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From: "D. Spencer Hines" <>
Subject: Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926- )
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 21:02:48 +0100


"The Highlander" <> wrote in message
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>The Queen's death will cause worldwide sadness; "The End of an Era"
> the newspapers will announce.
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Indeed it will.

Many folks alive today have only known her as the British Monarch.

She has done an excellent job in her role as a Constitutional Monarch --
into which she was thrown in 1936, for training -- at the age of 10 -- by
Edward VIII's Abdication and her father's accession to the throne, as George
VI.

Her Coronation on 2 June 1953 was a Grand Affair -- as was her wedding on 20
November 1947.
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This is a poem used in British Schools to help children remember the line of
English Kings (from Victorian times)...The book, _KINGS AND QUEENS OF
BRITAIN: A Victorian Mnemonic or Learning verse_, is compiled and
illustrated by Frances and Rowan Barnes-Murphy. London: Pavilion Books,
Limited. 1995

Kings and Queens of Britain

William the Conqueror long did reign

William Rufus by arrow was slain

Henry I was a scholar, bright

Stephen was king without any right

Henry II Plantagenet's scion

Richard I was as brave as a lion

John though a tyrant the charter signed

Henry III had a weakly mind

Edward I conquered Cumbria's Danes

Edward II was crowned Prince of Wales

Edward III restored Scotia's pride

Richard II by Henry's hand died

Henry IV then wore the crown

Henry V pulled the French king down

Henry VI Lost the Roses and France

Edward IV led the Commons a dance

Edward V was slain by his brother

Richard III soon gave way to another

Henry VII was frugal of means

Henry VIII had too many queens

Edward VI Reformation began

Bloody Mary frustrated the plan

Wise and Profound were Elizabeth's ways

England and Scotland were joined under James

Charles found the people a cruel corrector

Oliver Cromwell became the Lord Protector

Charles II hid in an oak

James II took the Popery's yoke

William and Mary shared the throne

Good Queen Anne then reigned alone

George I from Hanover came

George II carried on the name

George III was loved in the land

George IV was pompous and grand

William IV had no heir of his own

So Good Queen Victoria came to the throne

Edward VII loved gambling and fun

George V reigned through World War I

Edward VIII gave his throne for a wife

George VI saw more World War and strife

Elizabeth II was crowned young and serene,

And the People still sing "God Save Our Queen."
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"The last six lines bring it up to date."

"Maggie"


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