Music fit for a Queen

**Dreadbelly** · 12th February 07, 11:01 PM

The Queen of England that is.

Clickity.

**beloitpiper** · 13th February 07, 12:28 AM

Agreed.

**Warlock** · 13th February 07, 01:20 AM

Actually, They were playing that when I arrived to have tea with HRM. It's my theme music!

**McClef** · 13th February 07, 03:14 AM

The guards bands play an amazing variety of different music.

HMQ gets plenty of entertainment!

**SnakeEyes** · 13th February 07, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

The Queen of England that is.

Clickity.

Are you disrespecting my Queen, sir?

**McClef** · 13th February 07, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

Are you disrespecting my Queen, sir?

Yes she is Queen of Canada too!

(and quite a few other places like Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland etc etc etc)

**GMan** · 13th February 07, 02:24 PM

I really do like the variety of music that bands can play.

A local Irish pipe band plays Scotland the Brave on Kazoo's

**SnakeEyes** · 13th February 07, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

Yes she is Queen of Canada too!

(and quite a few other places like Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland etc etc etc)

Don't forget Australia and New Zealand

.

Unfortunately a lot of Canadian people don't even realise that she is infact the Queen of Canada, and still refer to her as "The Queen of England".

**McClef** · 13th February 07, 03:13 PM

I didn't forget SnakeEyes, I was just including all the rest of UK besides dealing with your original point about Canada.

If I remember rightly she doesn't appear on all Canadian banknotes (whereas she does here) but I am amazed that you say some Canadians don't realise her relationship to Canada and I seem to remember she does appear on some banknotes.

Mind you when I was there in 2000 there was a news item about many Canadians not being able to sing O Canada! so you never know!

But the phrase "Queen (or King) of England" does seem a common misconception in some parts of the world. Some talk of England thinking it encompasses all of the UK. Of course it is the most populous and some would say "dominant" country and London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom as a whole.

She is Queen of an amazing amount of countries and territories, I can't list them all offhand. She is still a figure of importance in those former countries of the British Empire which are now republics as if they are in the Commonwealth she is still, head of that.

And I can't help suspecting that she still has a popularity amongst quite a few denizens of certain rebellious colonies!

**SnakeEyes** · 13th February 07, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

If I remember rightly she doesn't appear on all Canadian banknotes (whereas she does here) but I am amazed that you say some Canadians don't realise her relationship to Canada and I seem to remember she does appear on some banknotes.

She's on our $20 bill, and on all of our coins. She also used to be on the $1, $2, and $1000 bills before they stopped making them. Still, a surprising amount of people just don't make the connection.

Speaking of Her Majesty, has anyone seen the movie The Queen yet? I haven't, but I hear good things. I also understand there are some scenes at Balmoral Castle, so I expect there should be some kilts.

P.S. The isssue of some people not knowing the words to O Canada is probably true, but I imagine its mainly because they keep trying to change the words on us!!!