43-504: Emerald Star is the 2013 sequel to Hetty Feather and Sapphire Battersea written by best-selling British author Jacqueline Wilson and illustrated by Nick Sharratt . The story starts with Hetty arriving at an inn in her late mother's old village a few weeks after the events of Sapphire Battersea . The story starts with Hetty Feather searching for her long-lost father in Monksby, her late mother's old village. She finds most residents of
86-701: A 2015-16 UK tour, including a residence over Christmas at The Lowry in Manchester. In June 2016 there were performances at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. The show had another revival over the Christmas season 2017–18 at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. The play can be seen on live streaming at BroadwayHD . Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
129-548: A kind kitchen maid. When Hetty is a little older, the children at the Foundling Hospital go to the Queen's Golden Jubilee . On the trip, Hetty sees a circus and believes it's the one that Madame Adeline belongs to. When she discovers it isn't, Hetty manages to run away to find the right one and Madame Adeline along with it. Upon meeting her, Hetty is upset to discover that Adeline is much older than she appears and that her red hair
172-704: A lunch. In the evening, there was a banquet, which fifty foreign kings and princes, along with the governing heads of Britain's overseas colonies and dominions, attended. She wrote in her diary: Had a large family dinner. All the Royalties assembled in the Bow Room, and we dined in the Supper-room, which looked splendid with the buffet covered with the gold plate. The table was a large horseshoe one, with many lights on it. The King of Denmark took me in, and Willy of Greece sat on my other side. The Princes were all in uniform, and
215-568: A proud day!)…The service was very well done & arranged. The " Te Deum " by my darling Albert sounded beautiful, & the anthem by Dr Bridge was fine, especially the way in which the National Anthem & dear Albert's Chorale were worked in. Dr Stainer 's beautiful 'Amen' at the end of the service, was most impressive….The noise of the crowd, which began yesterday went on till late. Felt truly grateful that all had passed off so admirably & this never to be forgotten day, will always leave
258-620: A resounding success which had silenced the many critics of the monarchy. For the Golden Jubilee, Victoria had informed the Conservative prime minister, Lord Salisbury , that she intended to have a thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey , and ignoring the Biblical tradition that the start of the fiftieth year should be celebrated, the jubilee should mark the completion of fifty years. The service should reference Victoria's coronation , although
301-510: A sailor with whom Ida has no contact. Ida tells Hetty it must be their secret, as she will get sacked if she is found out and will no longer be able to see her. The book ends with Ida and Hetty planning a happy future together. Hetty Feather was filmed by CBBC Productions under lead writer Helen Blakeman , and aired on British TV channel CBBC in May 2015. Film locations for the TV adaption are entirely in
344-487: A torchlight procession by the schoolboys of Eton College . On 9 July, Victoria and other members of the royal family attended a Jubilee Field State Review of the British Army at Aldershot . The total number of troops participating was over 58,000; including 21,200 regular soldiers, 4,500 Militia , 270 Yeomanry and 33,000 Volunteers . The Queen, with an escort of the 10th Royal Hussars in which Prince Albert Victor
387-441: Is a wig-and Adeline cannot bear children in any case. Madame Adeline is kind to her but tells her she must return to the hospital. Hetty once again runs away but stumbles into a bad district where she is nearly kidnapped by a sinister man until an older girl who sells flowers named Sissy saves her. Sissy takes Hetty to her home, where she meets her terribly ill sister, Lil, and her drunkard father. Sissy and Hetty go out to sell flowers
430-493: Is aggressive towards Hetty and threatens her off his property. She bitterly realizes she won't fit in Monksby, and soon receives a letter from Jem, telling her the news of her foster father's death. She decides to leave to attend the funeral. Though Hetty feels equally unwelcome among her foster family, she receives a warm welcome from Jem and befriends his childhood friend, Janet. After the funeral, she starts living with Jem and taking care of their disabled mother while Jem works at
473-678: Is my fervent prayer." The first official Golden Jubilee celebrations were in the Indian Empire , and began in February to avoid the summer heat. Events took place across India on Jubilee Day, 16 February, orchestrated by the Viceroy , Lord Lytton , although his attempts to link the event with the perceived success of the British administration were mostly ignored by local rulers. A durbar in Bombay (now Mumbai )
