The name " Virginia " may have been suggested then by Raleigh or Elizabeth, perhaps noting her status as the " Virgin Queen ", and may also be related to a native phrase, " Wingandacoa ", or name, " Wingina ".

Queen Victoria issued letters patent in 1857 giving legal foundation to the senate, and other authorities specific to the university – but the high court held in 1888 that these dealt with " not the incorporation of the University of Dublin but of its Senate merely ", the judge noting pointedly, referring to the founding of University College Dublin, that " The advisers of Queen Victoria knew how to incorporate a University when they meant to do so.

The latter word may have inspired the Queen to name the colony " Virginia ", noting her status as the " Virgin Queen.

A number of members of Parliament welcomed Windsor's marriage in 2006 as " the first legal and public marriage within the rites of the Roman Catholic Church of a member of the Royal Family since 1554 and the marriage of Queen Mary I to Philip II of Spain " and then later proposed a further Early Day Motion welcoming the Baptism of his first son Albert noting " that he was the first member of the Royal Family to be Baptised a Catholic since 1688 and the so-called Glorious Revolution when James II was chased away from his Crown and country on account of the Baptism of his son, the Old Pretender.

Ralph Betza ( inventor of chess with different armies, in which the archbishop was used in one of the armies ) rated the archbishop as about seven points, intermediate between a rook and a queen, noting that it was " a weak Queen " and that its value was increased by its 12 different directions of movement.

Numerous historians have commented on these unexplained omissions, William James noting that Douglas and Queen Charlotte were particularly unfortunate in this regard as the admiral normally aboard, Rear-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, was ashore at the court-martial of Captain Anthony Molloy and consequently the ship received no recognition despite being the most heavily engaged of any in the British fleet.

Photo of " National Graves Association " plaque on Mellows Bridge, River Liffey, Dublin, ( in Irish and English ) noting renaming of Bridge from its previous name Queen Maeve Bridge to Liam Mellows Bridge for republican Liam Mellows.

Blackadder II is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558 – 1603 ), played by Miranda Richardson.

Richardson is known for her role as a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy Blackadder II.

In 1999, Moss played a non-musical role in the British screen comedy Blackadder: Back & Forth, appearing both as Maid Marian and as a fictional Queen of England " who looks good naked ".

Lord Melchett's rivalry with Lord Blackadder is illustrated by such devious deeds as an ill-considered drinking competition (" Beer "), and Melchett's recommendation to the Queen that Blackadder be made Lord High Executioner (" Head "), a job which amounts to a death sentence for the applicant.

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) Melchett's toadying, the Queen has an undying affection for Blackadder and often ignores Melchett.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol shows Blackadder getting the last laugh, as he tricks both Melchett and the Queen into " autographing " a death warrant that condemns Melchett to be executed, and leaves Blackadder with all his property.

* In various film and television versions of the novel, The Queen has been played by May Robson, Ronald Lang, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eve Arden, Jayne Meadows, and, In the 1999 Alice in Wonderland television movie, Miranda Richardson, whose portrayal is strongly reminiscent of her role as the spoiled Queenie in Blackadder.

Blessed jokes he almost starred in Blackadder II ( 1986 ) as Queen Elizabeth but he wasn't available at the time of filming.

In the 1980s, she made appearances in Blackadder opposite Rowan Atkinson: these roles include the Spanish Infanta in The Black Adder, Lady Whiteadder in Blackadder II and Queen Victoria in Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

" Queenie " is a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in Blackadder II, the second series of the BBC historical sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England.

A possible early interpretation of the Blackadder Queen Elizabeth character was portrayed four years before Miranda Richardson's role.

The Queen demonstrates feelings for Blackadder that, on occasion, the audience is given cause to believe may border on something deeper than casual flirting.

In the episode's present-day narrative, Richardson portrays a Sloane Ranger Lady Elizabeth who is a friend of the contemporary Edmund Blackadder ; she is shocked to discover that Queen Elizabeth's crown fits her head perfectly.

