Queen Elizabeth II Great Court at The British Museum
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The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court British Museum
The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court British Museum
Sunny Day... Queen Elizabeth II Great Court...
... at the British Museum, the largest covered square in Europe.
These guys on the roof must not have any problems with vertigOOoo..
4K VR 360 London : British Museum Queen Elizabeth II Great Court walk thru
my fave place in London , the one place I have been waiting to capture in 360 so long ... the roof of the Foster and Partners Queen Elizabeth II Great Court @ The British museum . don your Google Cardboard or other HMD and check out the ceiling as we walk around, sadly the reading room was closed so you'll have to wait to sit where Karl Marx did in VR...
Overcast Day... Queen Elizabeth II Great Court...
... at the British Museum, the largest covered square in Europe.
Royal Family London Gathering
Members of the Royal Family together at Clarence House in August 2001 for the Queen Mother's 101st birthday. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, the Prince of Wales and Prince William are filmed chatting amongst each other.
(From 2002 documentary by William Shawcross)
The Al Bowlly music has superimposed Shawcross's voice-over in sections where conversation between the family was consequently obscured.
The Great Court (British Museum)
Queen Elizabeth II Speech to Parliament 2014 (recorded live feed)
The State Opening of Parliament marks the formal start of the parliamentary year and is marked by a speech from Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen's Speech sets out the government's agenda for the coming session, outlining proposed policies and legislation.
This year the Queen is set to discuss measures focused on spurring economic recovery and improving opportunity.
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British Museum entrance and Great Court
British Museum entrance and Great Court, featuring Antony Gormley's Case for an Angel I part of the Statuephilia exhibition
30 RARE PHOTOS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY
The British Royal Family comprises the monarch of the United Kingdom and their close relations. There is no strict legal or formal definition in the UK of who is or is not a member of the Royal Family, and different lists will include different people. However, those carrying the style Her or His Majesty (HM), or Her or His Royal Highness (HRH) are normally considered members. By this criterion, the Royal Family will usually include the monarch, the consort of the monarch, the widows of previous monarchs, the children and male-line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and the wives or widows of the monarch's and previous monarchs' sons and male-line grandsons.
Different terms may be applied to the same or similar group of relatives of the monarch in his or her role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms. For example, in Canada, the family is known as the Canadian Royal Family.
Some members of the Royal Family have official residences named as the places from which announcements are made in the Court Circular about official engagements they have carried out. The state duties and staff of some members of the Royal Family are funded from a parliamentary annuity, the amount of which is fully refunded by the Queen to the Treasury.[1]
Since 1917, when King George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, members of the Royal Family belong, either by birth or by marriage, to the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the Royal Family do not usually use a surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten-Windsor (incorporating Prince Philip's adopted surname of Mountbatten) has been prescribed as a surname for Queen Elizabeth II's direct descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and has also sometimes been used when required for those who do have such titles
This is a list of current members of the Royal Family:
HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The monarch and her husband)
TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall[7] (The Queen's son and daughter-in-law)
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (The Queen's grandson and granddaughter-in-law)
HRH Prince George of Cambridge (The Queen's great-grandson)
HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (The Queen's great-granddaughter)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales (Prince Harry) (The Queen's grandson)
HRH The Duke of York (The Queen's son)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York (The Queen's granddaughter)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York (The Queen's granddaughter)
TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's son and daughter-in-law)
HRH The Princess Royal (The Queen's daughter)
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (The Queen's cousin and cousin-in-law)
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent (The Queen's cousin and cousin-in-law)
TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (The Queen's cousin and cousin-in-law)
HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (The Queen's cousin)
Queen Elizabeth II welcomes President Shagari of Nigeria to the UK
An official visit by President Shehu Shagari of Nigeria to the United Kingdom. on the 17 March , 1981. The President arrived at at Victoria station from Gatwick Airport in the Royal train and was warmly received by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and made a colourful procession to the Buckingham palace.
