Today (June 13) all the people of Australia (except Western Australia) can have a day off to celebrate the beloved British daughter Wang Qingsheng!
But what is surprising is that tomorrow is actually not the Queen's real birthday! Why are the people of Australia willing to be fooled for so many years? What is the historical reason why independent Australia continues to celebrate the Queen's birthday, party??
Queen's resume
Queen Elizabeth II, Queen (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II), of England, formerly Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
Born in London on April 21, 1926, he was the eldest daughter of George VI, the fourth-generation monarch of the British Windsor Dynasty.
From an early age, he was educated in the palace, majoring in constitutional history and law. She has attainments in history, language and music. She speaks French, Spanish and German fluently.
In late World War II, she trained in driving and repairing motorcycles in the British Auxiliary Forces. On 9 July 1947, she worked with her distant cousin, Lieutenant Philip Montbatten of Greece and Denmark (now Duke Of Edinburgh, The Prince Philip). Prince Philip (Prince Philip) was engaged and married on 20 November of the same year.
Historical reasons why Australians are still British daughter Wang Qingsheng
In 1931, the Commonwealth of Australia took off the title of "British colony" as an independent and sovereign country, but Australia still existed in the "Commonwealth" system and was still represented by Britain's nominally appointed Governor on behalf of the Queen of England. The Queen is the head of State.
The so-called Commonwealth (The Commonwealth), is a union of Britain and independent former British colonies or appendages. After World War I, Britain was deterred by the rising colonial national liberation movement and adjusted its relations with other members of the former British Empire.
In 1926, the Council on Internal Relations of the British Empire proposed that the United Kingdom and Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, which had become self-governing republics by colonies, were "members of the Commonwealth of Free Association" with equal status. Apart from each other in any aspect of internal affairs and diplomacy, they can only be United by the spirit of common allegiance to the British king. In addition to Britain, the Queen is also the head of 17 Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and so on.
If the Queen is born in April, why should she celebrate her birthday in June? It turns out that, in addition to the royal family's own birthday celebrations, the British royal family also has the tradition of holding official birthday celebrations, which began with Edward VII. Edward VII's birthday was November 9, 1841, and he preferred to celebrate his birthday on sunny days in order to avoid the postponement of the celebration once the weather was bad on 9 November. It even led to the interruption of birthday celebrations in overseas dependent areas. Elizabeth II's father, George VI, was born in December and, for the same reason, inherited the official birthday celebration, a tradition that continues and is expected to continue.
Commonwealth countries send wishes for the Queen's Birthday
The Queen's Birthday, or Queen's Official Birthday), is a Commonwealth event to celebrate the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen's birthday is set on different dates in different countries; but in general, the dates are not the Queen's true birthdays:
Britain
In the UK, the Queen's birthday is usually set on the first, second or third Saturdays of June; although it is also Britain's "National Day", it is not a public holiday because the festival itself is set on Saturdays, not workdays.
Australia
In Australia, the official birthday is set on the second Monday of each June, a statutory general holiday, with the exception of Western Australia. A new foundation day was set up the week before the official birthday, but it was also scheduled for the opening day of the Perth Royal Exhibition (usually on the last Monday of September or the first Monday of October) and was a school holiday.
In New Zealand, the official birthday is scheduled for the first Monday of each June, and the following week is also set for the start of the New Zealand snow season.
Canada （北美洲北部国家）
In Canada, Victoria Day celebrates the Queen's birthday and is scheduled to be the most recent Monday of each year before May 24, but if May 24 is itself a Monday, it will be the Queen's birthday. Victoria Day also marks the beginning of summer.
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, after the transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997, the Queen's birthday was no longer a general holiday; the Queen's birthday was replaced by the founding anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region.
Fiji （国名， 在西南太平洋）
In Fiji, the Queen's birthday and Wales's pro-king birthday are celebrated every year. Although the Queen has ceased to be head of State of Fiji since 1987, she is still the head of Fiji's "supreme ruler".
Other British overseas Territories
In Gibraltar, Bermuda and most of the British overseas Territories, the Queen's Birthday is a general holiday; And the Falkland Islands are even more specific to her real birthday (April 21) as the British Queen's birthday, because the Falkland Islands are in a cold winter in June.
How do the Australians celebrate the birth of the British daughter Wang?
In Australia, the Queen's Birthday celebrations take many different forms, mainly official traditional and folk entertainment:
Official traditional style
Official traditional forms of celebration include an annual military parade at the Royal military Academy in Duntroon, the Australian capital region, and the presentation of the Order of Australia Queen' by the Queen of Australia on her birthday. S Birthday Honours), the annual commemorative stamps issued by Australian Postal Service on the birthday of the woman Wang; There have been open fireworks displays all over Australia to celebrate the Queen's official birthday. But its grandeur has been gradually outweighed by the larger New Year's Eve fireworks display in recent years (the Australian capital's authorities will only allow people to sell fireworks on the weekend immediately before the Queen's official birthday).
Folk entertainment style
Social folk celebrations are diverse, dominated by sports, music and dance, and culture and art, such as some famous sports competitions on the second Monday of June. Including the Australian Football League between Collingwood Magpies and Melbourne Devil team (Melbourne Demons) at Melbourne Cricket Club; This day has also traditionally been seen as the opening day of the Australian ski season, although it takes weeks to reach the standard of true skiing.
