Hi there
This is Queen 's Birthday Weekend here in New Zealand and it's a public holiday on Monday. A lot of adverts on tv or radio are somehow managing to incorporate the queen, corgis, tiaras, or palaces into their sales pitches.
I was listening to NewstalkZB radio and a young man asked if when Charles made it to the throne would the date be moved to fit in with his birthday and, surely, it wouldn't turn into King 's Birthday Weekend, which, to this caller, sounded so weird?
I remember as a kid, under the reign of George the 6th, we did have King's Birthday Weekend. When Elzabeth took over, the title of Queen 's Birthday Weekend sounded so unusual to me for a time. We'll quickly get used to a new monarch.
It is the official date to celebrate the monarch's birthday regardless of the real date.
Lots will change when Charles takes the throne. The English National Anthem will become "God Save the King", our coins will be minted showing his profile, and instead of ER on commemorative stuff, it will read CR. One of the Queen 's official titles is "Queen of New Zealand" which I suppose means that Charles will get a makeover title when it's his turn to reign.
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