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Queen Fairies or a Fairy Queen have long been part of our
heritage. Shakespeare's reference to Queen Mab, the well known
fairy in Celtic folklore was famous centuries before Shakespeare,
his was the first known reference to her in English literature
In William Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet, she is referred to as the fairies'
midwife, who delivers sleeping men of their innermost wishes
in the form of dreams.
 She
became loved and admired by poets and authors as these Queen
fairies, Titania, Morgan le Fey, Dana, Áine the traditional
Irish name of the queen of fairies in Celtic mythology, and
the lady of Lóthlorien "Galadriel" an Elvish
name which translates "light-crowned-(lady)", a
name given to her by Celeborn to celebrate her golden hair,
Lady
Galadriel
Each age creates anew a Fairy Queen as mother, she embodies
the Earth and its ancient powers.
Yet, a fairy year is not a human year, and fairy time is
not human time, so we should be cautious when assuming things
about fairies.*
Yet in real life there are outstanding women honoured and
referred to as fairies and. It is they that remain forever
young in our memory for the magic of their energy and achievements
. Both Queen Elizabeth the first of England and now Queen
Elizabeth the second have received such accolades.
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The Queen an 80th Birthday Celebration Message
Of Elizabeth the first it is said by Spenser in his letter
to Sir Walter Raleigh why his poem is called The Faerie Queene
In that Faery Queene I meane glory in my generall intention,
but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious
person of our soveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery
land. And yet, in some places els, I doe otherwise shadow
her. For considering she beareth two persons, the one of a
most royall Queene or Empresse, the other of a most vertuous
and beautifull lady……Allegory
in The Faerie Queene
Now the eightieth birthday of Elizabeth the second in a
modern age, she has reigned over 54 years, In 2002 on CNN
Larry King posed the question to Kitty Kelley , the best-selling
biographer and author of "The Royals”. Is the life
of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II a fairy tale or tragedy? Kelley
replied. “They care about this family. They laugh at
them. They make fun of them. But they still are invested in
the fairy tale, and it is the fairy tale, I think, that keeps
the monarchy alive.”
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