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''ラテン語:Annus horribilis'' is a Latin phrase, meaning "horrible year". It is complementary to ''ラテン語:annus mirabilis'', which means "wonderful year"; however, ''annus mirabilis'' is a traditional term, while ''annus horribilis'' is of relatively recent coinage. ==Elizabeth II== Although the phrase was used in 1891 to describe 1870, the year in which the Roman Catholic church defined the dogma of papal infallibility,〔Anonymous, "Möhler, Döllinger and Oxford Anglicanism", in 〕 and is cited by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as being in use as early as 1985, it was brought to prominence by Queen Elizabeth II, in a speech to the Guildhall on 24 November 1992, marking the 40th anniversary of her accession, in which she described the closing of the year as an ''annus horribilis''. The phrase may allude to John Dryden’s poem "Annus Mirabilis" about the events of 1666. The "sympathetic correspondent" was later revealed to be her former assistant private secretary, Sir Edward Ford. Listed here are some of the events to which the British Queen alluded. * On 12 March 1992, Mauritius, of which Elizabeth was Queen became a republic. * On 19 March, it was announced that her second son, the Duke of York, would separate from his wife, the Duchess of York. * On 23 April, her daughter, the Princess Royal, divorced her husband, Captain Mark Phillips. * On 8 June, the Princess of Wales’s tell-all book ''Diana, Her True Story'', was published after being serialised in ''The Sunday Times''. Written by Andrew Morton, it revealed for the first time the unhappy truths of the Princess's marriage - particularly, the affairs between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles - starting the "War of the Waleses". * On 20 August, scandalous pictures of a Duchess of York being kissed on her feet by her friend, John Bryan, were published in ''Daily Mirror''. * On 24 August, intimate conversations between the Princess of Wales and James Gilbey from a tape recording their phone calls were published in ''The Sun'', causing "Squidgygate". * On 13 November, the affairs between the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles were confirmed by the publication of the recording of their phone calls in ''Daily Mirror'' which was called "Camillagate". * On 20 November, just four days before the Guildhall speech, Windsor Castle - one of the main royal residences - caught fire and was seriously damaged. Huge public outcry was aroused against the prospect that the cost of repairs might be on government expenses. * On 26 November, after lengthy discussions and under enormous public pressure, it was announced that the Queen would start to pay income tax and capital gains tax in 1993. This became the first time for a British monarch to pay income tax since 1931. * On 9 December, John Major, then Prime Minister, announced to the House of Commons that the Prince and Princess of Wales had decided to separate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annus horribilis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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