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Nigeria in 1956.
Updown Court, Windlesham: Most Expensive Homes in London and Surrey England UK
Updown Court is a Californian style residence situated in the village of Windlesham in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. The 103-room mansion has 58 acres (230,000 m2) of landscaped gardens and private woodland. It was, in 2005, the most expensive private home on the market anywhere in the world.
Larger in area than both the royal residences of Hampton Court Palace or Buckingham Palace, this magnificent estate symbolises the grand and imposing presence of the Great Houses of England, yet employs state-of-the-art 21st Century technology to provide the ultimate living environment.
It has been more than two centuries since a private house has been constructed on this majestic scale, finished to such a sophisticated degree, or has offered such extravagant privacy.
Estate specifications
Main house
The penthouse floor consists of four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two shower rooms and two powder rooms, two dressing rooms, two walk through sitting/dining rooms, a terrace with infinity pool and central leisure/reception area. There are also a further three balconies/terraces, including the large terrace over the port cochere.
The first floor incorporates eight bedroom/bathroom suites. Each is individually designed with balcony access.
The ground floor surrounded by wide marble terraces providing access to the gardens, incorporates a grand hallway, a sunken reception area, as well as bar and dining areas which lead to the East and West Wings.
The East Wing holds the Master-bedroom Suite consisting of a sitting area, bedroom and bathroom, a limed oak corridor between the bedroom and the bathroom, direct access to the East Wing pool balcony and the glass lift to the pool area. There are two powder rooms, conference room and library/reading room.
The West Wing at ground floor level includes a cherry panelled office, open plan breakfast room, kitchen, private sitting room, two further powder rooms and the banqueting hall. There is access to the West Wing pool, which is surrounded by marble pillars and which includes a beauty salon, sauna and male and female dressing rooms.
The basement of the property includes an underground garage, which can hold up to eight luxury cars, various store rooms and the industrial kitchen with cold rooms, freezer rooms and a wash room. A corridor leading from the garage accesses a glass lobby which leads into the bowling alley and the gymnasium area. Close by are the male and female changing rooms, the cinema and wine cellar. There is also a walk in strong room/safe, a billiard/snooker area and a squash court.
A lift has been designed to service all floors and there is a separate lift to connect the industrial kitchen with the breakfast room.
Guest accommodation
There are two separate guest properties. One consists of six bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, a kitchen/dining area and an upstairs sitting room. The other includes three bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, a kitchen/dining area and upstairs sitting room.
Estate manager's office
Attached to the three bedroom guest accommodation is the block providing further garaging for four large vehicles, the laundry and the estate manager's office with ensuite facilities.
Gatehouse
The gatehouse incorporates two bedrooms, a conservatory, a kitchen/breakfast room, a sitting room, two separate powder rooms, a security room and waiting area.
There are also two pool houses on the estate, one by each of the outside pools.
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James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance
Daniel Craig reprises his role as British secret agent James Bond as he accompanies Her Majesty The Queen to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Ceremony also featured appearances from Mr. Bean, Monty Python and a re-imagining of the British Industrial Revolution.
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Every two years, the world's finest athletes gather at the Olympic Games - a spectacular celebration of sporting excellence that captures the attention of billions of people around the world. However, the Games are about much more than just sport. They bring the Olympic values to life and provide a global arena for a unique combination of sport, culture, education and ceremonies.
At the Olympic Games in London 2012, about 10,500 athletes from 204 countries compete in 26 different sports, comprising 302 medal events. Whether athletes win a medal or not, they can forever call themselves Olympians. The sporting competitions are undoubtedly the central focus of the Olympic Games and participating in the Games is the ultimate goal for most athletes.
Every edition has its own story to tell and will be remembered for some truly remarkable performances from sporting legends such as Jesse Owens, Abebe Bikila, Jean-Claude Killy, Nadia Comaneci, Katarina Witt, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, to name just a few.