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#1732851693327516-456: Is terrified of her abusive master, Beppo. After falling in love with the circus all over again, Hetty joins the circus as the ringmaster. After a final goodbye to Jem, Hetty leaves for a new life. Although originally intended to be the last in the series, it is followed by Diamond , a story which follows Diamond, a girl Hetty met in the circus during Emerald Star . Which is then followed by Little Stars which follows both Hetty and Diamond after
559-470: Is very unaware that she will one day have to leave the Cottons. There are other foster children in her home as well as Peg and John's own children. One day, she discovers a circus, where she meets Madame Adeline, whom she believes to be her mother because of her bright red hair, which is very similar to Hetty's own. Finally, the time comes for Hetty and Gideon to be sent back to the Foundling Hospital. Everyone in
602-537: The Liberal politician, Lord Granville . At the previous royal jubilee, the Golden Jubilee of George III , the king had been ill at Windsor Castle , so there was little precedent to follow. In 1872, the recovery of Edward, Prince of Wales from a bout of typhoid fever was marked by Victoria processing through London to a thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral ; despite the queen's reluctance, this had proved to be
645-552: The Ropery , Tarred Yarn Store, Officer's Terrace and Admiral's Offices. Isabel Clifton starred as Hetty. Each series consists of ten 30-minute episodes and there are six series in total aired between 2015 and 2020. In 2014 Hetty Feather was adapted for the stage. The production opened at Rose Theatre, Kingston in April 2014 before embarking on a UK tour. It then transferred to the West End at
688-530: The Vaudeville Theatre and opened on 5 August. It was subsequently nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Family and Entertainment Show. The show was adapted by Emma Reeves and directed by Sally Cookson with Phoebe Thomas in the title role. Musician Alex Heane joined the company for the West End run. A revival of the show saw another West End run at the Duke of York's Theatre in summer of 2015 followed by
731-599: The Palace gates up to the Abbey were enormous, & there was such an extraordinary outburst of enthusiasm as I have hardly ever seen in London before, all the people seemed to be in such good humour. The old Chelsea Pensioners were in a stand near the Arch . The decorations along Piccadilly were quite beautiful & there were most touching inscriptions. Seats & platforms were arranged up to
774-588: The Princesses were all beautifully dressed. Afterwards we went into the Ballroom, where my band played. The next day, the Queen participated in a procession in an open landau , drawn by six cream-coloured horses, through London to Westminster Abbey escorted by Colonial Indian cavalry. She refused to wear a crown, wearing instead a bonnet and a long dress. The procession through London, according to Mark Twain , "stretched to
817-604: The Queen had breakfast outdoors under the trees at Frogmore , where Prince Albert had been buried. She wrote in her diary: The day has come, & I am alone, though surrounded by many dear Children. I am writing after a very fatiguing day, in the Garden at Buckingham Palace, where I used to sit so often in former happy days. 50 years ago today since I came to the throne. God has mercifully sustained me through many great trials & sorrows…. She then travelled by train from Windsor station to Paddington then to Buckingham Palace for
860-631: The Queen returned to Windsor by train. On 23 July, Victoria and the royal family attended a Jubilee Fleet Review at Spithead offshore from Portsmouth . Present were more than one hundred Royal Navy warships and dozens of other vessels. The British fleet included 26 ironclads , 14 cruisers , 31 gunboats and 38 torpedo boats ; between them these ships carried 442 guns and were manned by 16,136 officers and ratings . Also present were several foreign warships, as well as troopships , large merchant ships, yachts and numerous small craft filled with spectators. The Queen and other important guests passed along
903-606: The author. CBBC created a TV series based on the book, with Isabel Clifton portraying Hetty. The programme was first aired in 2015. In the United States BYUtv has the US broadcast rights and began airing it in March 2018. The book is followed by Sapphire Battersea . The series comprises (in order of publication) Hetty Feather, Sapphire Battersea, Emerald Star , Diamond , and Little Stars . The spirited and imaginative Hetty
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#1732851693327946-402: The cause of duty towards my dear Country & subjects, who are so inseparably bound up with my life, will encourage me in my task often a very difficult & arduous one, during the remainder of my life. The wonderful order preserved on this occasion & the good behaviours of the enormous multitudes assembled merits my highest admiration. That God may protect & abundantly bless my Country
