Talk:King's Official Birthday

message: All of these different dates are facinating, of course, why why do they celebrate it as a different day?  What's the history?  The reason?  Why don't they just celebrate the Queen or King's birthday?
*I'm just an simple American, but from what I gather, it was moved to June for hope of good weather... -- CaptainAmerica
Well being a Brit I know that they moved it to saturday so that they don't spare a day of work. Tourskin 07:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.  24 May, QV's birthday, became Empire Day, later changed to "Commonwealth Day".  When I was a kid in the '50s and '60's, this was the day on which everyone lit bonfires and fireworks, but it's now an obsolete celebration.  --  JackofOz 09:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Still no clearer as to why there has to be a separate Birthday.... Twizzlemas (talk) 11:31, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It should have become clear by now: There's a better chance of having fine weather in June than in the other months when the various monarchs had their actual birthdays, so celebrations for official purposes are taking place on a date referred to as Queen's (or King's) Official Birthday, detached from the actual anniversary of the birth. SchnitteUK (talk) 13:34, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Yes, but why??

message: I've heard the Queen's Birthday rule for WA as "The Monday closest to the 31st of September", which is obviously wrong, but I did think it was still "the Monday closest...".  Can anyone provide a decent reference for the current information provided about it being 'the last Monday of September until 2006 when it becomes the first Monday in October'?  That sounds wrong. Krisjohn 06:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially considering that in Australia there was a referendum to keep the Queen. Wasn't there?Tourskin 07:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: yes wasn't the one in 1998 or 1999?? lol i can't remember lolAustralian Jezza 07:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  See 1999 Australian republic referendum.  --  JackofOz 08:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Western Australia

message: Shouldn't the title be "Sovereign's Official Birthday", seeing as this article describes a holiday that will exist regardless of whether the current British sovereign, and hence the holiday, is a Queen or a King? JDS2005 04:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Queen's Official Birthday is the common name of the day so that should be reflected in the title, and most other articles on WP say "Queen's..." as opposed to "Sovereign's..." Brian | (Talk) 05:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Assuming Prince Charles becomes king, and assuming Australia will still celebrate such a holiday, it will then be called the King's Birthday.  But we can't rename the holiday on the basis of 2 assumptions neither of which may eventuate.  See also God Save the Queen, which would also become "God Save the King", as it did in the past whenever there was a king on the throne.  We couldn't rename that article "God Save the Monarch".  Sometime's it's "queen", sometimes it's "king". At the moment it's "queen".  No change required.  --  JackofOz 09:01, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

text: It's quite common for things in the UK and the other Commonwealth realms to incorporate a reference to the present monarch, which will be adjusted for the gender of the present Sovereign. Senior barristers are Queen's/King's Counsel; an important court in the UK is Queen's/King's Bench; the government is Her/His Majesty's Government; and of course the anthem is "God Save the Queen/King". There's no reason why a similar change shouldn't occur with the Queen's/King's Official Birthday. SchnitteUK (talk) 13:38, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: Any idea why the word "sakata" appears in this article? Quote: "Edward VII (who reigned 1901–1910, and whose birthday was in November) moved the ceremony to summer sakata in the hope of good weather."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by HeatherReMix (talk • contribs) 22:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "sakata" reference in article? 

message: An I.P. has a couple of times put the date of the holiday for all of Australia in September, as it is in Western Australia. I've found on an official AU Department of Commerce site these references which gives June dates for the holiday in regions other than WA: for New South Wales, Northern Territory,Queensland,South Australia, and Victoria. For Western Australia, the date is indeed in late September. The article before the I.P. changed it indicated that except in WA, Australia celebrated the Queen's birthday holiday in June, and that in WA it was celebrated in September. This appears to be correct, so I am going to restore the article to that version. Please do not revert without discussing the reversion here. Susfele (talk) 00:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date in Australia 

message: Now that the Queen is dead, what will Charles do to the holiday? What about the Commonwealth? Will he change the date? Will this be followed in all countries that are in the Commonwealth? Is it too early to say anything? 108.160.120.110 (talk) 22:41, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I imagine it'll continue as the same, as the holiday doesn't occur (apparently) on the monarch's actual birthday. GoodDay (talk) 16:04, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What will happen now to the holiday?