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"God Save the Queen" was the national anthem of British India.

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In 2003, the Queen acted in her capacity as the Queen of Australia when she dedicated the Australian War Memorial in Hyde Park, London.

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 * India
 * Pakistan ✅
 * Ceylon
 * Sierra Leone
 * Nigeria ✅
 * Tanganyika ✅

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The Queen donned a dress of black silk with ‘panels’ of grey embroidered with silver, with a chiffon cape and a bonnet trimmed with ostrich feathers and an aigrette in diamonds. Shortly after 11:00 am, she pressed an electric button which relayed a telegraphic message to the Central Telegraph Office in St Martin’s le Grand, and thence to every corner of the Empire. The message read:

The procession itself contained 50,000 troops and was in two halves. The first, that of the colonial troops, had already passed the Palace while the Queen breakfasted. The other, of the Home forces, was headed by Captain Oswald Ames, at six foot eight the tallest man in the British Army.

The Queen was confined to her state coach by painful arthritis, so the short service of thanksgiving was held outside the building, as she was too frail to manage the steps. The Queen stayed in her carriage during the service of thanksgiving and was joined by the clergy and dignitaries.

Canada
Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier led the Canadian delegation to the London ceremonies, while people across Canada held their own celebrations in honour of the Queen. Laurier was knighted by the Queen in London on 21 June, and was made a Knight Grand Cross in the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. In the parade the next day, the Canadian cavalry rode five abreast at the head of the colonial procession, with Laurier following in a carriage. Behind Laurier came a detachment of the Toronto Grenadiers and Royal Canadian Highlanders.

Victoria acknowledged the congratulations of Canadians with a message to Governor General Lord Aberdeen: “From my heart I thank my beloved people. May God bless them.” Aberdeen responded, “On this, this memorable day, we offer the glad tribute of loyal devotion and affectionate homage. God save and bless the Queen.” Canada’s gift to Queen Victoria was the establishment of the Victorian Order of Nurses.

Celebrations took place across Canada's towns and cities to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. On the 22 June holiday, flags, buntings and banners covered buildings and adorned the streets by day, while electric lights, Chinese lanterns, fireworks, and great bonfires illuminated the night sky. Jubilee processions took place in almost every populated centre. Newspapers remarked that the Jubilee, like the annual Victoria holiday, brought together Canadians from diverse backgrounds. A Winnipeg journalist wrote that the festivities "showed how patriotism can bind in joyous and fraternal bonds elements of every nation and creed".

New music was composed in Victoria’s honour that remained popular for decades afterward. Many of the patriotic vocal works of the Jubilee year combined expressions of Canadian loyalty with effusive panegyrics to Victoria. Roberta Geddes-Harvey, one of Canada's first female composers, composed words and music for Victoria the Rose of England (Canada's Greeting to the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee):

"Oh Queen by Millions lov'd and feared! O Empress thro' the world revered; VICTORIA! the great, the good! Thou crown of queenly womanhood! Thy faithful subjects o'er the sea, Greet thee with tender loyalty!"

Canadian celebrations were also notable for their emphasis on children. Children's Jubilee parades were often held as events separate from the "main" Jubilee processions. In Winnipeg, 4,000 public school students, plus 2,000 from the private Catholic schools, marched like a "well-disciplined army". This scene was repeated in cities across the country. One of the largest celebrations took place in Ottawa, where almost 10,000 school children marched to Parliament Hill, all carrying flags.

In some centres, the children's concerts were quite extravagant. The program of the Festival Chorus of the Toronto School Children held at Exhibition Park, Toronto, was accompanied by the Band of the Royal Grenadiers. Along with the renditions of God Save the Queen, The Maple Leaf Forever, and Rule, Britannia!, it included a number of well-known patriotic and traditional songs, and several works specially composed for the occasion.

Indian Empire
Within India, there was an atmosphere pomp and splendour. British administrators invited delegations to present addresses of loyalty and thanks to the viceroy in the summer capital of Shimla. From across the subcontinent streamed in official representatives of the Hindus of Lahore, Khojas of Bombay, Awadhi taluqdars, and Muslim Bengali women.

Indian princes held lavish darbars, fed thousands of poor people, and laid foundation stones for new hospitals and schools to be named after the Queen. Prayer meetings were organised in temples and mosques across the country. In Hyderabad, every tenth prisoner was set free. Residents of Lahore commissioned a statue of Queen Victoria. Two hundred Parsi priests packed into the confines of Bombay's Wadia Atash Behram in order to deliver a special jashan prayer for the Queen. In Ajmer, dargah custodians pitched in to organise a large fair, while the Bene Israelis of Ahmedabad decided to collectively illuminate their houses. The Jains of Calcutta sent an obligatory message of congratulation to the Queen and appealed to her to ban all animal slaughter on her Jubilee day.

In Bombay, on 22 June, Jubilee ceremonies held at Ganeshkhind, the governor of Bombay's official Poona residence. As Bombay had been racked by plague, leaflets were circulated reviling the Queen and calling upon Indians to boycott the celebrations.

Other areas
From Australia came a shipload of meat as a Jubilee present for the British poor. At Alligator Pond in Jamaica, a week's free food was given out to all those in need. In Aden, the "poorer natives" feasted at the expense of the community. And in Freetown there was a monster Sunday School treat. At Hong Kong, the Hallelujah Chorus was sung. In Rangoon, there was a grand ball. And in London, there was an Imperial Fête in Regent's Park, and the Imperial Ballet performed at Her Majesty's Theatre.

