Vale Queen Elizabeth

[BrianK]

RIP Queen Elizabeth II. A sad day! May she rest in peace.

[wirrah]

RIP Queen Elizabeth II. A sad day! May she rest in peace.

The only international figure that has been there since before I was born. And to round things off in January this very year...

"Field Trial Champion Wolferton Drama, a four-year-old Cocker Spaniel bitch, bred and owned by Her Majesty The Queen, won the 91st Kennel Club Cocker Spaniel Field Trial Championship"

Rest in peace...

[Melissa]

   

Such a sad day - you knew it had to happen one day but still doesn't make it easy. 
I hope Philip was there to guide her.

[wirrah]

   

[Oldman]

With the passing of ER II, so does an era of dignity, poise, honour and class…..
I’m no royalist but I always admired the way she carried and conducted herself in public.
A very eloquent speaker, I saw a lot of her reflected in my late Grandmother, who passed at 106.
Now with so many corgis to entertain…….

[wirrah]

   

[wirrah]

A funny and true story about the Queen:

Around 2005, the Queen and her Personal Protection Officer, Dick Griffin, were walking alone one afternoon in the hills near the Scottish royal castle, Balmoral.
Two tourists approached them, and engaged in conversation. Griffin recalls:
"There were two hikers coming towards us, and the Queen would always stop and say hello.

"They were two Americans on a walking holiday.
"It was clear from the moment we stopped that they hadn't recognized the Queen, which was fine.
"The American gentleman was telling the Queen where they came from, where they were going next, and where they'd been in Britain.
"I could see it coming, and sure enough, he said to Her Majesty: 'And where do you live?'
"She replied: 'Well I live in London, but I've got a holiday home just the other side of the hills.'
"He said: 'How long have you been coming up here?'
"She replied: 'I've been coming up here ever since I was a little girl, so over 80 years.'
"You could see the cogs whirring, so he said: 'Well, if you've been coming up here for over 80 years, you must have met the Queen.'
"Quick as a flash, she said: 'I haven't, but Dick here meets her regularly.'
The hiker then asked Griffin what the monarch was like in person.
"Because I was with her a long time, and I knew I could pull her leg, I said: 'Oh, she can be very cantankerous at times, but she's got a lovely sense of humour.'
The next thing I knew, this guy comes round, puts his arm around my shoulder, and before I could see what was happening, he gets his camera, gives it to the Queen, and says: 'Can you take a picture of the two of us?'
"Then we swapped places, and I took a picture of them with the Queen.


"And we never let on, and we waved goodbye.
"Afterwards, Her Majesty said to me: 'I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he shows those photographs to his friends in America, and hopefully someone tells him who I am'."

Rest in Peace Your Majesty

[Grantus]

I saw that interview…….quite amusing! 

[KIWI]

Lucky it wasn't a well known channel 9 reporter announcing the minor royal aka the UK Prime Minister.
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