A very historical week in London, Sept 2022, the week Queens Elizabeth passed away.
An elderly man came up to me in a convience store and said" isn't it sad the queen died". I thought he was a little off. This was Thursday, and just Tuesday she was meeting with the new prime minister "Liz T." When I realized he was spot on. I went back to my hotel, along the way there were purple and silver buses and store displays, celebrating her platinum anniversary. They loved, admired and appreciated Elizabeth.
Once at the hotel I watched the BBC till midnight. I couldn't get enough of royal family photos that I have never seen before.
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
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I do not think that word means what you think it means.
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Anyone who is interested in The Royal Family might like to search You Tube - Secrets of the Royal Palaces. This is a series that went out on TV in the UK on Channel 5. Not sure if all the programmes are on You Tube.
A woman who lives part of the year in Texas and part in the UK has uploaded some videos to You Tube about the differences between the two countries/peoples. Search - Magenta Otter Travels.
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Cornwall
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There are different views on royalty. And on Britishness. My Cornish in laws don’t consider themselves British or English and have zero time for what is, be honest, a minor offshoot of a minor German noble clan.
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Freedonia
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I was about 60 miles from Balmoral when the Queen died.
If you want to see something similar in the USA, find films of the passing of FDR. People lined the streets for his funeral and mourned because he had led the nation through the Great Depression and WWII.
Almost anywhere there is a leader who the people admire, you will see public mourning.
By the way, there was mixed feelings in Scotland regarding her passing. Some were moved, others couldn't care less.
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I am sure that Camborne2018 knows who his Duke is! https://duchyofcornwall.org/the-duke-of-cornwall.html
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Cornwall
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I didn’t vote for him.
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Sacramento, California U.S.A.
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I had the same experience that Frank II had. We were on the Isle of Skye when the Queen passed and besides a few bouquets of flowers left by a statue you never would have known. A couple of weeks later when we made it to London there was an obvious difference.
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alameda, ca, usa
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My friend was in Dublin when the Queen's passing was announced and she said there was little discernible reaction from the people around her--she was visiting family--along the lines of, "oh yes, something seems to have happened in Scotland today." Then she moved on to London and saw the enormous outpouring of grief and floral offerings and managed to get in the mourner's line for Westminster Hall.