jewish Australians were were among those on the Queen's Birthday honours list, with academics, scientists and lawyers singled out for their contributions to the Jewish and broader communities. For more JNTV, please visit jewishnews.net.au/jntv Connect on Facebook: facebook.com/australianjewishnews Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/aus_jewishnews
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Renowned yodeller receives Queen's birthday honours
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- Duration: 4:09
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
The ABC's Nick Dole speaks to renowned yodeller, Mary Schneider, who is among dozens of Australians to receive the Queen's birthday honours.
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Recipient Of Queen's Birthday Honours Donna Watson June 15 2012
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- Published: 21 Jun 2012
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bernews.com Recipient Of Queen's Birthday Honours Donna Watson June 15 2012
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Constituency Statement - 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List
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- Duration: 3:09
- Published: 06 Jul 2012
- Updated: 06 Jul 2012
Congratulations to James Broadbent, Dianne Giblin, Lily Cowen, Max Laughton, Max and Dulcie Harrison and Inspector Wayne Buxton who were recognised on the Queens Birthday Honours List this year.
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Victorians given Queen's Birthday honours
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- Duration: 2:42
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
More than 100 Victorians have been given awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours for their hard work and commitment in the community.
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Young receives Queen's birthday honour
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- Duration: 0:41
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
One of the more high profile Queen's Birthday honours recipients in Canberra is ANU vice-chancellor Ian Young.
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David Hartnell interview for the Queen's Birthday Honours List, 2011
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- Duration: 2:04
- Published: 23 Apr 2012
- Updated: 23 Apr 2012
3 News feature on the Queen's Birthday Honours 2011.
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Birthday honours
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- Duration: 2:18
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 12 Jun 2012
Former premier Joan Kirner is one of 8 Australians topping this year's Queen's Birthday honours list. See more at tennews.com.au
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Queen's Birthday Honours List 2011.flv
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- Duration: 3:38
- Published: 12 Jun 2011
- Updated: 28 Oct 2011
The Queen's Birthday Honours List was the subject of this report on the national news broadcaster , Sky News Australia on 13 June 2010.
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Pacific Queens Birthday honours receive medals
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- Duration: 1:41
- Published: 11 Aug 2011
- Updated: 17 Aug 2011
Investitures - Pacific people honoured in the queen's birthday awards received their medals last week,among them was a prominent Samoan Community leader and former Broadcaster. - Pacific Queens Birthday honours receive medals Tagata Pasifika TVNZ 11 Aug 2011 Pacifica Tangata
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Queens Birthday honours
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- Duration: 2:11
- Published: 13 Jun 2011
- Updated: 24 Mar 2012
Those who've gone above and beyond in the service of the Nation have been recognised with Queen's Birthday Honours. see more at www.tennews.com.au
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Queen's Birthday honours for Roy and HG
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- Duration: 6:14
- Published: 13 Jun 2010
- Updated: 17 Apr 2012
John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver give a humorous take on receiving the Order of Australia.
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Kings of talkback - June 11
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- Duration: 3:00
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
The guys discuss apprenticeship pay and the Aussies who have made this year's Queen's Birthday honours.
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Hundreds recognised in Queen's Birthday honours
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 12 Jun 2011
- Updated: 12 Jun 2011
A High Court judge, a former deputy prime minister and a cricketing legend are among 376 people recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours.
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The Queens Birthday Honours list 2011
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- Duration: 1:16
- Published: 10 Jun 2011
- Updated: 10 Jun 2011
The Queens Birthday Honours list announcement which includes five people honoured from the Pacific community.
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(raw) The Queen's Birthday Parade Trooping the Colour 2012 (raw)
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- Duration: 6:07
- Published: 17 Jun 2012
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
Trooping the Colour is a ceremony performed by regiments of the British and Commonwealth armies. It has been a tradition of British infantry regiments since the 17th century, although the roots go back much earlier. On battlefields, a regiment's colours, or flags, were used as rallying points. Consequently, regiments would have their ensigns slowly march with their colours between the soldiers' ranks to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours. Since 1748 Trooping the Colour has also marked the official birthday of the British sovereign.[1] It is held in London annually on a Saturday in June[2] on Horse Guards Parade by St. James's Park, and coincides with the publication of the Birthday Honours List. Among the audience are the Royal Family, invited guests, ticketholders and the general public. The colourful ceremony, also known as "The Queen's Birthday Parade", is broadcast live by the BBC. The Queen travels down The Mall from Buckingham Palace in a royal procession with a sovereign's escort of Household Cavalry (mounted troops or horse guards). After receiving a royal salute, she inspects her troops of the Household Division, both foot guards and horse guards, and the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. Each year, one of the foot-guards regiments is selected to troop its colour through the ranks of guards. Then the entire Household Division assembly conducts a march past the Queen, who receives a salute from the saluting base. Parading with its guns, the <b>...</b>
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Queen's honours
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- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 05 Jul 2012
Former premier Joan Kirner is one of three Victorians to receive our highest award in the Queen's birthday honours.
