RIP HM The Queen - Elizabeth II 1926-2022

[QueenofWrapDress]

Currently reading my way through Rober Hardman's "Charles III" and found this passage particularly touching:

"It was a delightful tradition, albeit from another age, that the Queen's annual departure from Balmoral would always be quite an event. First, there would be her customary tea party with the factor (the estate manager), the minister of Crathie church and the local doctor, plus their wives. Every year, the Queen would sigh and tell them: 'I just wish I could stay one more week.' Then, the staff would line up in front of the castle and send her on her way waving white handkerchiefs. This time, says one of those present, many people were too busy sobbing into their handkerchiefs to wave.

[...]

'Many people were in floods,' says one who was there to see the oak coffin draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and crowned by sprays of sweet pea and white heather, which the Balmoral gardeners had picked that morning. For some, it was the lament played by the Queen's piper which was the last straw. For others, it was the sudden appearance of the Queen's two surviving corgis looking confused."

 

[Traminer]

This made me instinctively she
Copies the penguins gait- she was apparently a natural mimic and very good at it

funny!

 

[A1aGypsy]

Shocked to read that Lady Colin Campbell wrote in her book on the Queen Mother that she was a surrogate and her mother was the family cook!! Allegedly a story put about by the duke of Windsor as why he called her “cookie”. “Lady “ Colin Campbell who was christened and brought up as a boy George until the age of 18 when he/she had surgery

Perhaps “surrogate” was a kindly word but, even if it was pure gossip - it isn’t fair to emphasize her sex / gender challenges. They were out of her control and it sounds like she had a truly difficult childhood as a result of the decisions of her parents that she navigated with a maturity that many adults do not possess.

I think there is a lot she can potentially be criticized over but this isn’t kind to her or to anyone else who might be reading this forum and struggling with the same issue

 

[charlottawill]

This is an interesting article about the Queen meeting Jackie Kennedy:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/qu...ub_030124&utm_term=VYF_Cocktail_Hour_PaidSubs

 

[elvisfan4life]

This is an interesting article about the Queen meeting Jackie Kennedy:

I think the Queen looks much better than J - her face is too coarse the Queen has a much smaller features delicate face - and I know which one made by far the better Queen - JFK deserved better

 

[Chloe302225]

 

[charlottawill]

I think the Queen looks much better than J - her face is too coarse the Queen has a much smaller features delicate face - and I know which one made by far the better Queen - JFK deserved better

I thought the Queen looked lovely. I didn't understand the criticism about her hair being flat. Jackie's hair looked rather silly but I guess that was the style of the day.

 

[elvisfan4life]

I thought the Queen looked lovely. I didn't understand the criticism about her hair being flat. Jackie's hair looked rather silly but I guess that was the style of the day.

Jackie came over as a complete air head I know she was meant to be intelligent but there wasn’t much proof of it

 

[bisbee]

Sorry, but I do not understand the need to compare the two women and to comment on their looks and hairstyles. They are both gone, so what is the point?

 

[Midge Maisel]

Sorry, but I do not understand the need to compare the two women and to comment on their looks and hairstyles. They are both gone, so what is the point?

I was thinking this, too! I am an admirer of both women--there is no denying that the Queen was a tenacious, dedicated woman who took her job incredibly seriously and devoted her life to her people. Jackie was a creative bookworm who patronized cultural institutions the world over and reshaped women's fashion in a way that Elizabeth never could. Each was a formidable woman in her own right. They shouldn't be pitted against each other and compared like that.

 

[mrceral]

I was thinking this, too! I am an admirer of both women--there is no denying that the Queen was a tenacious, dedicated woman who took her job incredibly seriously and devoted her life to her people. Jackie was a creative bookworm who patronized cultural institutions the world over and reshaped women's fashion in a way that Elizabeth never could. Each was a formidable woman in her own right. They shouldn't be pitted against each other and compared like that.

And JFK was a known womanizer so I doubt the Queen would have tolerated him either.

 

[Midge Maisel]

And JFK was a known womanizer so I doubt the Queen would have tolerated him either.

The Queen and JFK...an alternate universe fanfiction I'd rather not imagine!

 

[Chloe302225]

 

[Starflower2305]

Such a lovely photo Princess Eugenie has posted of her and her Granny.

 

[Rouge H]

Oh..I miss her.. Im sure she’s shining down on her family. I thought id share a picture of her from a facebook group. We all need a cheer up!