Excuse the snarky headline, but I'm just so excited right now. The bloody, bloomin' QUEEN herself is not only coming to Virginia, Her Royalty's actually going to address her 'umble servants. Yes, that means us, the rebellious colonial riffraff who used to be loyal members of the Queen's Empire! The news comes from "His Excellency," Governor Kaine (seriously, that's what the governor of our Commonwealth is officially called):Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, II has accepted an invitation to address a special joint session of Virginia's General Assembly at the State Capitol in Richmond on May 3. The Queen and His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, will visit Virginia May 3 and 4 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Jamestown. Governor Kaine will serve as the Commonwealth's official host for the Royal visit to Virginia.
Anyway, in honor of Her Excellency's visit with His Excellency, here are a few lyrics from the Sex Pistols that I think are quite appropriate to the occasion (although something tells me they won't be played at the official ceremonies!):
God save the queen she aint no human being
There is no future in englands dreaming[...]
God save the queen cos tourists are money
And our figurehead is not what she seems
Oh God save history God save your mad parade
Oh lord God have mercy all crimes are paid
Ha, just kiddding. Welcome to your former colony, Queen!
For those who are not up as late/early as 12:30 A.M. on weekday nights/mornings, Craig Ferguson is one of the most refreshing new personalities in late night television.
Some of his hilarious spoofs on the British Royal Family are, at best, irreverent and, at worst, blatantly disrespectful of the monarchy - egads!
But surely, after all these years (231 and counting), they've regained some of their famous sense of humor...
Thanks again!
Steve
God save the queen, again...
Thanks!
Steve
A tale, widely believed in France, that the tune ("Grand Dieu Sauve Le Roi"), was written by Jean-Baptiste Lully to celebrate the healing of Louis XIV's anal fistula[4]. Lully set words by the Duchess of Brinon to music, and the tune was pirated by Handel. Translated in Latin under the name "Domine, Salvum Fac Regem", it became the French anthem until 1792.
You can't make stuff like this up.
Maybe because of security precautions, it'd be too difficult to change the intinerary this late in the game and have Liz go to Blacksburg.