26 April 2021 Blog: my week in the news

This week we had more royal news. It was the Queen’s birthday. Usually, there is a grand celebration for the Queen with lots of gun salutes but this year it was a bit different. The Queen’s birthday was only nine days away from the unfortunate death of Prince Phillip, so people were still mourning. It must be hard to have to celebrate during a time you are mourning and I am sure the Queen must have felt deep sadness on her first birthday without Prince Philip at her side after so many years together. The Queen’s usual birthday celebrations were cancelled last year too because of the pandemic (which has not ended yet) but she had Prince Philip with her last year.

On a positive note, on the 21st of April it was Earth Day - a time when we everyone focuses on and put in lots of effort to help our environment. I am glad that we have Earth Day because we all then have the chance to think about our environment and how to help protect it. We also have to thank our environmental activists for all they do to raise awareness about protecting the environment. I would especially like to thank Greta Thunberg for all that she has done because, although she is quite young, she has done so much.

I hope you all have a great week ahead of you.