{"id":328,"date":"2005-07-18T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-18T09:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2005\/07\/how-can-i-receive-a-congratulatory-message-from-the-queen\/"},"modified":"2005-07-18T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-18T09:31:00","slug":"how-can-i-receive-a-congratulatory-message-from-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2005\/07\/how-can-i-receive-a-congratulatory-message-from-the-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Receive A Congratulatory Message From The Queen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ha !! I decided to ask Google a question… about freqently asked questions… wondering what question was most frequently asked! I was thinking it would be, “How much?” “Did you come?” “Why don’t I look like Daddy?”<\/i> – that kind of thing.<\/p>\n

Of course, Google being a chippy megalith, it produced me a nice list of FAQs. I clicked and browsed and I found my way to the website of the British Embassy in Washington DC FAQ.<\/a> They list their 10 most frequently asked q’s as:<\/p>\n

1. Can I work in Britain?
2. Where can I get official advice from British and U.S. governments on travel abroad?
3. Where can I find information on relocating or moving to the United Kingdom?
4. Is my US drivers licence valid in the UK?
5. What is Britain’s most popular meal?
6. How can I receive a congratulatory message from The Queen?
7. What is Burns Night?
8. How can I buy or rent real estate in Britain?
9. Can I get married in Britain?
10. How can I purchase British products?<\/p>\n

You don’t need to know the answers to these questions, with one exception – how to get the congratulatory message from The Queen. This, you do need to know, on a need-to-know basis. <\/p>\n

And the answer is that Congratulatory messages from The Queen<\/font> to citizens of the<\/font> United Kingdom<\/font> (including those living abroad) can be requested for the following occasions:<\/p>\n

100th Birthday
105th Birthday
every year after the 105th Birthday
60th Wedding Anniversary
65th Wedding Anniversary
70th Wedding Anniversary
every year after the 70th Wedding Anniversary<\/p>\n

And so with this in mind, I composed the following letter:<\/p>\n

Assistant Private Secretary
Buckingham Palace
London
SW1A 1AA
England<\/p>\n

Dear Queen Elizabeth,<\/p>\n

I know I am quite old, because I can remember trams, penny-farthing bicycles, gas lamps, and that nasty war against the Germans. Come to think of it, didn’t we fight them twice? Or was that the football? Anyway, it’s about time I had a congratulatory message from you as I know I am quite old. Except I cannot remember how old I am as all my documents were lost in the war. Or was it the football? I was looking for my passport earlier. Is it blue? I used to have a blue one, it was quite hard. Or was it German?<\/p>\n

Yours Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Deek Deekster, aged 105 or thereabouts<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ha !! I decided to ask Google a question… about freqently asked questions… wondering what question was most frequently asked! I was thinking it would be, “How much?” “Did you come?” “Why don’t I look like Daddy?” – that kind of thing. Of course, Google being a chippy megalith, it produced me a nice list […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[780],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funky-original","tag-funky-original"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}