When was the last time the Queen held the orb and sceptre?

Question

When was the last time the Queen held the orb and sceptre?

Answer 1

For goodness sake Rachelle ,the question was when were they used last, do you always have to write a novel when you answer a  question.

Answer 2

When she held the "orbs and sceptre"? Who knows. I think it's too personal a question.

Answer 3

Farm Bred beat me to it. Her fantasies are her own?

Answer 4

The first and last time Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom got to hold the orb and sceptre was at her coronation on June 2,1953. The Sovereign's****.is a type of regalia known as a globus cruciger and is one of the British Crown Jewels. It was created for the coronation of King Charles II in 1661 at a cost of £1,150 — approximately £118,400 ($226,309) adjusted into modern currency.

The Orb is a hollow gold sphere weighing 42 ounces and about 16.5 cm (6.5 in.) in diameter. Around the centre is a band of pearls and gemstones. There is a similar half-band running across the top half of the Orb. Atop the Orb is an amethyst surmounted by a Cross. The Orb is a religious symbol; it represents the Monarch's role as Defender of the Faith and as Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

During a coronation, the Archbishop of Canterbury delivers the Orb to the Monarch's right hand. The Orb is then placed on an altar, where it remains for the remainder of the ceremony. At the end of the ceremony, the Monarch holds the Orb in the left hand, the Sceptre with the Cross in the right hand, and wears the Imperial State Crown as he or she leaves Westminster Abbey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign's...

The only one time that a British monarch gets to hold the orb and sceptre is during its "coronation." A coronation is a ceremony marking the investment of a monarch with regal power through, amongst other symbolic acts, the placement of a crown upon his or her head. Where the monarch is anointed, the ritual may have religious significance. The crown is not the only item bestowed on a sovereign at his or her coronation. Usually there is an orb and sceptre and — depending on the country — other items from the crown jewels, all highly charged with historic, religious, and territorial symbolism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation

The globus cruciger (Latin, "cross-bearing orb") is an orb

topped with a cross, a Christian symbol of authority used throughout the Middle Ages and even today on coins, iconography and royal regalia. It symbolises Christ's (the cross) dominion over the world (the orb), literally held in the dominion of an earthly ruler (or sometimes celestial being such as an angel). The Sovereign's****.symbolises both the state and Church of England under the protection and domain of the royal crown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruc...

A sceptre or scepter is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of kingly regalia. A rod or staff has long represented authority.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceptre

Answer 5

The coronation ceremony.

Answer 6

LOOL "that should be private between her and Philip!!!"

Answer 7

If you are asking when she last held the real ones then that would be during the coronation in 1953. They pawned them shortly after it.

Answer 8

Doesn't she have to do it every year when she opens Parliament?

Answer 9

her Carnation

Answer 10

That information should remain private between her and Phillip.