Queen gets rock 'n' roll honor on UK jubilee
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June 5, 2012, Tuesday
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THE celebration of the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II is ready to rock 'n' roll.
A gala concert was to kick off at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening with a full hand of knights - Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard and Sir Tom Jones - heading the lineup, along with Dame Shirley Bassey and younger artists, including JLS, Kylie Minogue and Will.i.am.
Will the queen enjoy it? Her musical tastes are a mystery, and the Press Association news agency reported she brought a pair of earplugs to a similar concert a decade ago. According to The Guardian newspaper, the only song the queen has ever been known to request is "Some Enchanted Evening" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific."
"It may not be that pop or rock is her favorite music, but she has certainly supported us over the years and in return of course we have supported her," said Cliff Richard, who had his first hit in 1959. "I think she'd probably rather see an opera."
Before the concert, 12,000 contest winners and charity workers enjoyed a jubilee concert in the palace grounds in London. Each received a hamper containing a meal - partly created by chef Heston Blumenthal - of tea-smoked Scottish salmon, coronation chicken and strawberry crumble crunch made with fruit from the queen's Sandringham estate.
The jubilee was being marked around the world in members of the 54-nation Commonwealth of former British colonies.
A gala concert was to kick off at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening with a full hand of knights - Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard and Sir Tom Jones - heading the lineup, along with Dame Shirley Bassey and younger artists, including JLS, Kylie Minogue and Will.i.am.
Will the queen enjoy it? Her musical tastes are a mystery, and the Press Association news agency reported she brought a pair of earplugs to a similar concert a decade ago. According to The Guardian newspaper, the only song the queen has ever been known to request is "Some Enchanted Evening" from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific."
"It may not be that pop or rock is her favorite music, but she has certainly supported us over the years and in return of course we have supported her," said Cliff Richard, who had his first hit in 1959. "I think she'd probably rather see an opera."
Before the concert, 12,000 contest winners and charity workers enjoyed a jubilee concert in the palace grounds in London. Each received a hamper containing a meal - partly created by chef Heston Blumenthal - of tea-smoked Scottish salmon, coronation chicken and strawberry crumble crunch made with fruit from the queen's Sandringham estate.
The jubilee was being marked around the world in members of the 54-nation Commonwealth of former British colonies.
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