Successful royal visit to Gibraltar to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The second day of the royal visit to Gibraltar began at HM Naval Base. The Duke of Wessex was welcomed by a group of children waving flags lining the balcony of The Tower. He inspected some of the units of HM forces Gibraltar, the fire service, bomb disposal, the police and one of their dogs.
There was a fly past and acrobatic display by the Royal Air Force. Finally he boarded HMS Sabre a Scimitar-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron.
Continuing the maritime theme, he visited the Calpe Rowing club and named a new boat ‘The Diamond Jubilee’ and presented the Jubilee and Wessex prizes. Meantime the Countess of Wessex visited St Martins School, and the seafarers Centre.
In the afternoon they toured the Upper Rock nature reserve and the Moorish Castle housing estate.
In the evening they attended the annual Queens Birthday parade at Casemates carried out by the Gibraltar regiment with representatives of the RAF and Royal Navy. In the evening they attended the annual Queens Birthday Garden party at the Convent and met a number of local VIP’s.
Later the Government of Gibraltar projected images of the Queen onto the North face of the Rock.
On the last day the Royal couple met with Gibraltar's various religious leaders at the Convent cloister. The couple then visited the Law Courts and made their way to Laguna Estate where they visited the social club and inspected the new playground.
The Duke and Duchess then made their way to the new airport terminal and after a brief tour and inaugurating the Diamond Jubilee Terrace departed.
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“Spain will go to the United Nations on Friday to insist that talks are opened on the sovereignty of Gibraltar”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/9329766/Spain-to-go-to-UN-over-Gibraltar-sovereignty.html
But the Treaty of Utrect clearly states that Spain willing gave sovereignty to Great Britain in 1713. That means its been British longer than it was Spanish (as we know Spain today). So next year Gibraltar will have been continuously British for 300 years.
But the people of Gibraltar will have yet another referendum to show the world that they want to remain British and espress their self determination to do so.
I wonder why it's so hard for the Spanish to understand? But then Argentina seems to have the same mindset.
I assume they've seen the nationalist fervour in Argentina and thought “we'll have some of that”
What I can never understand is that repeated failure to achieve anything doesn't seem to dent their morale.
It seems Spain is just claiming that self determination is a breach of the Treaty of Utrecht. They want the UK to simply tell them to get lost as the treaty entitles the UK to do.
It's been 300 years guys - get over it.
The Spanish will probably get over when or if their economy improves.
Just like CFK they perceive us as weak,
we reap what Cameron sows .
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