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The Queen's Official Birthday ( King's Official Birthday in the reign of a male monarch ) is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ) is officially celebrated in those countries.
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Similar to the Queen's Official Birthday, the " Fourth of June " is no longer celebrated on 4 June, but on the Wednesday before the first weekend of June.
Previously the flag was generally only flown on public buildings on days marking the birthdays of members of the Royal Family, the wedding anniversary of the monarch, Commonwealth Day, Accession Day, Coronation Day, the Queen's Official Birthday, Remembrance Sunday and on the days of the State Opening and prorogation of Parliament.
* June ( no fixed date ) – The Queen's Official Birthday
In Australia, bonfires may be lit to celebrate Commonwealth Day or the Queen's Official Birthday.
* Queen's Official Birthday
Accordingly, he was sworn in to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on November 30, 1984 to enable him access to information restricted under the Official Secrets Act.
* Queen's Official Birthday, in Australia ( June )
" However, in 2012 Bainimarama's government abolished the Queen's Official Birthday holiday in Fiji.
* Official Website of Queen's College
In Jersey, the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | lieutenant-governor hosts a reception for the public at Government House, Jersey | Government House to mark the Queen's Official Birthday, at which he announces the names of recipients of Birthday Honours
There, the Queen's Official Birthday is now celebrated on the first, second, or third Saturday in June, although it is rarely the third.
Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands both celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday on the second Monday of June as is the case with most other realms.
Fiji also still celebrates the Queen's Official Birthday, along with the Prince of Wales's birthday, since, although the Queen ceased to be head of state in 1987, she remains recognised by the Great Council of Chiefs as traditional queen, or paramount chief, of Fiji.
* BBC News article of 2001 about the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in the UK
* The Queen's two Birthdays, Official Website of the British Monarchy
In New Zealand, unlike in the United Kingdom, the Queen's Official Birthday is a public holiday and is celebrated in the first Monday in June.
After World War II the British military occupation forces ( Berlin Infantry Brigade ) annually celebrated The Queen's Official Birthday on the Maifeld and used it for a variety of sporting activities including Cricket.
From then until 1994 and their departure, British forces held an annual celebration of The Queen's Official Birthday in the Maifeld with thousands of spectators from Berlin present.
Together with the Household Division the King's Troop has appeared every June since 1997, when it made its first appearance, at Trooping the Colour, on Horse Guards Parade to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday.
* Queen's Colour Squadron Official Site
The glengarry is worn by male members of staff at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's Official residence in Scotland.
Due to the requirements under the Official Secrets Act, Bassett was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
In 1984 she was appointed to the Security Intelligence Review Committee which oversees the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in accordance with the Official Secrets Act.
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* HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day ( Thailand )
In the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1968, Holt's widow Zara Holt was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, becoming Dame Zara Holt DBE.
* 2007 Botham was honoured as Knight Bachelor by HM Government in the Queen's Birthday Honours, again in recognition of his cricket achievements and his sustained efforts in raising money for Leukaemia research ( see above ).
* 1992 Botham was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) for services to cricket and for his charity work in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
* The Queen's Birthday ( Solomon Islands )
* Earliest day on which Queen's Birthday can fall, while June 14 is the latest ; celebrated on the second Monday in June.
The Wizard was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 2009.
In 1993, Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ), and twelve years later, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2005, he was knighted for services to acting and comedy.
McMahon was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1966, a Companion of Honour in the New Year's Day Honours of 1972 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1977.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, and in the 2000 New Year Honours he was knighted as Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire ( MBE ) in the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Hadlee did not have his knighthood conferred on him while still a test cricketer: Though the honour was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 16 June 1990, it was only conferred on 4 October 1990, some months after his last test match on 10 July 1990.
* 21 April ( The Queen's Birthday )
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours and was raised to Commander ( CBE ) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
Mayor of Waitakere City Bob Harvey supported the call to make Matariki a public holiday to replace Queen's Birthday, along with the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand, which found none of New Zealand's local authorities held celebrations for Queen's Birthday, but many held celebrations for Matariki.
However, the Bill itself did not propose abolishing Queen's Birthday, and was voted down at its first reading.
Both Neil and his brother Tim were invested as Officers of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) for services to New Zealand music in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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Well known UK universities providing dental courses are the Universities of Glasgow, Cardiff, Queen's Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Dundee, Manchester, Sheffield and King's College London.
The so-called Queen's Chamber and King's Chamber are higher up within the pyramid structure.
In the north and south walls of the Queen's Chamber there are shafts, which unlike those in the King's Chamber that immediately slope upwards, are horizontal for around before sloping upwards.
The former " King's County " and " Queen's County " were exceptions ; these are now County Offaly and County Laois, respectively.
Technically, this was not an act of treason, as More had written to Henry acknowledging Anne's queenship and expressing his desire for the King's happiness and the new Queen's health.
There are numerous public houses in the centre of the town, including the Old Nags Head, the Queen's Head, the Punch House, the Griffin, the Gloucester, the Vinetree, the King's Head ( Wetherspoon ), the Three Horseshoes, the Green Dragon and the Gatehouse.
The King's Apartments face south over the Privy Garden, the Queen's east over the Fountain Garden.
In 1796, during the British occupation of the Cape, Major-General Sir James Craig ordered three blockhouses to be built on Table Mountain: the King's blockhouse, Duke of York blockhouse ( later renamed Queen's blockhouse ) and the Prince of Wales blockhouse.
Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC ), known as King's Counsel ( postnominal KC ) during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her His Majesty's Counsel learned in the law.
As members wear silk gowns of a particular design ( see court dress ), the award of Queen's or King's Counsel is known informally as taking silk, and hence QCs are often colloquially called silks.
The first Queen's Counsel Extraordinary was Sir Francis Bacon, who was given a patent giving him precedence at the Bar in 1597, and formally styled King's Counsel in 1603.
This was particularly important in criminal cases, which are mostly brought in the name of the Crown, with the result that, until 1920 in England and Wales, King's and Queen's Counsel had to have a licence to appear in criminal cases for the defence.
Hence, all Acts include the clause: " Be it enacted by the Queen's ( King's ) most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ...".
The River Dee is home to rowing clubs, notably Grosvenor Rowing Club and Royal Chester Rowing Club, as well as two school clubs, The King's School Chester Rowing Club and Queen's Park High Rowing Club.
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It serves with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Royal Dragoon Guards, the Queen's Royal Hussars, the King's Royal Hussars and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, each of which is the tank unit of an armoured or a mechanised brigade.
Some well-known examples are the King's Gambit ( 1. e4 e5 2. f4 ), Queen's Gambit ( 1. d4 d5 2. c4 ), and Evans Gambit ( 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 ).
Two major forts had been constructed just outside the town, one, called the Queen's Sconce, to the south-west and another, the King's Sconce to the north-east, both close to the river, together with defensive walls and a water filled ditch 2¼ miles in length, around the town.
Commissioned officers within the Gurkha regiments held a Viceroy's Commission, which was distinct from the King's or Queen's Commission that British officers serving with a Gurkha regiment held.
* British Army officers received Queen's or King's Commissions, but Gurkha officers in this system received the Viceroy's Commission.
After Indian independence in 1947, Gurkha officers in regiments which became part of the British Army received the King's ( later Queen's ) Gurkha Commission, and were known as King's / Queen's Gurkha Officers ( KGO / QGO ).
* From the 1920s, Gurkhas could also receive King's Indian Commissions, and later full King's or Queen's Commissions, which put them on a par with British officers.
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