989-503: The county of Kent and include Cobham Hall School for girls in Cobham, Kent doubling as an orphanage, Belmont House and Gardens in Faversham doubling as Calendar Hall, Maidstone TV Studios to build various sets, including classrooms, the kitchen and a library and The Historic Dockyard Chatham which provided several locations to stand in for Victorian London including the streets around
1032-524: The events of Diamond . Hetty Feather Hetty Feather is a book by English author Jacqueline Wilson . It is about a young red-haired girl who was left by her mother at the Foundling Hospital as a baby and follows her story as she lives in a foster home before returning to the Foundling Hospital as a curious and bad-tempered five-year-old. There are more books to the "series" of Hetty Feather, which are recommended for ages 9–11 according to
1075-635: The fact that Hetty has only known her mother by a moniker, and cannot confirm whether she's the same person Bobbie abandoned. Hetty establishes an uneasy friendship with her half-siblings, but finds it difficult to fit in the tight-knit, fishing-oriented community of Monksby. At one point, she writes to Sarah Smith, her friend and governor at the Foundling Hospital , to confirm her parentage. Miss Smith soon writes back, confirming her mother's real name and, by extension, her being Bobbie's daughter. Hetty realizes she has more family in Monksby – namely Samuel, her maternal grandfather, whom she resolves to visit. Samuel
1118-458: The family is devastated, and Jem and Hetty promise to find each other again with a coin to remember each other. Hetty finds her time in the hospital miserable and oppressive, and often rebels or otherwise talks back in an environment where she's expected to be meek and obedient. This earns her the animosity of the hospital's Matrons, who punish her severely. Despite that, she manages to make friends among fellow foundlings and even staff, including Ida,
1161-465: The farm. Soon after, Gideon, her other foster brother, returns from the Army with a missing eye. Hetty starts to become fed up with doing the same things every day. Jem and Hetty spend Christmas with Janet's family. Hetty soon finds Janet's diary and discovers that Janet is in love with Jem. The circus returns and Hetty reunites with her childhood idol, Madame Adeline, and meets a little girl called Diamond, who
1204-491: The following day, whereupon they are approached by a writer named Sarah Smith. Miss Smith takes Sissy and Hetty to a restaurant, where she asks questions for her new book "Penny for a Posy" and Hetty spins an elaborate tale of her life as a flower girl. After asking her questions, Sarah Smith reveals that she is a new benefactor for the hospital and that she recognises Hetty as the girl who has run away but praises her story-telling abilities. Sissy leaves and Sarah takes Hetty back to
1247-489: The future Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi observing noted as a mark of divine favour. On her return to the palace, she went to her balcony and was cheered by the crowd. In the ballroom she distributed brooches made for the Jubilee to her family. In the evening, she put on a gown embroidered with silver roses, thistles and shamrocks and attended a banquet. Afterwards she received a procession of diplomats and Indian princes. She
1290-470: The hospital after buying her ink and a book as a treat to record her tale. When Hetty is returned to the hospital, Ida collapses upon seeing her. Sarah Smith tells the matron that Hetty was kidnapped and there is to be no punishment, which the matron has no choice but to obey. Hetty is allowed to visit Ida in her attic room, where Ida reveals that she is Hetty's mother and has been working at the hospital to look after her. Hetty's red hair comes from her father,
1333-672: The kind & more than kind reception I met with on going to, returning from Westminster Abbey, with all my Children & Grand Children. The enthusiastic reception I met with then as well as on all these eventful days in London as well as in Windsor on the occasion of my Jubilee has touched me most deeply. It has shown that the labour & anxiety of 50 long years – 22 of which I spent in unclouded happiness, shared & cheered by my beloved Husband, while an equal number were full of sorrows & trials, borne without his sheltering arm & wise help have been appreciated by my People. This feeling &
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1376-399: The limit of sight in both directions". The spectators were accommodated on terraced benches along 10 miles of scaffolding erected for the purpose. At Westminster Abbey, there was a Service of Thanksgiving held for the Queen's reign. The music included the singing of a Te Deum which had been composed by Prince Albert. During the service, a beam of sunlight fell upon her bowed head, which