In Egypt, where the cabinet cautiously suggested marking the Jubilee with a public holiday, the Khedive himself quashed the idea on the grounds that it would be politically dangerous. And in Ireland, on Jubilee Day itself, there was a counter-demonstration in Dublin, including a procession with a coffin draped with skull-and-crossbones flags, which was carried towards the castle to the beat of a mufled drum. Among the banners in the procession was one which bore the words "The Record Reign', and another with the slogan 'Starved to Death'.

Among the many civic works erected, there were memorial fountains in the Seychelles as well as Manchester and municipal clock-towers in Penang, Malaysia, and Christchurch, New Zealand, as well as in Maidenhead and Chester.

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At the Hong Kong handover ceremony in 1997, which marked for many "the end of Empire", the Queen was represented by the Prince of Wales. In her message to Hong Kongers, which was read by the Prince, she said "Britain is part of Hong Kong's history and Hong Kong is part of Britain's history. We are also part of each other's future". After, the Royal Yacht Britannia conveyed the last Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, and the Prince of Wales back from Hong Kong after its handover to China, Britannia was decommissioned on 11 December 1997. The Queen, normally undemonstrative, shed tears at the decommissioning ceremony, which was attended by most of the senior members of the Royal Family.


 * Elizabeth II
 * Brenda (by magazine Private Eye)
 * Cabbage (by husband Philip)
 * Gan-Gan(by great-grandson George)
 * Gary (by grandson William)
 * Sausage (by husband Philip)
 * Shirley Temple (by Wallis, Duchess of Windsor)
 * Tillabet (by herself)
 * the Bambino (by grandmother Queen Mary)
 * Mother of All People (by the people of British Columbia)
 * Missis Queen (by the people of Jamaica)
 * The Queen Lady (by the people of Jamaica)
 * Te Kotuku Rerengatahi (by the people of New Zealand)
 * Missis Kwin (by the people of Papua New Guinea)
 * Mama belong big family (by the people of Papua New Guinea)
 * Great White Mother of Africa (by the people of Rhodesia and Nyasaland)
 * Mama Queen II (by the people of Sierra Leone)
 * Motlalepula (by Thabo Mbeki)
 * Princess Auto Mechanic (by Associated Press)
 * The World's Sweetheart (by the popular press)
 * Ein Tywysoges (by the people of Wales)
 * Kittyhawk (US Secret Service code name)
 * Redfern (US Secret Service code name)

Papua New Guinea


Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, toured Papua New Guinea between 3 and 5 November, to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The royal couple were also welcomed by the Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, his wife Lynda Babao, and other senior dignitaries at Jacksons International Airport. They were also greeted by local schoolchildren in tribal dress who performed a hiri dance.

Later, Prince Charles was invested with the insignia of a Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu by Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio. Camilla was presented with the insignia of a Companion of the Order of the Star of Melanesia. The royal couple also received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee commemorative medal.

The Prince of Wales spoke to crowds in Port Moresby in the pidgin language of Tok Pisin, referring to himself as 'namawan pikinini bilong misis kwinn' (the number one child of The Queen). He and delivered greetings from The Queen in Tok Pisin: "Mi bringim bikpela tok hamamas bilong mejesti kwin Papua Niugini na olgeta haus lain bilong mi lon dispela taim bilong Diamon Jubili misis kwin. Mi tokpisin olrite?" (I bring you greetings from Her Majesty the Queen of Papua New Guinea and from all my family members during this celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen. Was my Pisin correct?).

During their time in the country, the Prince and the Duchess met church, charity, and community volunteers, cultural groups, and members of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force in and near Port Moresby.

Saint Lucia
To mark the Diamond Jubilee, the Earl and Countess of Wessex arrived in Saint Lucia on 21 February 2012. The Earl and the Countess attended the Independence Day Parade, and a cultural dance performance by the Saint Lucia School of Ballet. They also visited the Association of St. Lucia Headquarters and the Saint Lucia School of Music. The Royal couple also attended the Duke of Edinburgh Awards which were presented by the Prince, and the official re-launch of the St John Ambulance Association, and the association's website which was launched by the Countess. They also attended a welcome reception hosted by the Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy.

The Earl, speaking at a special reception hosted at the Official residence of the Prime Minister, conveyed the Queen's best wishes to the Government and people of Saint Lucia on thirty three years of Independence. He said that the Queen regards her role as Queen of Saint Lucia as being an enormous privilege and she follows the fortunes here in Saint Lucia with great interest.

Prime Minister Anthony expressed Saint Lucia's support for the Queen noting that in the toughest times Saint Lucia has never been alone.

Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy hosted a Charity Banquet and Ball at Government House on 9 June to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The event included a gourmet charity dinner, followed by dancing to the accompaniment of a full orchestra by the Royal Saint Lucia Police Band. The event was held under the theme "A Diamond Moment In Time?". The proceeds of the event went towards several charities supported by Government House.

Saint Lucia


In Saint Lucia, the Golden Jubilee celebrations began from February 2002 and activities were held until February 2003. A number of activities were held in the year long celebration which included a military tattoo on Mindoo Phillip Park, as well as the Queen's birthday reception at Government House.

A Service of Celebration marking the Queen's Golden Jubilee was hosted Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy on 9 June at the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. At the service, Governor-General Louisy, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony, and a number of other persons paid tribute to the Queen.

In Saint Lucia, the themes for Jubilee celebrations included the Commonwealth, celebration, community service, looking forward, looking backward and giving thanks.