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Aussies honoured on Queen's birthday list
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- Duration: 0:54
- Published: 10 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
Four giants of Australian politics, a world-renowned scientist and two showbiz legends are among those receiving the highest accolades in this year's Queen's birthday honours.
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Queens Birthday
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- Duration: 2:20
- Published: 04 Jun 2012
- Updated: 08 Jul 2012
Today is a holiday in New Zealand that is not shared with the rest of the World. It is Queen's Birthday. Although the reasons for having an official Queen's Birthday a somewhat obvious the exact day is somewhat questionable. The video below shares my thoughts about the day and below that again is two links to some useful info about the occasion. Full Queen's Birthday Honours list: www.nbr.co.nz Full story of the Queen's Birthday : www.nzs.com Connect with me: Subscribe to this channel. Facebook: www.facebook.com Formspring: www.formspring.me Twitter: twitter.com blog: educatingthedragon.blogspot.com
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QUEENS BIRTHDAY - 11/6/12
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- Duration: 1:43
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Jun 2012
More than 70 South Australians have been recognised on the Queen's Birthday honours list. They're among hundreds of Australians acknowledged for their contributions to society, many of them unsung heroes.
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Queen's Birthday honours list announced
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- Duration: 3:30
- Published: 13 Jun 2011
- Updated: 13 Jun 2011
More than 370 people, from politicians to athletes, have been named on the Queen's Birthday honours list.
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Jackie Guy recognised in 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List - Receives Member of British Empire Award
15 Jul 2012
The Gleaner
Founding Artistic director of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dance Society, and former principal dancer with the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), Jackie Guy, has been conferred with the Member of British Empire Award (MBE) in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Jeremy Hunt, United...(size: 4.4Kb)
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Orange News
Tweet Oscar winner Kate Winslet, actor/director Kenneth Branagh and singer Gary Barlow have told of their pride after they were named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List on Saturday. The Titanic...(size: 1.3Kb)
Wes Hall knighted in Queen's Birthday honours
17 Jun 2012
Cricket Country
Bridgetown (Barbados): Jun 17, 2012 Wes Hall, the legendary West Indies fast bowler, who inspired successive generations of great Caribbean pace men, has been knighted in the Queen's Birthday honours list. The government announced on Saturday said that the 74-year-old, who went on to head the...(size: 4.1Kb)
The Observer
Kate Winslet attends the premiere of Titanic 3D at the Royal Albert Hall. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA David Cameron's "big society" gong, the anachronistically named British Empire Medal, makes its first appearance for 20 years in the Queen's birthday honours today, rewarding "hands-on" service to...(size: 7.0Kb)
A diamond thank you by the Queen: Birthday honours for jubilee organiser Gary Barlow and ...
16 Jun 2012
The Daily Mail
The Queen says thank you in her Birthday Honours today to those who made the Diamond Jubilee and last year’s royal wedding so special. Singer Gary Barlow and choirmaster Gareth Malone both receive the OBE after their involvement in the spectacular jubilee concert, while the same honour goes to...(size: 17.1Kb)
York Press
The former Lord Mayor of York, Coun David Horton, who has received the MBE, greets the Queen during her visit to York earlier this year...(size: 2.2Kb)
Gulf News
London Luke Donald, the world No 1 golfer, led the list of British athletes honoured by Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday for services to their sports. Donald, who has topped the rankings for 48 weeks, was made a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), in the honours list...(size: 23.0Kb)
The Guardian
Gary Barlow, Susan Hill and Mary Berry are just three recipients of the Queen's birthday honours this year. Here's the full list - and what they received them for • Get the data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian The Queen celebrating her diamond jubilee, now it's time...(size: 5.3Kb)
The Daily Mail
Wales' record try-scorer Shane Williams and golf's world No 1 Luke Donald are among the sports stars receiving awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Williams, who scored 58 tries in 87 matches for Wales, retired from international rugby after the World Cup last year and brought an end to his...(size: 7.5Kb)
The Queen's Birthday Honours (or King's Birthday Honours) is a part of the British honours system, being a civic occasion on the celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in which new members of most Commonwealth Realms honours are named. The awards are presented by the reigning monarch or head of state, currently Queen Elizabeth II. All Royal honours conferred by Her Majesty are made official by publication in supplements to the London Gazette. The lists are also published by the quality broadsheet newspapers, most notably The Times. Honours have been awarded on the monarch's birthday since at the latest 9 November 1908, the birthday of King Edward VII (1901–1910).[1] After that year the monarch's official birthday was moved to 1, 2 or 3 June, on which date the Birthday Honours lists have subsequently been published.
