# What would Queen's 70th anniv. be called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 30, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040 "2014-06-30T22:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Suicide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suicide)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/1 "2014-06-30T22:27:02Z")
The Queen of England’s 50th anniversary of her coronation was called the Golden Jubilee, the 60th was the Diamond Jubilee…she’s halfway to the 70th and could make it, no one’s ever gone that far…what would the 70th anniversary be called? is there something more valuable than diamonds? Platinum jubilee? moon rock jubilee? what???:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/2 "2014-06-30T22:28:53Z")
Platinum Jubilee ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/3 "2014-06-30T22:28:55Z")
70 is platinum ---
**Author:** ![Fallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/4 "2014-06-30T22:29:40Z")
The google says platinum jubilee in 2022, if she makes it. ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/5 "2014-06-30T22:29:59Z")
ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/6 "2014-07-01T00:28:44Z")
> [@Suicide](#): > > …she’s halfway to the 70th and could make it Since it’s GQ and all… No, she’s not “halfway to the 70th” (assuming you meant halfway between 60 and 70). This year is her 62nd. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/7 "2014-07-01T00:33:26Z")
FWIW, 65 is the less than famous “Blue Sapphire” anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/8 "2014-07-01T00:35:33Z")
BTW, easy to know since its the same as weddings. 90 years is only stone. Its like “You’d better like stone at this age !”. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Suicide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suicide)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/9 "2014-07-01T00:40:30Z")
in the record business, it goes gold record then platinum record then double platinum no stinkin’ diamonds there ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/10 "2014-07-01T00:54:51Z")
Louis ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/11 "2014-07-01T01:12:34Z")
Who decrees these metal/precious stone associatiations with particular anniversaries? Gold and silver are well-established, but I can’t help thinking that a lot of the others are the work of the Hallmark Card Company or similar. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/12 "2014-07-01T01:18:36Z")
Coprolite? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/13 "2014-07-01T01:52:02Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Coprolite? Blatant threadshitting… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/14 "2014-07-01T01:57:40Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Blatant threadshitting… But the perfect answer to the OP’s query. Threadwinning, by my viote. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/15 "2014-07-01T05:49:50Z")
According to Charles, it’s her “Isn’t she dead yet?” anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/16 "2014-07-01T07:11:24Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > Who decrees these metal/precious stone associatiations with particular anniversaries? Gold and silver are well-established, but I can’t help thinking that a lot of the others are the work of the Hallmark Card Company or similar. Nah - the the term “Diamond Jubilee” was invented in 1897 for Queen Victoria’s 60th. That’s a full 13 years before Hallmark started out. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/17 "2014-07-01T08:25:31Z")
What is it, exactly, about platinum that is so valuable? I understand that it’s rare. Does that fact alone make it a precious metal? Why is “platinum” used to denote very valuable things, like a 70th anniversary or a first-class credit card? ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/18 "2014-07-01T10:36:01Z")
> [@Suicide](#): > > The Queen of England’s 50th anniversary of her coronation was called the Golden Jubilee, the 60th was the Diamond Jubilee… I know this probably comes up every time someone starts one of theses types of threads, but she is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and her realms overseas. The last Queen of England was Queen Anne from 1702 - 1707, when she then became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/19 "2014-07-01T11:04:48Z")
> [@Kiwi\_Fruit](#): > > I know this probably comes up every time someone starts one of theses types of threads, but she is Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and her realms overseas. The last Queen of England was Queen Anne from 1702 - 1707, when she then became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. And it only took the monarchs themselves about 250 years to stop saying it. (The current one pulled off a double whammy. She called herself the Queen of England while in New Zealand.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040/20 "2014-07-01T13:45:52Z")
At least she didn’t get it wrong [in stone](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Asquith's_tomb,_All_Saints_church,_Sutton_Courtenay_-_inscription_-_geograph.org.uk_-_362236.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-queens-70th-anniv-be-called/692040.md?page=2)