Passing of Queen Elizabeth
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Another great story
However, this didn’t stop here from making a spectacular and subtle political statement when Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah visited her Balmoral estate in 1998.
Women weren’t allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia at the time, so when the Queen offered Abdullah a tour of the estate, he was somewhat surprised when she climbed into the driver’s seat. According to former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, who both the Queen and Abdullah later separately related the tale to, Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen.
“His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an Army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads, talking all the time,” Cowper-Coles wrote in his autobiography. “Through his interpreter, the Crown Prince implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead."
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Despite myself I've started watching the funeral.
It's kind of fascinating. John Major etc ...
But I do grump at "The Queen has dealt with 15 Prime Ministers" bullshit.
She's been the Queen of the Commonwealth for 70 years. Been a heck of a lot of PMs across all our countries in those 70 years.
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@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Quite stirring watching all four of her kids marching behind her with the pipes.
Hope that make it all the way. They're all in their 70s ...
It's not far from the hall to the Abbey is it? Will they walk the carriage to the hearse as well?
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@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Quite stirring watching all four of her kids marching behind her with the pipes.
Hope that make it all the way. They're all in their 70s ...
Anne & Charles look really fit for their age, but there's a lot of walking today - from the Abbey to Admiralty Arch and in Windsor. Just hope they don't have to do the Long Walk - that's 3 miles....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Quite stirring watching all four of her kids marching behind her with the pipes.
Hope that make it all the way. They're all in their 70s ...
Anne & Charles look really fit for their age, but there's a lot of walking today - from the Abbey to Admiralty Arch and in Windsor. Just hope they don't have to do the Long Walk - that's 3 miles....
Anne will breeze it. Charles will get lost, Edward will be given a piggy back by Sophie and Andrew will be stopping off at Pizza Express - or at least that's what he will claim.
Oh and it is the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner as destination. Admiralty Arch is off Trafalgar Square, though they will pass it. Sad to know that the latter has been sold off to to Waldorf Astoria to make into a bloody hotel.
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@Catogrande said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Quite stirring watching all four of her kids marching behind her with the pipes.
Hope that make it all the way. They're all in their 70s ...
Anne & Charles look really fit for their age, but there's a lot of walking today - from the Abbey to Admiralty Arch and in Windsor. Just hope they don't have to do the Long Walk - that's 3 miles....
Anne will breeze it. Charles will get lost, Edward will be given a piggy back by Sophie and Andrew will be stopping off at Pizza Express - or at least that's what he will claim.
Oh and it is the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner as destination. Admiralty Arch is off Trafalgar Square, though they will pass it. Sad to know that the latter has been sold off to to Waldorf Astoria to make into a bloody hotel.
Would upvote but that second paragraph is kinda unintelligible.
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@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@Catogrande said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Quite stirring watching all four of her kids marching behind her with the pipes.
Hope that make it all the way. They're all in their 70s ...
Anne & Charles look really fit for their age, but there's a lot of walking today - from the Abbey to Admiralty Arch and in Windsor. Just hope they don't have to do the Long Walk - that's 3 miles....
Anne will breeze it. Charles will get lost, Edward will be given a piggy back by Sophie and Andrew will be stopping off at Pizza Express - or at least that's what he will claim.
Oh and it is the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner as destination. Admiralty Arch is off Trafalgar Square, though they will pass it. Sad to know that the latter has been sold off to to Waldorf Astoria to make into a bloody hotel.
Would upvote but that second paragraph is kinda unintelligible.
I used Admiralty Arch and not Wellington Arch as destination.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@Catogrande said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Quite stirring watching all four of her kids marching behind her with the pipes.
Hope that make it all the way. They're all in their 70s ...
Anne & Charles look really fit for their age, but there's a lot of walking today - from the Abbey to Admiralty Arch and in Windsor. Just hope they don't have to do the Long Walk - that's 3 miles....
Anne will breeze it. Charles will get lost, Edward will be given a piggy back by Sophie and Andrew will be stopping off at Pizza Express - or at least that's what he will claim.
Oh and it is the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner as destination. Admiralty Arch is off Trafalgar Square, though they will pass it. Sad to know that the latter has been sold off to to Waldorf Astoria to make into a bloody hotel.
Would upvote but that second paragraph is kinda unintelligible.
I used Admiralty Arch and not Wellington Arch as destination.
And my point stands ...
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@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
That would have been a nice time to sing "We'll Meet Again" . Would have fitted nicely.
I know we're sending Liz off in accordance with tradition, bur would be nice to acknowledge we're now 20+ years into the 21st century.
Having said said, couldn't help but join in The Lord's Prayer.
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@MN5 said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
Shot just then off her coffin looked sad and lonely
To be fair I’ve never seen a coffin looking happy and connected
Fair.
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@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
@booboo said in Passing of Queen Elizabeth:
That would have been a nice time to sing "We'll Meet Again" . Would have fitted nicely.
I know we're sending Liz off in accordance with tradition, bur would be nice to acknowledge we're now 20+ years into the 21st century.
Having said said, couldn't help but join in The Lord's Prayer.
Perhaps it's that mix of tradition and the modern world, even 20+ years into the 21st century which is important? Female military officers commanding, people of every colour & religion participating alongside the pomp seems pretty representative of the modern world, I guess.
