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The Jubilee

It's here! The Diamond Jubilee finally. 

Growing up I always thought that The Royal Family is something that older people were interested in. But now, I couldn't be more excited proud that Queen Elizabeth has had 60 years on the throne. Most likely due to the fresh new spotlight on the Royal Family, it all started off in 2010 when Kate Middleton and Prince William got engaged. A 'commoner' marrying a Prince, every girls fairy tale.

The Royal Family seem to be embracing the new interest in themselves and have been doing more interviews, more appearances and even the odd weather forecast. The usually private family had a new wind in their sails and are happily rolling with the public and are more accessible to all ages. Everyone admires the Queen and Duke, women everywhere want to look like Kate and secretly want to marry Prince Harry. 


On saturday, a cocktail night at my friend Alice's house was the perfect way to kick off the weekend, classic British cocktails were concocted to help us on our way to merriment. Tonight, my friend Michaela is coming to stay and were going to watch a few Queen related films, such as The Young Victoria and/or The Queen and probably get more cocktails flowing. Tomorrow, hopefully we shall hit the Continental Market in Belfast's City Hall in the honor of our Queen Lizzie's Birthday and do a toast or several that evening when the girls all arrive at Sense! 

And ofcourse Tuesday, the most important day of all. A family BBQ is in order with all the trimmings! Back for the Golden Jubilee, when we were just children, we all did a fancy dress which was fun. But perhaps not as cool now were older so a relaxed day is in order, the only down side is I could get any custom paper plates or cups. However, I'm sure we'll have a ball.

I hope you all have fun whatever you get up too!




Annie x

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