Videos: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Church Service
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth was held on Sunday [June 3] at St. Peter’s Church in St. George’s. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, re-designated St. Peter’s Church as ‘Their Majesties Chappell’, in honour of the church’s 400th anniversary.
Governor & Dignitaries Arrive At St Peters:
The Bermuda Regiment Band welcomed the arrival of the Governor at 11am with the debut performance of the Jubilee Fanfare, commissioned of Major D. B. Robinson EM, Director of Music, while a group of Sea Cadets lined the church’s path.
Bermuda Regiment Trumpeters Play The Jubilee Fanfare:
Those in attendance included Governor George Fergusson, Deputy Governor David Arkley, Acting Premier Michael Scott, Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier, UBP Leader Kim Swan, St George’s Mayor Kenny Bascome, Education Minister and St George’s MP Dame Jennifer Smith, Tourism & Business Minister Wayne Furbert, PLP MP Lovitta Foggo and more.
St Peters Procession & Choir Singing:
The service was followed by Jubilee Garden Party in the churchyard where Minster Scott and the Governor planted a commemorative tree in the churchyard and visited the grave of Governor Sir.Richard Sharples and Captain Hugh Sayers, the Governor’s Aide-de-Camp. Both men were shot and killed in the grounds of Government House in March 1973.
Governor’s Tree Planting & Grave Visit:
Bermuda’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations started on Saturday with a Flotilla of boats making their way from Hamilton to the west end. Governor George Fergusson also participated in the “Lighting of Beacons,” with Bermuda’s Beacons joining thousands lit in areas throughout the UK, Commonwealth and British Overseas Territories.
Thax Bernews!!!!