Thursday, March 28, 2013

Queen Visits Oxford And Oriel College



The Queen leaving Oriel College after her lunch at the college.  She had just has presented coins to elderly people who have worked hard for their community at the Royal Maundy Service at Christ Church Cathedral.  The Queen who normally carries no money in her famous handbags handed out two purses one red and one white to 87 men and 87 women as part of the Maundy Service, the white purse had the Maundy money with silver coins adding up the the monarchs age of 87 pence.

The last time a King or Queen attended Maundy Service and money was handed out in Oxford was in 1643 by Charles I. 


7 comments:

Hilda said...

Oh wow, to get a photo of the Queen! Awesome.

Gunn said...

She looks soooo happy!!
And the strong blue color is beautiful!


MJ said...

Such a beautiful picture of the Queen dressed appropriately in royal blue!

Stefan Jansson said...

Glad to see her up and running again.

I can't read the text, you should change it to white.

Leif Hagen said...

Wow - what a photo! I could only dream of getting such a photo of her royal Majesty! Bravo!

june in florida said...

She looks awesome, healthy and vibrant.The super market trash papers here in the U.S.A have her on her deathbed, obviously they haven't seen this picture.

TheChieftess said...

she looks like she's still going strong!!!