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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/File:Bennett_Uncommon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Bennett_Uncommon.jpg/220px-Bennett_Uncommon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Bennett_Uncommon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A <a href="/wiki/First_edition" class="mw-redirect" title="First edition">First edition</a> of the novel</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cover artist</th><td class="infobox-data">Peter Campbell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Faber_%26_Faber" 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84668-049-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84668-049-6">978-1-84668-049-6</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/NA">NA</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Novella by Alan Bennett</div> <p><i><b>The Uncommon Reader</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a>. After appearing first in the <i><a href="/wiki/London_Review_of_Books" title="London Review of Books">London Review of Books</a></i>, Vol. 29, No. 5 (8 March 2007), it was published later the same year in book form by <a href="/wiki/Faber_%26_Faber" title="Faber & Faber">Faber & Faber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Profile_Books" title="Profile Books">Profile Books</a>. </p><p>An audiobook version read by the author was released on CD in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Uncommon_Reader&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title's "uncommon reader" (<a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>) becomes obsessed with books after a chance encounter with a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile library">mobile library</a>. The story follows the consequences of this obsession for the Queen, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Household#The_Royal_Household_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Household">her household</a> and advisers, and her <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional monarch">constitutional position</a>. </p><p>The title is a <a href="/wiki/Play_on_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Play on words">play on the phrase</a> "common reader". This can mean a person who reads for pleasure, as opposed to a critic or scholar. It can also mean a set text, a book that everyone in a group (for example, all students entering a university) are expected to read, so that they can have something in common. <i>The Common Reader</i> is used by <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Woolf" title="Virginia Woolf">Virginia Woolf</a> as the title work of her 1925 essay collection. Plus a triple play – Virginia Woolf's title came from <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" title="Samuel Johnson">Dr. Johnson</a>: "I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be generally decided all claims to poetical honours." </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">British English</a>, "common" holds levels of <a href="/wiki/Connotation" title="Connotation">connotation</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Commoner" title="Commoner">commoner</a> is anyone other than royalty or nobility. Common can also mean vulgar, as <i>common taste</i>; mean, as <i>common thief</i>; ordinary, as <i>common folk</i>; widespread, as in "common use"; or something for use by everyone, as in "common land". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Queen's_reading"><span id="The_Queen.27s_reading"></span>The Queen's reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Uncommon_Reader&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Queen's reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several authors, books, biography subjects, and poems are mentioned in the novella including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._R._Ackerley" title="J. R. Ackerley">J. R. Ackerley</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/My_Dog_Tulip" title="My Dog Tulip">My Dog Tulip</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bacall" title="Lauren Bacall">Lauren Bacall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Brookner" title="Anita Brookner">Anita Brookner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_David_Cecil" title="Lord David Cecil">David Cecil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivy_Compton-Burnett" title="Ivy Compton-Burnett">Ivy Compton-Burnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Genet" title="Jean Genet">Jean Genet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hardy" title="Thomas Hardy">Thomas Hardy</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/The_Convergence_of_the_Twain" title="The Convergence of the Twain">The Convergence of the Twain</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winifred_Holtby" title="Winifred Holtby">Winifred Holtby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_James" title="Henry James">Henry James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Kilvert" title="Francis Kilvert">Francis Kilvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Larkin" title="Philip Larkin">Philip Larkin</a>'s "The Trees"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mitford" title="Nancy Mitford">Nancy Mitford</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Love" title="The Pursuit of Love">The Pursuit of Love</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Love_in_a_Cold_Climate" title="Love in a Cold Climate">Love in a Cold Climate</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Painter" class="mw-redirect" title="George Painter">George Painter</a>'s biography of <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Proust" title="Marcel Proust">Proust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Plath" title="Sylvia Plath">Sylvia Plath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bront%C3%ABs" class="mw-redirect" title="The Brontës">The Brontës</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcel_Proust" title="Marcel Proust">Marcel Proust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Renault" title="Mary Renault">Mary Renault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Roth" title="Philip Roth">Philip Roth</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Portnoy%27s_Complaint" title="Portnoy's Complaint">Portnoy's Complaint</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth">Vikram Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_Welch" title="Denton Welch">Denton Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" title="William Makepeace Thackeray">William Makepeace Thackeray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eliot" title="George Eliot">George Eliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._M._Forster" title="E. