Jeff Stahler for September 09, 2022

The end of an era. Rest in Peace.

Never understood the interest in the royals. Bunch of …. Whoa! Almost got censored.

I’ve followed Queen Elizabeth since 1952. I’m so sad but wish her eternal peace!

God help the Royals now! King Charles III won’t be so loyal and adhere to British monarchy traditions!

A hard act to follow. Good luck, King Charles, you will need it.

I have never followed the gossip surrounding the Royal Family. British Royalty is a topic I stay away from in Jeopardy.

But I did like Elizabeth. If one were to ask, “What should a queen look like in the modern world,” well, we had our answer.

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“La Reine est morte, vive Le Roi.”

A truly nice, thoughtful, and intelligent lady, with a sense of humor and a lovely smile has passed. She accepted the throne on the death of her father, not long after a devastating war that destroyed much of her country. She had learned much from him and she took the crown with confidence. Her actions brought the country back to prominence among the nations. She wasn’t tall but had the stature of a giantess. Rest in peace, Elizabeth II. And thank you.

with all the people applying to ancestry.com following her lineage should be a simple understanding

A few years back my mom who was living in Virginia received a letter with the return address of Clarance House, with no stamp. She called me in Canada to ask what it was as she didn’t want to open it. It was a birthday card from the Queen Mother.

It took a lot of lead time, a letter to my MP, who passed it to the Governor General, on to Canada House in London, then to Buckingham Palace.

Such are the Royals

I was 10 when her father died. I watched the Coronation on TV, as nearly live as possible for those days. The whole broadcast was filmed from a high-quality monitor. The film was rushed onto a military jet, which flew it across the Atlantic where it was developed and put on the American broadcast networks. Main sponsor was Jeep.

I was a 10th grade student when the coronation was shown. Kinda remember a civics class where we were able to watch the recording. Got a lot of history in one lesson and never forgot it.

Later, I was assigned to the USAF contingent at Mildenhall RAF base. In June, 1959, my first week there, a group of us were invited to participate as ‘tourists’ in a reenactment of the signing of Magna Carta in Bury St. Edmonds a few miles away. We were in the foreground of the filming and were just a few feet away from the pie-plate sized hooves of armored steeds, a lot of really angry lords with long swords, and a kinda grouchy monarch. Talk about a great introduction to history. A total WOW.

Was was three years old when she ascended to the throne.

Think about it. For anyone on the planet who is under 70 years old, she is the only British Monarch they have ever known.

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