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The royal wedding service was the first to be televised
1960: Margaret weds Armstrong-Jones
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Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong Jones have married at Westminster
Abbey.
More than 20 million viewers tuned in to watch the first ever televised
royal wedding service.
Thousands, including many international and commonwealth visitors, lined
the streets of central London to witness the Queen's younger sister get
married.
Princess Margaret, 29, arrived on time for the 1130BST ceremony, after
making the journey from Clarence House in the Glass Coach with the Duke of
Edinburgh.
Inside the church, 2000 guests watched the Princess, dressed in white silk
and a diamond tiara, make her procession up the blue carpeted aisle.
She was followed by her eight bridesmaids, with the Queen's eldest
daughter, Princess Anne taking the lead.
As well as the families of the bride and groom, foreign royalty, including
the King and Queen of Sweden attended the ceremony.
A CCTV system enabled wedding guests in all parts of the abbey to see the
main ceremony in the sanctuary, while a loud speaker system relayed the service
to the crowd outside.
The Duke of Edinburgh escorted the Princess to the altar where she was met
by the groom and his best man Dr Roger Gilliat.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher, then led a traditional
Church of England service, in which Margaret promised to obey her husband.
After they had signed the register, the royal party travelled to Buckingham
Palace, cheered on by ecstatic onlookers.
Honeymoon delayed
Soon after their arrival at Buckingham Palace, the couple accompanied by
the rest of the royal family appeared on the balcony and waved to the delighted
crowd.
After retiring from the public's gaze, Princess Margaret and her husband
enjoyed wedding toasts and a wedding breakfast with 120 guests.
The newly weds then made their way to the Battle Bridge Pier on the Thames,
to board the Royal Yatch Britannia for their honeymoon in the Carribean.
They arrived later than scheduled as crowds of well wishers slowed down
their car.
President Mitterand and the Queen led the special ceremony at Calais
1994: President and Queen open Chunnel
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The Queen and France's President Francois Mitterrand have formally opened
the Channel Tunnel during two elaborate ceremonies in France and Britain.
After travelling through the tunnel, which took eight years and billions of
pounds to build, the Queen said it was one of the world's great technological
achievements.
The tunnel is the first land link between Britain and Europe since the Ice
Age some 40 million years ago.
The first leg of the Queen's journey took her from London's Waterloo
station through the tunnel by high-speed Eurostar passenger train.
She arrived at Calais at the same time as the President Mitterrand's train
which had travelled from Paris' Gard du Nord via Lille.
Nose to nose encounter
The two locomotives met nose to nose - a computer that prevents two trains
travelling on the same track was switched off for the occasion.
The two heads of state cut red, white and blue ribbons simultaneously to
the sound of their respective national anthems played by the band of the French
Republican Guard.
They were accompanied by their Prime Ministers John Major and Edouard
Balladur and other government ministers to the Eurotunnel terminus.
Passengers must wait
Eurostar will not start carrying passengers until July at the earliest and
private cars will have to wait until October.
After lunch, the Queen and President Mitterrand took the royal Rolls-Royce
on Le Shuttle for the 35-minute trip to Folkestone.
There was a similar ribbon-cutting ceremony on English soil. Among those
present were joint Eurotunnel chairmen Sir Alastair Morton and Frenchman
Philippe Cozette, who drilled the hole that first joined the two ends of the
tunnel in December 1990.
Behind today's celebrations lies the reality that the tunnel has run up
huge debts. It cost ?0bn to build, more than double the original forecast in
1987 - and there are serious doubts about its long-term financial viability.
Vocabulary:
tiara: 冠状头饰
sanctuary: a sacred place, such as a church, temple, or mosque(圣所)
locomotive: 机车，火车头 |
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发表于 2016-7-9 23:36:36