In honor of the color of Queen Elizabeth's hat in the photo below, I have a Shelley teacup with an aqua feather design.
The pattern is called Serenity and was made by Shelley between 1940-1966 when the pottery closed and has platinum trim. The shape is Gainsborough, which is a favorite shape. So elegant!
Maundy Thursday has been traditionally celebrated in the UK by royalty giving our Maundy Money to deserving poor. This year Queen Elizabeth II was in York with Prince Philip and Princess Beatrice (she of the pretzel hat at her cousin Prince William's royal wedding to Kate Middleton almost a year ago) for the ceremony. The visit was also part of Queen Elizabeth;s Diamond Jubilee trips around the UK.
Beatrice, who is the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson is 5th in line for the throne.
In the royal Maundy money tradition dates to medieval times and originally had the monarch or a representative washing the feet of the poor. King George V changed the custom to the current one of the reigning monarch presenting red leather bags (or cases) of money to worthy elderly recipients...one male and female for every year of the monarch's life, so this year there were 86 men and 86 women. Normally the ceremony is done in London, but as Queen Elizabeth was in York on her Diamond Jubilee visit it was done there.
York minster from a 2005 visit
Below is a link to a video of giving the Maundy money and other photos of the York visit from the Daily Mail. Click on the Daily Mail name to go to the article and video or click this link to the video:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2125538/The-Queen-Bea-Royals-hand-money-pensioners-York-mark-Maundy-Thursday.html
I hope your preparations for Easter are going well. I want to also wish our Jewish friends a Pesach Shalom.
3 comments:
Wonderful post- always learn so much when I visit!
Thank you for hosting your linky tea things partyy, too!
Have a Happy Easter as well!
Great post. Some of those hats werre quite crazy! Blessings, Debbie
A very nice post on the Royal family.
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