Subject: God bless the Queen, Long live the King.
It’s hard to imagine the space left by the death of anyone. We all have friends and family who meant more than a name but were a place to go to for wisdom or solace, a place to back up our failing spirts
I’m sure the Queen was such a person amongst those closest to her. She had the wisdom of experience and old age she met and talked to people well above our pay grade and must have siphoned off a great deal of useful information to form her opinions. I’m sure for her family she was the go to girl, for her son, his mommy who remained his pillar until her death today.
That firm but hesitant girl thrust into early monarchy surrounded by elder statesmen and courtiers, challenged by her sisters way-fulness and her husbands lack of a role which in the early years made him a difficult partner. That serene image of her moving down the central isle on her coronation day with the huge crown on her head was almost surreal and yet she carried it off, as with all her duties with poise and immense good taste.
God bless the Queen, long live the King
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