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British Museum Great Court Roof Parametrization Example
An example demonstrating capabilities of Evolute ( ) to rationalize freeform geometry.
Royal trumpet fanfare as the Queen and her family arrive at Westminster Hall for lunch
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British Museum - The Great Court
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OneMinute - The British Museum, London
OK. I admit. I like the work of British architect Norman Foster. During the past weeks I made OneMinute videos of his bridge and tube station. Today I'd like to add a third Foster-building to the ever growing OneMinute series. This OneMinute video will be about the Great Court of the British Museum.
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Oh, admission is free!
The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court is a covered square at the centre of the British Museum designed by Foster and Partners. The Great Court opened in December 2000 and is the largest covered square in Europe. The roof is a glass and steel construction with 1,656 uniquely shaped panes of glass. At the centre of the Great Court is the Reading Room vacated by the British Library, its functions now moved to St Pancras.
Today, the British Museum has grown to become one of the largest Museums in the world, covering an area of over 75,000 m2 of exhibition space, showcasing approximately 50,000 items from its collection. There are nearly one hundred galleries open to the public, representing 2 miles (3.2 km) of exhibition space. However, the lack of a large temporary exhibition space has led to the £100 million World Conservation and Exhibition Centre to provide one and to concentrate all the Museum's conservation facilities into one Conservation Centre. This project was announced in July 2007, with the architects Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners. It was granted planning permission in December 2009 and is expected for completion by 2013.
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10 Strangely Cool British Traditions Still Practiced Today
Here are 10 strangely cool UK traditions that are practiced to this day.
In modern times many customs have been cast aside, existing only in stories about how things used to be. Not all of them, though.
Here are 10 strangely cool UK traditions practiced to this day.
Number 10. Wearing wigs in court. The practice of judges and lawyers donning horsehair coifs dates back to the 17th century. Not all courts and cases require them, but there are those who choose to wear them anyway.
Number 9. Permission to marry. This really only applies to those who are descendants of King George the Second. For those who are, it means that a representative of the ruling monarchy must be present at the wedding to extend written consent.
Number 8. Custodian helmets. As far as traditions go, this one almost didn’t make it. Even though they fell out of favor for regular use over 30 years ago, some police forces are putting them back into regular rotation.
Number 7. The Guards at Buckingham Palace. Where else would you find soldiers wearing outfits as good as these? The infantry soldiers seen guarding the palace not only serve a ceremonial role, but are also elite soldiers.
Number 6. Summer birthdays for the ruler. Royal celebrations often involve large parades. To boost the chances of sunny skies, birthday celebrations for the monarch are scheduled in the summer months, regardless of when they were born. Queen Elizabeth II is among those who have added an additional date.
Number 5. Congratulatory messages from the monarch. Since 1917, England’s Sovereign has sent special cards and greetings to people celebrating milestones like significant birthdays and anniversaries.
Number 4. The Queen of England doesn’t have a passport. As they’re all issued in her name, that she carry one is considered unnecessary.
Number 3. The Duke of Wellington pays rent. Well, sort of. It’s part of a ceremony commemorating the title-holder of long ago returning victorious from Waterloo and taking up residence in a country-owned home. While the Duke hands a flag to the Queen as rent, there’s no money changing hands.
Number 2. Pearly Kings and Queens. Although the charitable organization has changed names several times, they’ve been aiding the poor for around 1 thousand years. The group’s members wear black ensembles embellished with white buttons.
Number 1. The State Opening. Each year when the Parliament begins its season the Queen give a government-written speech outlining the year’s agenda.
London, England: Westminster Abbey
Kings and queens have been crowned and buried since 1066 here in this most historic church in the English-speaking world. Filled with the remains of people who put the Great in Britain — saints, musicians, scientists, and soldiers — gloriously Gothic Westminster Abbey is the national church and the religious heart of the nation. English literature lovers find strolling through the memorials in Poets' Corner is a pilgrimage in itself.
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