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- Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia
- Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
References[link]
- ^ King's Birthday Honours list published by The Times, 9 November 1908
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The Queen's Official Birthday (King's Official Birthday in the reign of a male monarch) is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms (currently Queen Elizabeth II) is officially celebrated in those countries and in Fiji, which is now a republic. The date varies as adopted by each Commonwealth country, but is generally around the end of May to the start of June, to coincide with a high probability of fine weather in the Northern Hemisphere for outdoor ceremonies.
The sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the United Kingdom in 1748. Since then, the date of the king or queen's birthday has been determined throughout the British Empire and later the Commonwealth according to either different royal proclamations issued by the sovereign or governor or by statute laws passed by the local parliament. The exact date of the celebration today varies from country to country and except by coincidence does not fall on the day of the monarch's actual birthday (that of the present monarch being 21 April[1]). In some cases, it is an official public holiday, sometimes coinciding with the celebration of other events. Most Commonwealth realms release a Birthday Honours List at this time.
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Australia, except for Western Australia and Queensland, observes the Queen's Birthday on the second Monday in June, marking it with a public holiday that also serves as the opening weekend to Australia's Winter season. Because Western Australia celebrates Western Australia Day (formerly known as Foundation Day) on the first Monday in June, the Governor of Western Australia proclaims the day on which the state will observe the Queen's Birthday, based on school terms and the Perth Royal Show.[2] There is no firm rule to determine this date before it is proclaimed, though it is usually the last Monday of September or the first Monday of October. Queensland previously celebrated the holiday in June, however from 2012 it will be celebrated in October, with both dates public holidays in 2012.[3]
The day has been celebrated since 1788, when Governor Arthur Phillip declared a holiday to mark the birthday of the King of Great Britain. Until 1936 it was held on the actual birthday of the Monarch, but after the death of George V it was decided to keep the date on the second Monday in June.
The only civic occasion of note associated with the day is the release of the "Queen's Birthday honours list," in which new members of the Order of Australia and other Australian honours are named. This occurs on the date observed in the Eastern States, not the date observed in Western Australia. The Australian Football League clubs Collingwood Magpies and Melbourne Demons have traditionally played a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year since 2001, and sporadically before that.
The Queen's Birthday weekend and Empire Day, 24 May, were long the traditional times for public fireworks displays in Australia. Although they occasionally still occur[citation needed], the tradition has long been overshadowed by larger New Year's Eve fireworks, as the sale of fireworks to the public was progressively banned by the states in the 1980s, and by the Australian Capital Territory on 24 August 2009. The Northern Territory is the only state or territory to still sell fireworks to the public.[4]
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A royal proclamation issued on 31 January 1957 established the last Monday before 25 May as the Sovereign's Birthday (in French: fête du souverain), the date on which the reigning Canadian monarch's official birthday would be celebrated. The monarch's birthday had been observed in Canada since 1845, when the parliament of the Province of Canada passed a statute to officially recognize Queen Victoria's birthday, 24 May.[5] Over the ensuing decades after Victoria's death in 1901 (at which time the Monday before 25 May became known by law as Victoria Day[5]), the official date in Canada of the reigning sovereign's birthday changed through various royal proclamations: for Edward VII it continued by yearly proclamation to be observed on 24 May, but was 3 June for George V, 23 June for Edward VIII (their actual birthdays), and various days between 20 May and 14 June through George VI's reign as king of Canada. The first official birthday of Elizabeth II was the last to be celebrated in June; the haphazard format was abandoned in 1952, when the Governor-General-in-Council moved Empire Day and an amendment to the law moved Victoria Day both to the Monday before 25 May,[5][6] and the monarch's official birthday in Canada was by regular vice-regal proclamations made to fall on this same date every year between 1953 and 1957, when the link was made permanent.[5][7]
The reigning Canadian monarch has been in Canada for his or her official birthday twice. The first time was 20 May 1939, when King George VI was on a coast-to-coast tour of Canada and his official birthday was celebrated with a Trooping the Colour ceremony on Parliament Hill.[8][9] The second time was when Queen Elizabeth II was in Canada from 17 – 25 May 2005, to mark the centennial of the entries of Saskatchewan and Alberta into Confederation; no government-initiated events were organized to acknowledge the official birthday.