1419-462: The lines of anchored ships in a flotilla led by the royal yacht , HMY Victoria and Albert . That night, the ships were illuminated by their searchlights. A report for the United States Navy described the review as "the most imposing ever seen afloat". At the Jubilee, the Queen engaged two Indian Muslims as waiters; Mohammed Buksh and Abdul Karim . A commemorative bust of Victoria
1462-562: The most gratifying & heart stirring memoirs behind. The next morning, Victoria went to St James's Palace to visit her elderly aunt, the dowager Duchess of Cambridge . In the afternoon, the Queen attended a party in Hyde Park for 26,000 schoolchildren, who were all given a glass of milk, a bun and a Jubilee mug. Returning to Windsor by train, the Queen then unveiled a bronze statue of herself in Castle Hill by Sir Edgar Boehm , before viewing
1505-519: The queen would not wear a crown or robes of state. This entailed considerable alterations inside the Abbey, which Lord Salisbury reluctantly agreed to finance, but he insisted that the queen should underwrite the rest of the costs. On the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, Queen Victoria wrote a message of thanks to her people, which was then published in the London Gazette and national newspapers: "I am anxious to express to my people my warm thanks for
1548-497: The tops of the houses, & such waving of hands. Piccadilly, Regent Street & Pall Mall were alike, most festively decorated. Many schools out & many well-known faces were seen… God save the Queen was played & then changed to Handel 's Occasional Overture, as I was led slowly up the Nave & Choir , which looked beautiful all filled with people….I sat alone oh! without my beloved Husband (for whom this would have been such
1591-585: The village are cold and unwelcoming, and has very little success identifying her mother by her old name, Ida. She finally locates her father, Bobbie Waters, who is emotional and guilty about having abandoned Hetty's mother and never having known he has a daughter – he welcomes her into his family and reveals to Hetty her mother's real name – Evie. However, he already has a family of his own – his wife Katherine, with whom Hetty shares an instant hatred and rivalry, and their children Mina and Ezra, who are equally reluctant about her. Katherine doubts Hetty's parentage due to
1634-488: Was abandoned at the Foundling Hospital as a newborn baby. Children abandoned at the hospital are in Foster care or fostered until the age of five, at the nearest date when they turn 5 years old they will be returned to the hospital to start their education. Hetty spends her earlier life as a foster child under the care of Peg and John Cotton who she knows as her mother and her father, and grows close to their biological son, Jem. She
1677-569: Was attended by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught . Additionally, Victoria had a contingent of cavalry from the British Indian Army brought to London to be her personal escort, and engaged two Indian Muslims as waiters, one of whom was Abdul Karim . Invitations to the jubilee celebrations were extended to the rulers of the Indian Princely States , several of whom were willing to make the lengthy journey to London. On 20 June 1887,
1720-399: Was celebrated on 20 and 21 June 1887 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria 's accession on 20 June 1837. It was celebrated with a Thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey , and a banquet to which 50 European kings and princes were invited. As the fiftieth anniversary of Victoria's accession approached, public anticipation of national celebrations began to grow, encouraged by
1763-621: Was commissioned from the sculptor Francis John Williamson . Many copies were made, and distributed throughout the British Empire . A special Golden Jubilee Medal was instituted and awarded to participants of the jubilee celebrations. Writer and geographer John Francon Williams published The Jubilee Atlas of the British Empire especially to commemorate Victoria's Jubilee and her Jubilee year. Many British towns and cities commissioned new monuments, public clocks or buildings to mark
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1806-525: Was serving, received an address by the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces , Prince George, Duke of Cambridge , and then watched the entire force march past in review. Although the ground had been watered that morning by two traction engines , the passing of so many boots and hooves threw up great clouds of dust, to the annoyance of the huge crowd of spectators. Following lunch in a specially erected pavilion ,
1849-404: Was then wheeled in her chair to sit and watch fireworks in the palace garden. The Queen reflected on the day in her diary: This very eventful day has come & is passed. It will be very difficult to describe it, but all went off admirably….The morning was beautiful & bright with a fresh air. Troops began passing early, with Bands playing, & one heard constant cheering. The crowds from
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