I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you have many fond memories of her to remember her by.By coincidence, my aunt, my past mother's oldest sister, died this morning
She was also 96 - she was the matriarch of our family and will be sorely missed.
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you have many fond memories of her to remember her by.By coincidence, my aunt, my past mother's oldest sister, died this morning
She was also 96 - she was the matriarch of our family and will be sorely missed.
Hears something from an ex military mate today, we were discussing the change in money, stamps, possibly letter boxes etc etc...he told me that the soldiers are going to have to change all their buttons...
Bearing mind he's no spring chicken, might not be relatively too long before there is another change...
I mean, this entire thread is based on a sad day, which is a negative thing..
I thought my post was discussing the upheaval of things we've never considered but always been accustomed too...
Comment about KC3 was more in relation to the fact that QE2 was v young when she became Queen... and he ain't.
Heard a few good stories about her fixing her land-rover when it cut out one day. Another when she bumped into 2 american tourists in Scotland whilst walking and supposedly had one of her security with her, the tourists asked if she'd ever met the Queen to which she replied "no, but he has" gesturing to one of the security lads...
How verified they are, I don't know, but what I find interesting is that they don't sound far from the truth from what seemed to be a witty and very adept woman!
@TeeDee Some figures for you:
QE2 96 years yrs old, reigned for 70 years (and approx 2/3's) from the age of 25.
KC3 Ascended to the throne at 73 yrs old. That's all I meant, nothing hasty about it.
His family has a history of very long life. From Queen Vic, Queen mother through his mum and even his dad! 73 years old could give him 30 years in the job. His dad was about 100, gran over 100. Let's stop the negativity. If his genetics is anything I go by he'll possibly outlive a lot on here, so maybe we'll never find out!Heard a few good stories about her fixing her land-rover when it cut out one day. Another when she bumped into 2 american tourists in Scotland whilst walking and supposedly had one of her security with her, the tourists asked if she'd ever met the Queen to which she replied "no, but he has" gesturing to one of the security lads...
How verified they are, I don't know, but what I find interesting is that they don't sound far from the truth from what seemed to be a witty and very adept woman!
@TeeDee Some figures for you:
QE2 96 years yrs old, reigned for 70 years (and approx 2/3's) from the age of 25.
KC3 Ascended to the throne at 73 yrs old. That's all I meant, nothing hasty about it.
Now , if you ask me, this family are trained to be royal from birth, so any grumbling is just sour grapes and envy of their privilege, which isn't all its cracked up to be anyway. They do make sacrifices for that privilege, both in personal life and in public.