Once Queenie's childhood nurse, by the time of her appearances in Blackadder II, Nursie is either senile or otherwise irreversibly stupid, but remains at court at the side of the Queen.

" Prince Ludwig the Indestructible learns of this and attempts to sneak into the party dressed as a cow in order to assassinate the Queen, but is easily foiled by Blackadder due to the quality of Ludwig's disguise, as the real Nursie's cow costume is entirely unconvincing.

The Ghost of Christmas Past gives Ebenezer Blackadder a glimpse of his ancestor Lord Blackadder at the Court of Queen Elizabeth, and Nursie also makes an appearance.

Blackadder is a courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I ( Miranda Richardson ), here characterized as childish, spoiled and given to executing people for the slightest offense, or for no reason at all.

Blackadder and Baldrick land at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, with Nursie ( Patsy Byrne ) and Lord Melchett at her side.

The Queen, mistaking him for his ancestor, Lord Blackadder, decides to behead him for, " being very cheeky.

The notion of philosophy as Queen Bee may fit well with authoritarian modes of political ideology, but it has been noted that the price of such an imperial notion of philosophy is the frustration and flagellation of the social sciences.

For example, a writer in a recent number of The Queen hyperbolically states that `` of the myriad imprecations the only one which the English Catholics really resent is the suggestion that they are ' un-English ' ''.

The world's best-selling mystery writer, and often referred to as the “ Queen of Crime ”, Agatha Christie is considered a master of suspense, plotting, and characterisation.

She is reputed to have met with Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1593.

As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented in Antigua and Barbuda by a governor general who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.

Puttenham, in the time of Elizabeth I of England, wished to start from Elissabet Anglorum Regina ( Elizabeth Queen of the English ), to obtain Multa regnabis ense gloria ( By thy sword shalt thou reign in great renown ); he explains carefully that H is " a note of aspiration only and no letter ", and that Z in Greek or Hebrew is a mere SS.

* 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.

The fairy queen is often called the " Queen of Elphame " in ballads such as that of Thomas the Rhymer:

The Prince of Asturias, Alfonso, is the person chosen to develop the new roadmap proposed by Canovas, which led to the June 1870 abdication of Queen Isabel II in favour of her son Prince Alfonso.

The tomb of Myrine is mentioned in the Iliad ; later interpretation made of her an Amazon: according to Diodorus, Queen Myrine led her Amazons to victory against Libya and much of Gorgon.

They are heard of in the time of Alexander, when some of the king's biographers make mention of Amazon Queen Thalestris visiting him and becoming a mother by him ( the story is known from the Alexander Romance ).

* 1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.

Second, it is " merely an interpretative provision ", operating to ensure that references to " the Queen " in the Constitution are references to whoever may at the time be the incumbent of the " sovereignty of the United Kingdom " as determined with regard to Australia, following the Australia Act 1986, by Australian law.

The structure known as the Black Omen that appears across timelines after Queen Zeal summons Lavos to the Ocean Palace is defined as an arcology.

Examples include Edward Elgar's Great is the Lord ( 1912 ) and Give unto the Lord ( 1914 ) ( both with orchestral accompaniment ), Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb ( 1943 ) ( a modern example of a multi-movement anthem and today heard mainly as a concert piece ), and, on a much smaller scale, Ralph Vaughan Williams ' O taste and see ( 1952 ) ( written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ).

Queen Charlotte Sound defines its western side, while to the south lies Tory Channel, which is on the sea route from Wellington in the North Island to Picton.

* 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

It is a red brick building with white stone detailing in the Queen Anne style with French influences.

The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for Canada's Queen at Confederation.

Executive authority in British Virgin Islands is vested in The Queen and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor of the British Virgin Islands.

The Governor is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British Government.

There is also a memorial to Disraeli in the chancel in the church, erected in his honour by Queen Victoria.

The town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders holds a traditional week-long " Beltane Fair " every year in June, when a local girl is crowned Beltane Queen on the steps of the parish church.