Over the past 3 days there has been a grand scale of celebration in London marking 60 years of The Queen’s reign. The Diamond Jubilee Pagent in Windsor Castle organised a showcase titled, Around the World 
in 60 Years and 90 minutes, featuring performances from the 7 continents of the world.

The show was a reflection of The Queen’s State and Commonwealth visits starting from Great Britain to The Americas, Australasia, Asia, The Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Indigenous dancers, musicians, military personnel and horsemen put on a stunning and captivating cultural display. Russia showed off their impressive acrobatic skills atop galloping horses, dancers from the Cook Islands charmed the Queen with their quick hip gyration by performing the traditional Hura dance and Africa presented all the tribes of the continent to the backdrop of the beautiful sound of a young African choir.

There are 54 countries in the Commonwealth and Queen Elizabeth II has visited every country except 2. I was proud to see the flag of my island Grenada (a member of the Commonwealth) in full view at the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

At the age of 86 she continues her duties as Queen of England and Monarch to 16 Commonwealth countries with so much poise, making her an extremely well travelled cosmopolitan Complexd Woman. The celebrations over the past couple of days have made me very proud of my British Caribbean heritage.