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On May 5, 1975, Queen Elizabeth II (second from left), who was visiting Hong Kong, was accompanied by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Murray MacLehose (first from left), touring the market in Graham Street, Central, with roadside fruit and vegetable stalls Lord talk.
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Li Jiachao expressed their deep condolences and condolences respectively.
Like most representative organizations abroad, the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong has set up a condolence book. Some Hong Kong citizens laid flowers outside the consulate and said their last goodbyes to what was commonly known as the “sovereign lady” (the proprietress) in the British colonial era.
Before Hong Kong was handed over from the UK to China on July 1, 1997, the Queen visited Hong Kong twice.
Among them, before visiting Hong Kong in 1986, the Queen and her husband, Prince Philip (Hong Kong translation of Prince Philip) first visited mainland China, and they are the first and only British head of state to visit China so far.
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During her visit to Hong Kong in 1975, Queen Elizabeth II (centre) prepared her eyes for a lion dance at the Tsuen Wan Sports Ground in the New Territories.
In May 1975, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Hong Kong for the first time, the first visit to Hong Kong by a reigning British monarch.
On the afternoon of May 4, the Queen and his wife took a special plane to Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon City. They first took the car to Tsim Sha Tsui, and the Chatham Road passing through was full of citizens, hoping to see the Queen’s style.
Then, the Queen changed to the Governor’s yacht, Lady Maurine, which departed from Tsim Sha Tsui, crossed Victoria Harbour, and landed at Queen’s Pier in Central.
In addition to holding a number of activities to welcome the Queen’s visit, the British Hong Kong government also temporarily lifted the ban on fireworks after the leftist riots in 1967, and held official fireworks displays, float parades, and horse races in Happy Valley (Happy Valley). field) for the Queen’s Cup.
The Queen also visited Aimin Village, a newly completed public housing community, to visit residents.
On May 5, 1975, the Queen presented the first Queen’s Cup at the Happy Valley Racecourse (Happy Valley) in Hong Kong. Mrs HT Barma, the owner of the champion horse “Leisiji”, took over the trophy.
On May 5, 1975, the Queen and Prince Philip arrived on the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter aboard the Governor’s yacht Mrs. Mulian, escorted by fishermen in dragon boats, and boarded the Jumbo Seafood Boat and sister ship Taibai Seafood Boat to enjoy the cruise.
On October 12, 1986, the Queen and his wife visited China. This is the first visit of a British monarch to China.
The Queen and Prince Philip met successively in Beijing with leaders of then Chinese President Li Xiannian, Premier Zhao Ziyang, Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China Deng Xiaoping. During their approximately one-week stay in China, the Queen and his wife visited the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi’an, and the Great Wall of China.
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On October 13, 1986, China welcomed Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to visit. State President Li Xiannian (left) accompanied the Queen to review the honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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On October 13, 1986, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Forbidden City in Beijing.
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Li Xiannian (right), Zhao Ziyang (left) and Queen Elizabeth II (centre) at the welcome dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Queen Elizabeth II (center) and Prince Philip (right) on the Badaling Great Wall.
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Queen Elizabeth II (centre) visiting the streets of Shanghai with then Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian (right), Shanghai City Changjiang Zemin (front left) and British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe (second row, third left).
After leaving China, the Queen of England visited Hong Kong again, and the Hong Kong government gave a grand welcome. The Queen also landed at Queen’s Wharf in front of the Hong Kong City Hall, reviewed the honor guard of the British garrison in Hong Kong, and then delivered a speech at the City Hall.
In December 1984, the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed, which came into effect in May 1985. In her speech, the Queen said that the agreement between the UK and China on the future of Hong Kong is very important to the new China-UK relationship. She also praised the citizens of Hong Kong for building a unique city and society together.
During her two-day visit to Hong Kong, the Queen not only met with various sectors of the community, but also attended the Young Elite Extravaganza at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, and visited a public housing family in Shatin.
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On October 21, 1986, the British Hong Kong government welcomed Queen Elizabeth II’s visit. Governor Edward Youde (right) delivered a speech at the welcoming ceremony. More than a month later, Youde died suddenly in Beijing, becoming the only colonial-era governor who died during his tenure.
On October 22, 1986, Queen Elizabeth II (left) visited Lung Hang Village, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong to visit and inspect ordinary houses.
Ye Peishan, a senior news producer on BBC International and the former host of BBC’s Chinese Cantonese “Current Events Weekly”, was one of the more than 1,000 youth choir members who participated in the “Red Pavilion” performance at that time.
Ye Peishan recalled the experience of this “Performance in Front of the Royal Palace”: “We sang “For the Beauty of the Earth” by John Rutter (British composer), and “The Beauty of the Earth” written by Huang Zhan. It’s my home”. We seem to have sang two Hakka folk songs, and the whole singing performance seems to last an hour.”
“I remember there was a lion dance, then a dance performance, and then it was our turn.”
“I really want to know if she had any special thoughts when she listened to our Hakka folk songs that day.”
[BBC Current Affairs Week (Cantonese)]The late Queen Elizabeth II visited Hong Kong twice, and BBC Hong Kong-based news producer Ye Pei Shan once performed in front of the Queen as a member of the Thousand Choir.
Looking back on June 1953, the coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey in London, and a celebration ceremony for the Queen’s coronation was also organized in Hong Kong, a third of the world away. The grandest ceremony of the year was to make a 180-foot-long (55-meter) golden dragon, with gleaming copper pieces inlaid on its body to make dragon scales, which radiated radiance as it danced. The Golden Dragon cruises on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula in two days. High arches have been erected in many places in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories.
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On June 3, 1953, the “Hong Kong Kowloon Chinese Celebrating the Queen’s Coronation Parade” was held in the Kowloon section of the parade, and the team headed through the Nathan Road Tung Lok Theater in Mong Kok.
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The 55-meter-long golden dragon on a parade celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s enthronement in Hong Kong.
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At that time, many large-scale “God Save the Queen” plaques were erected in various districts of Hong Kong.
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On the eve of the handover of Hong Kong to China in June 1997, two Chinese sailors removed a large portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the Prince of Wales Building at the Tamar Naval Base in Hong Kong. The building has now been renamed the People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison Building.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that after the death of the British Queen, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to the successor King Charles III on September 9, saying that Queen Elizabeth II, as the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, has won wide acclaim and that her death is the result of the British huge loss to the people.
Premier Li Keqiang also sent a message of condolences to British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
After Beijing announced the top leader’s condolences to the British side, Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao also issued a statement of condolences. Li Jiachao said: “On behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and citizens, I would like to express my deepest condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. She reigned for 70 years and was the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. Respect, love and praise.”
“We would like to extend our deepest condolences to the British people as the nation mourns.”
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After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many Hong Kong citizens lined up at the British Consulate General to sign a condolence book.
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On September 10, the Mid-Autumn Festival, some citizens placed yellow chrysanthemums and moon cakes next to the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
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