Queens birthday in April but we have a holiday for her majesty’s birthday in June
By rosyrose
@vickyrose (2236)
Cooma, Australia
June 19, 2019 4:10am CST
I wonder why? I know Google will probably tell me why.
Ahhh Royalty, sometimes there’s so much protocol that we, as
constituents we just don’t question them, we just follow.
Being a holiday, no work, it’s a very welcome time for a break. We had a long weekend,very relaxing.
Do you like protocols?
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
19 Jun 19
It was all to do with the weather and George II in 1748, apparently. George II was born in November, which is not noted for its good weather in the UK, so he decided that the public should celebrate his birthday in June (when the weather is usually nicer here - never mind that this year temperatures have barely reached 'comfortable' and we've had more rain in one day than we usually get in a month ... yes, something has gone badly wrong with everything this year!
Our present queen was born on April 21st.but her offical 'birthday' is in June. We don't get an official holiday for it here (I'm not sure that we ever did) but it seems that you do in Australia (even though it's your winter - never mind! A holiday is a holiday, even if you can't have a barbecue!).
I rather like protocol. It tells us the proper way to behave without having to think about it much. Then again, there *are* times when protocol gets in the way and a little bending of the rules can be delightful and 'permitted' - as long as it's ny mutual agreement and doesn't cause offence.
Here's how the BBC explains (for kids) why the Queen has two birthdays:
The Queen was born on 21 April but her official birthday celebrations will take place on Saturday 8 June. So why does she have two birthdays?
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