The two holidays are in law entirely distinct except for being appointed to be observed on the same day. The Queen's official birthday is marked by the firing of an artillery salute in the national and provincial capitals and the flying of the Royal Union Flag on buildings belonging to the federal Crown, if there is a second pole already available.
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In New Zealand, the holiday is the first Monday in June. There are few official celebrations of the Queen's birthday on the day, apart from the Queen's Birthday Honours list and military ceremonies.
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It has been celebrated in the United Kingdom since 1748. There, the Queen's Official Birthday is now celebrated on the first, second, or third Saturday in June,[10] although it is rarely the third. Edward VII, who reigned from 1901 to 1910, and whose birthday was on 9 November, in autumn, after 1908 [11] moved the ceremony to summer in the hope of good weather.[10]
The day is marked in London by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour, which is also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade. The list of Birthday Honours is also announced at the time of the Official Birthday celebrations. In British diplomatic missions, the day is treated as the National Day of the United Kingdom. Although it is not celebrated as a specific public holiday in the UK (as it is not a working day), civil servants are given a "privilege day" at this time of year, which is often merged with the Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday in May) to create a long weekend, which was partly created to celebrate the monarch's birthday.
Other countries and territories[link]
The Queen's official birthday is a public holiday in Gibraltar and most other British overseas territories. In 2008, the Government of Bermuda decided in 2009 that the day would cease to be a public holiday, despite protests from people on the island, who signed a petition calling for its retention.[12] The Falkland Islands celebrate the actual day of the Queen's birth, 21 April, as June occurs in late autumn or winter in the Falklands. It is a public holiday in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, where it falls on the third Monday in April.
Norfolk Island celebrates the Queen of Australia's birthday on the Monday after the second Saturday in June. Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands both celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday on the second Monday of June as is the case with most other realms. Fiji also still celebrates the Queen's Official Birthday, along with the Prince of Wales's birthday, since, although the Queen ceased to be head of state in 1987, she remains recognised by the Great Council of Chiefs as traditional queen, or paramount chief, of Fiji.
See also[link]
- Trooping the Colour
- Grand Duke's Official Birthday
- Koninginnedag, equivalent in Netherlands
- The Emperor's Birthday
References[link]
- ^ The Royal Household. "Her Majesty The Queen > Early life". Queen's Printer. http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/Earlylife/Earlylife.aspx. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ^ Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, Labour Relations division
- ^ "Holiday double treat for Queen's big year". Brisbane Times. Australian Associated Press. 6 November 2011. http://brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/holiday-double-treat-for-queens-big-year-20111106-1n1ow.html. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Cracker down: ACT bans fireworks". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 August 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/24/2664761.htm. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ a b c d Department of Canadian Heritage. "Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion > Victoria Day > Sovereign's Birthday". Queen's Printer for Canada. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/victoria-eng.cfm. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ Elizabeth II (12 December 1988), Holidays Act, Queen's Printer for Canada
- ^ Elizabeth II (11 October 1957), Proclaimed for Celebration of Queen's Birthday, Queen's Printer for Canada, http://www.canlii.org/en/yk/laws/regu/yco-1957-100/latest/part-1/yco-1957-100-part-1.pdf, retrieved 24 May 2011
- ^ Bousfield, Arthur; Toffoli, Gary (1989). Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 30. ISBN 1-55002-065-X. http://books.google.com/?id=1Go5p_CN8UQC&printsec=frontcover&q=.
- ^ Department of Canadian Heritage. "Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion> Victoria Day> Observance in Canada of the Sovereign's Birthday". Queen's Printer for Canada. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/victoria-eng.cfm. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ a b "The Queen's birthdays". royal.gov.uk, the Official Website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/TheQueensbirthdays.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-01. "The current Queen Elizabeth II celebrates two birthdays each year: her actual birthday on 21 April and her official birthday on a Saturday in June."
- ^ The Times 9 November 1908 published the King's Birthday Honours list, apparently the first occasion of such awards. The lists were subsequently published on the monarch's official birthday in June
- ^ "Bermuda ditches Queen's Birthday public holiday". Stuff.co.nz. Reuters. 17 April 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/371565. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
External links[link]
- BBC News article of 2001 about the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in the UK
- The Queen's two Birthdays, Official Website of the British Monarchy
http://wn.com/Queen's_Official_Birthday
Related pages:
http://ru.wn.com/Официальный день рождения королевы
http://pt.wn.com/Aniversário da Rainha
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