Queen Elizabeth honoured with tea party, tree planting
CBC News | Posted: September 9, 2015 5:33 PM | Last Updated: September 9, 2015
Residents of a small town in central Newfoundland dusted off their finery Wednesday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's record-breaking reign.
Appleton Mayor Derm Flynn and members of the community held a tea party in front of the town hall complete with homemade crumpets and scones.
The Queen, 89, is now the longest-reigning British monarch, surpassing her great-great-grandmother Victoria who ruled for 63 years and 216 days.
Flynn wore a tuxedo and top hat which he purchased from the Goodwill store especially for the occasion while many women wore colourful wide-brimmed hats.
Residents also offered up their personal fine china for the tea party.
"I can assure you that they've been digging through their cupboards, and digging through their china cabinets, and hauling out tea cups and silver tea servings and tea pots that haven't been used for 50 and 60 years," Flynn said.
Tree planting in St. John's
Meanwhile in St. John's, a group of about 40 people joined Lt.-Gov. Frank Fagan and wife Patricia for a tree planting ceremony in honour of the Queen on the grounds of Government House.
Queen Elizabeth had previously planted two trees on the grounds.