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Christopher John Lewis (7 September 1964 – 23 September 1997) was a New Zealand criminal who made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in 1981. He planned later attempts at assassinating other British royal family members but was kept away from them by the authorities in New Zealand. In 1997, he was charged with the ...
- Suicide by electrocution
- Attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth II
- 7 September 1964, Dunedin, New Zealand
- New Zealand
She loved the British folk music of a countryside show, or a Scottish cèilidh reel. She loved her bagpiper, who woke her up most mornings. As one former member of the royal household told me ...
The Queen's Funeral: what music was played at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II? - Classical Music. We share the music and hymns that featured at Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
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Mar 13, 2020 · In 1599, in the 40th year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, when she had no heir or obvious successor in a time of increasing instability and fears of civil war, William Shakespeare got away with depicting the assassination of a popular and powerful leader – one with no heir or obvious successor in a time of increasing instability and fears of civil war.
Sep 19, 2022 · The service featured three hymns, two anthems, and two new works composed for the ceremony by Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan, and Master of the King’s Music, Judith Weir.
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Two scenes from the Queen's reign depicting failed attempts on her life adhered to a single sheet. The first, a representation of the assassination attempt to Somerville showing Elizabeth I enthroned in the centre, with a view of his capture by guards to the left, and his death by self strangulation in prison on the right. Below, another scene ...
During Elizabeth's reign, the first documented regular use of mixed ensembles (broken consort) are recorded. Consorts were considered loud or soft, and the exact application of these titles is sometimes hard to pin down. Generally, loud consorts consisted of cornetti, sackbuts, shawms and the higher-pitched recorders and flutes.