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Commonwealth" title="Head of the Commonwealth">Head of the Commonwealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defender_of_the_Faith" title="Defender of the Faith">Defender of the Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Governor_of_the_Church_of_England" title="Supreme Governor of the Church of England">Supreme Governor of the Church of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_British_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Head of the British Armed Forces">Head of the British Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces">Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Armed_Forces_(New_Zealand)" title="Head of the Armed Forces (New Zealand)">Head of the Armed Forces (New Zealand)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_of_Mann" title="Lord of Mann">Lord of Mann</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother" title="Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother">Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon" title="Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon">Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountbatten-Windsor" title="Mountbatten-Windsor">Mountbatten-Windsor</a> family</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Accession and<br />coronation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proclamation_of_accession_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II">Proclamation of accession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Coronation of Elizabeth II">Coronation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_royal_guests_at_the_coronation_of_Elizabeth_II" title="List of royal guests at the coronation of Elizabeth II">Royal guests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_participants_in_the_coronation_procession_of_Elizabeth_II" title="List of participants in the coronation procession of Elizabeth II">Participants in the procession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_chicken" title="Coronation chicken">Coronation chicken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_gown_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Coronation gown of Elizabeth II">Coronation gown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Coronation_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal">Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Coronation_Honours" title="1953 Coronation Honours">Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Coronation_Award" title="Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award">Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Beasts" title="The Queen's Beasts">The Queen's Beasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_Arches" title="Coronation Arches">Coronation Arches</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orb_and_Sceptre" title="Orb and Sceptre">Orb and Sceptre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_taste_and_see" title="O taste and see">O taste and see</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treetops_Hotel" title="Treetops Hotel">Treetops Hotel</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MacCormick_v_Lord_Advocate" title="MacCormick v Lord Advocate">MacCormick v Lord Advocate</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reign</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Household_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Household of Elizabeth II">Household</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personality_and_image_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Personality and image of Elizabeth II">Personality and image</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Elizabeth_II" title="List of prime ministers of Elizabeth II">Prime ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillar_Box_War" title="Pillar Box War">Pillar Box War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Rhodesia" title="Queen of Rhodesia">Queen of Rhodesia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithgow_Plot" title="Lithgow Plot">Lithgow Plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis" title="1975 Australian constitutional crisis">1975 Australian constitutional crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palace_letters" title="Palace letters">Palace letters</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Sarjeant" title="Marcus Sarjeant">Marcus Sarjeant incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_John_Lewis" title="Christopher John Lewis">Christopher John Lewis incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fagan_(intruder)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Fagan (intruder)">Michael Fagan incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Fijian coups d'état">1987 Fijian coups d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Windsor_Castle_fire" title="1992 Windsor Castle fire">1992 Windsor Castle fire</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annus_horribilis#Elizabeth_II" title="Annus horribilis">Annus horribilis</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong" title="Handover of Hong Kong">Handover of Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Death of Diana, Princess of Wales">Death of Diana, Princess of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Australian_republic_referendum" title="1999 Australian republic referendum">1999 Australian republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Agreement" title="Perth Agreement">Perth Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="State Opening of Parliament">State Opening of Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="2021 State Opening of Parliament">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="2022 State Opening of Parliament">2022</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_jubilees_of_British_monarchs#Elizabeth_II" title="List of jubilees of British monarchs">Jubilees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Silver Jubilee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_events_during_the_Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="List of events during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Silver_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal">Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Silver_Jubilee_and_Birthday_Honours" title="1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours">Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Gardens,_Lambeth" title="Jubilee Gardens, Lambeth">Jubilee Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_line" title="Jubilee line">Jubilee line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Walkway" title="Jubilee Walkway">Jubilee Walkway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Ruby Jubilee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Anniversary_Prizes" title="Queen's Anniversary Prizes">Queen's Anniversary Prizes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Golden Jubilee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prom_at_the_Palace" title="Prom at the Palace">Prom at the Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_at_the_Palace" title="Party at the Palace">Party at the Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Golden_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal">Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Golden_Jubilee_Honours" title="2002 