Channel 4 News published this video item, entitled “Queen absent from Jubilee special service of thanksgiving due to ‘discomfort’” – below is their description.
A special service of thanksgiving has been held in honour of the Queen, although the monarch herself was not there.
Other members of the royal family, including Meghan and Harry, were greeted by cheering crowds as they arrived at St Paul’s to celebrate her unprecedented seventy year reign – while the Archbishop of York praised the Queen for “staying the course”.
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In This Story: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is best known as a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November every year, usually through feasting, parades and travel to see family and friends, though celebrations were scaled back during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
The roots of the modern celebration lie in settlers celebrating their arrival in the Americas in the early 1600’s. It has been a public holiday since 1941 due to federal legislation, an annual tradition in the United States by presidential proclamation since 1863 and by state legislation since the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Traditionally, Thanksgiving has been a celebration of the blessings of the year, including the harvest. What Americans call the “Holiday Season” generally begins with Thanksgiving. The first day after Thanksgiving Day—Black Friday—marks the start of the Christmas shopping season.
