What do you give the Monarch who has everything? Well, one can never have too many horses, and not much tops the spectacular event staged for Her Majesty in the grounds of her beloved Windsor Castle. 900 horses, 1,500 performers and famous faces including Dame Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis and Dame Shirley Bassey - not to mention surprise appearances by her children - all light up this glorious, BAFTA-winning live event.
The story of an extraordinary sixteen months in British history. When King George VI died unexpectedly in February, his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth - just 25 years old - was thrust into the limelight, and overnight became the most famous woman in the world: the Queen of England.
Elizabeth II: the sixth Queen regnant and 63rd sovereign of Britain can trace her ancestry beyond the Hanoverians, Stuarts, Tudors, Plantagenets and Normans, back to the Saxon Kings of the Dark Ages.
During her reign she has completed over 250 foreign visits, more than any other monarch in hist...
Despite her young family often having to take second place to the demands of her job, the Queen’s strength and continuity has seen Britain shed an empire and create a new and prosperous identity quite against all the odds and expectations of most leading commentators.
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