1952-2015 - Long Live The Queen

Muita coisa foi, é e será escrita sobre a actual soberana do Reino Unido.

Ao longo de 63 anos de Reinado, Elizabeth II  é a cara de uma Nação. Símbolo de continuidade, serviço e de um espírito tão tipicamente britânico.
Much has been and will be written about the current sovereign of UK.
Over 63 years of reign, Elizabeth II is the face of a nation. Symbol of continuity, service and a spirit so typically British.

Soon to be the longest reigning queen in British history, #InTheirOwnWordsPBS profiles Queen Elizabeth II tonight! pic.twitter.com/BEyuhOoq2L

— PBS (@PBS) 1 setembro 2015

Amanhã a nossa Lilibeth supera a Rainha Victoria e torna-se a soberana britânica com o maior Reinado de sempre na História. E algo me diz que ainda está longe de acabar....
Tomorrow our Lilibeth surpasses Queen Victoria and becomes the longest reigning Biritish sovereign in history. And something tells me that her reign is still far from over ....

On 9 September 2015, The Queen will become the longest reigning British Monarch, surpassing Queen Victoria pic.twitter.com/fPTHzAtbmG

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 2 setembro 2015

Na sua conta no Twitter, a Casa Real Britânica (@BritishMonarchy) tem vindo a passar em retrospectiva cada década de reinado de Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Algo que merece ser visto:
On its Twitter account, the British Royal House (@BritishMonarchy) gave us a retrospective from every decade of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary's reign. Something that deserves to be seen:

50's

Her Majesty visited Bermuda, Jamaica, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar pic.twitter.com/pBugM1xFbf

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 2 setembro 2015

Her Majesty visited Bermuda, Jamaica, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar pic.twitter.com/pBugM1xFbf

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 2 setembro 2015

60's

Today we're looking back at The Queen's work in the 1960s: a decade of enormous cultural change, and historic firsts pic.twitter.com/tp42fojNR0

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 3 setembro 2015

In 1965, The Queen visited Germany. It was the first visit by a British Monarch for 52 years pic.twitter.com/wvblUw8fi8

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 3 setembro 2015

70's

Today, we’re looking back at The Queen’s work in the 1970s, a decade when Her Majesty marked 25 years on the throne pic.twitter.com/Mk70cTbCXB

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 4 setembro 2015

In 1976, long before the invention of the worldwide web, The Queen became the first Monarch to send an email pic.twitter.com/VE3zpv08uP

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 4 setembro 2015

80's

Continuing our look back at The Queen’s reign, today we’re looking at her work in the 1980s pic.twitter.com/1V3puT5AuH

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 5 setembro 2015

In 1983 The Queen awarded Mother Theresa with the Order of Merit in New Delhi pic.twitter.com/Pt0Sy3pPW0

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 5 setembro 2015

90's

In the 1990s The Queen paid State Visits to places never previously thought possible pic.twitter.com/F9CmO3oszl

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 6 setembro 2015

Former countries of the Eastern Bloc – Hungary, Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic were all visited by The Queen pic.twitter.com/lMQcAueLph

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 6 setembro 2015

2000's

As she entered the 2000s as Monarch, The Queen marked her Golden Jubilee with a tour of the Commonwealth Realms pic.twitter.com/jyMQqkaMBy

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 7 setembro 2015

The tour included visits to Jamaica, New Zealand, Australia & Canada, and 70 cities and towns in the UK pic.twitter.com/huciOjh6N4

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 7 setembro 2015

2010's

In 2012 The Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years on the throne pic.twitter.com/H6Sr7Er5E5

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 8 setembro 2015

Amanhã não serão conduzidas nenhumas festividades especiais pela ocasião.
Não poderia ser de outra forma, para quem ser Rainha não foi uma escolha. Foi um dever e um serviço de vida. Para a Rainha, este marco pode ser uma consequência normal da melhoria das condições de vida, em que as pessoas hoje vivem durante mais tempo.
Tomorrow no special festivities for the occasion will  be conducted 
It could not be otherwise, for whom being Queen was not a choice. It was a duty and a life service. For the Queen, this milestone may be a normal consequence of improved living conditions, where people are now living longer.

HM: 'There is a motto which has been borne by many of my ancestors - a noble motto, "I serve"' pic.twitter.com/5uM0rNkBtY

— BritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) 2 setembro 2015

Para nós, royal watchers, é olhar para a nossa avó ( que por acaso tem a mesma idade) e imaginar uma vida recheada de grandes momentos e acima de tudo iluminada pela sua presença.
For us, royal watchers, is to look at our grandmother (who happens to have the same age) and imagine a life filled of great moments and above all illuminated by her presence.

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Deixo-vos com um documentário da BBC realizado por ocasião do Jubileu de Diamante em 2012.
I leave you with a BBC documentary made during the Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

Sei que a opinião de muitas pessoas sobre Elizabeth é de alguém fria, autoritária e muito antiquada.
Pois eu não vejo nada disso, e acho que História se tem encarregado muito bem de mostrar-nos a força, carisma, sensibilidade e sentido de humor desta mulher que aos 89 anos continua a fazer aquilo que jurou fazer toda a vida: SERVIR!!
I know the opinion of many people about Elizabeth is of someone cold, authoritarian and very old-fashioned.
Well I do not see any of that, and I think history has charge very well to show us the strength, charisma, sensitivity and sense of humor of this woman who at age 89 continues to do what he swore to do for life: TO SERVE !!

Long Live the Queen!!