An anecdote to cheer the birthday of Queen Elizabeth in Buenos Aires

This year, there was no controversy. Neither the goal with the hand of Diego Maradona, nor an Argentine military band at the Embbady of the United Kingdom.

Mark Kent, the popular ambbadador, took the plunge and his speech turned him into a surprise. During the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, guests, businessmen, journalists, members of the English community, diplomats and Argentine officials were invited to remove their cellphones, to access a virtual platform and with a key replicated to the screen. the environments and the garden of the residence, will begin to play. "I want to ask them how much they know what we are doing," he said.

There were seven questions from a trivia that had three winners. Everyone took Scottish whiskey.

Each question had four options, of which only one was the correct answer. For example, what character was the protagonist of an event this year at the residence. It was Harry Potter and most things were good.

Although amusing, this created confusion, especially because some chose the right answer but did not see it reflected on their cell phone. Or because they did not respond quickly. He arrived at the secretary general of the government, Fabián Perechodnickalthough he answered several times correctly, his mobile phone had marked him in red and he had not hit them.

This year, there were not as many civil servants as in previous years, although some regulars like the secretary for human rights, Claudio Avruj, who worked extensively with Ambbadador Kent on the identification of Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin Cemetery in Malvinas. He spoke a lot but hardly ate: Pbadover follows tradition and does not taste anything that contains flour. He therefore chooses the table of cheese and grapes.

On "Island", one could hear the bagpipes several blocks away, then English music crossing the walls from the beautiful Embbady Garden.

Images of the direction of Kent in Argentina were seen on giant screens and two art exhibitions were also organized. At the entrance of the residence, visitors were able to view some of the images taken by English photographer Scarlet Page, daughter of Jimmy Page and specialist in the representation of rock stars such as Paul McCartney or Charly García.

In one of the rooms, Argentine artist Costhanzo exhibited drawings that speak of British culture, such as Sherlock Holmes, Queen or Monty Python.

This time, the Salvation Army group presented a musical show, followed by a selection of British music by DJ Maxi Martina, who conducts The Selector, the British Council's weekly radio program. They also heard Jenny Moule, a British singer living in Buenos Aires.

Among the guests were businessmen such as Martín Cabrales and Andrea Grobocopatel; the head of the anti-corruption bureau, Laura Alonso; the director of Banco Nacion, Cordovan Jorge Lawson and his daughter Noelia Lawson, honorary consul of the United Kingdom in Córdoba; the economist Martín Redrado; Julia Pomares, director of Cippec and former vice-chancellor Fernando Petrella, among others.