Sad News For Anglophiles
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WPA Pool/Getty Imageshttps://www.insider.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-death-obituary-2022-9
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Although I am Canadian, I was never a great believer in royalty per se. But I was a young boy during the war years and I couldn't help but admire Princess Elizabeth who studied how to be a mechanic and drove trucks and other vehicles as a member of the military. And I have admired her through the years not just as a Queen who reigned for 70 years, but for the great lady she became during those years. She will be missed.
George -
I got a kick out of knowing that, even at age 92, she would enjoy off-roading in her Land Rover. And https://news.yahoo.com/queen-elizabeth-said-asked-ever-193842166.html is one of my favorite anecdotes.
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@j-jericho
She had quite a sense of humor. I miss her already.
George -
I once met HM, many, many years ago (around 1990), at the official opening of an exhibition about the Domesday Book in the Public Record Office (now National Archives) in London... I was there for the exhibition which enabled me to view many documents that I needed for my PhD thesis in one place instead of spread out all over the country... so I had planned to be there on Day One and stay as long as needed. I was in the exhibition hall when suddenly a group of obvious security officials appeared, a red carpet was unrolled and a tape was slung across the entrance - mind you, there were about fifteen visitors already inside because the exhibition had opened at 9 am and by this time, it was 11 - then the Keeper of the Records arrived, in full robes and panoply, a couple of other officials lined up, and then HM arrived, in a pigeon-blue costume with matching hat. Someone dropped on one knee to present HM with a cushion with the scissors on it, and she cut the tape and declared the exhibition opened, and proceeded down the hall to see the exhibits, most importantly the first volume of the Domesday Book dating back to 1068... and had to pass me. She addressed me with " So why are you so keen on the exhibition that he could not wait for me to open it?" and I stammered something about not knowing that there would be an official opening. "Why shouldn't there be?" was her reply, " Anyway, success to your research." and was gone.