Golden Jubilee Honours">Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Odyssey_(UK_Roller_Coaster)" title="The Odyssey (UK Roller Coaster)">The Odyssey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_royal_tour_of_Canada" title="2002 royal tour of Canada">2002 royal tour of Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Diamond Jubilee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_Pageant" title="Diamond Jubilee Pageant">Pageant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_Armed_Forces_Parade_and_Muster" title="Diamond Jubilee Armed Forces Parade and Muster">Armed Forces Parade and Muster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Diamond_Jubilee_Pageant" title="Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant">Thames Pageant</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gloriana_(barge)" title="Gloriana (barge)">Gloriana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MV_Spirit_of_Chartwell" title="MV Spirit of Chartwell">Spirit of Chartwell</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_Concert" title="Diamond Jubilee Concert">Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_Diamond_Jubilee_Flotilla" title="Gibraltar Diamond Jubilee Flotilla">Gibraltar Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal">Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Diamond_Jubilee_Honours" title="2012 Diamond Jubilee Honours">Honours</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Sapphire Jubilee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_Jubilee_Snowflake_Brooch" class="mw-redirect" title="Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch">Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch</a> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Platinum Jubilee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Platinum_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal">Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Platinum_Jubilee_Beacons" title="The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons">Beacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Party_at_the_Palace" title="Platinum Party at the Palace">Platinum Party at the Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_Pageant" title="Platinum Jubilee Pageant">Pageant</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_Celebration:_A_Gallop_Through_History" title="Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History">Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Trooping_the_Colour" title="2022 Trooping the Colour">Trooping the Colour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_National_Service_of_Thanksgiving" title="Platinum Jubilee National Service of Thanksgiving">National Service of Thanksgiving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Pudding" title="Platinum Pudding">Platinum Pudding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Green_Canopy" title="The Queen's Green Canopy">The Queen's Green Canopy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_Jubilee_Civic_Honours" title="Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours">Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas_Platinum_Jubilee_Sailing_Regatta" title="The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta">The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Platinum_Jubilee_Concert" title="The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert">The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Jubilee_Read" title="Big Jubilee Read">Big Jubilee Read</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Queenhood" title="Queenhood">Queenhood</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Platinum_Jubilee_Gardens" title="Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens">Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Death</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II">Death and state funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_the_death_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Reactions to the death of Elizabeth II">Reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queue_for_the_lying-in-state_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Queue for the lying-in-state of Elizabeth II">Queue for the lying-in-state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_guests_at_the_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II" title="List of guests at the state funeral of Elizabeth II">Funeral guests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Memorial_Day" title="Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day">Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge" title="Operation London Bridge">Operation London Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Demise_Honours" title="2023 Demise Honours">Demise Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Like_as_the_hart_(Weir)" title="Like as the hart (Weir)">Like as the hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Who_shall_separate_us%3F" title="Who shall separate us?">Who shall separate us?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleep,_Dearie,_Sleep" title="Sleep, Dearie, Sleep">Sleep, Dearie, Sleep</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Commonwealth_visits_made_by_Elizabeth_II" title="List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II">Commonwealth<br />tours</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Aden_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal tours of Aden Colony">Aden Colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Royal tours of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Australia" title="Royal tours of Australia">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_official_openings_by_Elizabeth_II_in_Australia" title="List of official openings by Elizabeth II in Australia">official openings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Canada#Elizabeth_II" title="Royal tours of Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal tours of Ceylon">Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Jamaica" title="Royal tours of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_visits_to_New_Zealand" title="Royal visits to New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Saint_Lucia" title="Royal tours of Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_tours_of_Sierra_Leone" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal tours of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Ships_used" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Ships used</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)">HMS <i>Vanguard</i> (23)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Gothic_(1947)" title="SS Gothic (1947)">SS <i>Gothic</i> (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMY_Britannia" title="HMY Britannia">HMY <i>Britannia</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State visits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_visits_made_by_Elizabeth_II" title="List of state visits made by Elizabeth II">Outgoing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_visit_by_Elizabeth_II_to_Spain" title="State visit by Elizabeth II to Spain">State visit to Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_visit_by_Elizabeth_II_to_Russia" title="State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia">State visit to Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_visit_by_Elizabeth_II_to_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="State visit by Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland">State visit to Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_visits_received_by_Elizabeth_II" title="List of state visits received by Elizabeth II">Incoming</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_visit_by_Pope_Benedict_XVI_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="State visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom">Pope Benedict XVI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_visit_by_Michael_D._Higgins_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="State visit by Michael D. Higgins to the United Kingdom">President Michael D. Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_visit_by_Xi_Jinping_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="State visit by Xi Jinping to the United Kingdom">President Xi Jinping</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural depictions of Elizabeth II">Depictions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Televised addresses</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_address_by_the_British_monarch#Elizabeth_II" title="Special address by the British monarch">Royal address to the nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Christmas_message" title="Royal Christmas message">Royal Christmas message</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Journey" title="Royal Journey"><i>Royal Journey</i> (1951)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Queen_Is_Crowned" title="A Queen Is Crowned"><i>A Queen Is Crowned</i> (1953)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_New_Zealand_Journey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal New Zealand Journey (page does not exist)"><i>Royal New Zealand Journey</i> (1954)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen_in_Australia" title="The Queen in Australia"><i>The Queen in Australia</i> (1954)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Tour_of_the_Caribbean" title="The Royal Tour of the Caribbean"><i>The Royal Tour of the Caribbean</i> (1966)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_(film)" title="Royal Family (film)"><i>Royal Family</i> (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_R:_A_Year_in_the_Life_of_the_Queen" title="Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen"><i>Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen</i> (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy:_The_Royal_Family_at_Work" title="Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work"><i>Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work</i> (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Diamond_Queen_(TV_programme)" title="The Diamond Queen (TV programme)"><i>The Diamond Queen</i> (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_at_90:_A_Family_Tribute" title="Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute"><i>Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute</i> (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_(film)" title="The Coronation (film)"><i>The Coronation</i> (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth:_A_Portrait_in_Parts" title="Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts"><i>Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts</i> (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth:_The_Unseen_Queen" title="Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen"><i>Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen</i> (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Film and<br />television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spitting_Image" title="Spitting Image"><i>Spitting Image</i> (1984–96);</a> <a href="/wiki/Spitting_Image_(2020_TV_series)" title="Spitting Image (2020 TV series)">(2020–21)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Attribution" title="A Question of Attribution"><i>A Question of Attribution</i> (1992 TV)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willi_und_die_Windzors" title="Willi und die Windzors"><i>Willi und die Windzors</i> (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty_(2001_film)" title="Her Majesty (2001 film)"><i>Her Majesty</i> (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen_(2006_film)" title="The Queen (2006 film)"><i>The Queen</i> (2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Snuke" title="The Snuke"><i>South Park: The Snuke</i> (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen_(British_TV_serial)" title="The Queen (British TV serial)"><i>The Queen</i> (2009 TV serial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony#Happy_and_Glorious_(21:25–21:35)" title="2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony"><i>Happy and Glorious</i> (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Royal_Night_Out" title="A Royal Night Out"><i>A Royal Night Out</i> (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minions_(film)" title="Minions (film)"><i>Minions</i> (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crown_(TV_series)" title="The Crown (TV series)"><i>The Crown</i> (2016–23)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Corgi" title="The Queen's Corgi"><i>The Queen's Corgi</i> (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_Christmas_message" title="Alternative Christmas message">2020 Alternative Christmas message (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Prince_(TV_series)" title="The Prince (TV series)"><i>The Prince</i> (2021)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_Question_of_Attribution" title="A Question of Attribution"><i>A Question of Attribution</i> (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Audience_(2013_play)" title="The Audience (2013 play)"><i>The Audience</i> (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handbagged" title="Handbagged"><i>Handbagged</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Portraits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/The_Coronation_Theatre:_Portrait_of_HM_Queen_Elizabeth_II" title="The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II">Ralph Heimans (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Portrait,_The_Queen" title="Beautiful Portrait, The Queen">Damien Hirst (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_(painting)" title="Queen Elizabeth II (painting)">Henry Ward (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algorithm_Queen" title="Algorithm Queen">Ai-Da (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Statues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Elizabeth_II,_Windsor_Great_Park" title="Equestrian statue of Elizabeth II, Windsor Great Park">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Elizabeth_II_(Winnipeg)" title="Statue of Elizabeth II (Winnipeg)">Winnipeg</a></li> <li><a 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