RIP HM The Queen - Elizabeth II 1926-2022
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When Philip died I lost it over the empty carriage with his ponies watching on. I was so happy they gave them to Lady Louise.
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We won’t see those colours again
Thats a shame. I’m being treated for a torn meniscus at the moment, no way could I shuffle along for 12 hours without sitting down, the knee would’ve given out. So I’ve been watching the livestream instead - I’m sure I saw a couple of soldiers go round twice yesterday!
I was just watching CNN and they discussed the Queen’s love of horse racing. When she was planning to do a state visit to the US when Ronald Reagan was President, the US State department was informed that for her gift, The Queen wanted a Hewlett-Packard computer loaded with the software of the horse racing breeding program of the Aga Khan. She apparently was very determined to beat his record in horse racing at that time. I never thought about it before but I guess it makes sense that each country’s state department exchanges suggestions before state visits about what would be acceptable gifts to each head of state. That way you avoid accidentally offending the other side. Ronald Reagan was president of the US in the 1980s when the use of personal computers was just starting so The Queen was way ahead of most people in her use of technology at that time.
it's really unbelievable that he would make this about him as his grandmother, the longest reigning monarch in British history, is laid to rest
He really made himself look bad
Ronald Reagan also loved horses and he and HMTQ spent a couple of days on the 1983 visit riding at his ranch near Santa Barbara. During this visit to California they also ate at a restaurant in SF and held a state dinner at the DeYoung museum, also in SF.
The original plan was to have HMTQ and PP travel up the California coast on the Britannia, but the weather was too stormy so they flew into SF and had some extra days here.
I never gave it much thought, but it turns out that when these visits are being planned, they solicit ideas on what the guests would like to see/do. There are a number of photos of HMTQ visiting Yosemite on this trip. But the most surprising to me is that on a different trip the Queen asked to see a college football game. I never would have thought that she would even have heard of college football! But who knows, maybe she put that on the list because PP was interested to see a game.
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Over on the H&M thread someone mentioned The Queen insisted Philip's mother come live with them when she got older and more frail. I thought that was so lovely.
I love the drawings done by little kids!
He sure did! I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw that he is kicking up such a huge fuss…again. Sounds like a textbook example of the “Barbara Streisand effect”. How pathetic that 14-year old James behaved so much more maturely than Gringe did.
Love this pic. The color of those aquamarines is amazing!