Like many I watched the Jubilee ceremonies on my screen. Marvelled at the size of the turnout, as soldiers displayed back and forth on the parade ground. Immaculate in their uniforms, straight lines of dazzling crimson and black busby hats. A great show underlined by a very long lived monarch with her family on the balcony. Louie as the youngest next to his great-great granny, was the star. The whole ceremony heart warming and beautifully enacted.
I of course fell in love with the horses, the sleek black rumps and occasional tossed head reminds us that the guards were riding living creatures. My favourite as always were the two great drum shire horses, plodding slowly and methodically ahead of the band.
The world likes to divide us into groups, so either I can be a royalist or a republican. Well I sit on the fence on this one. nationalist or cynic? I probably fall on the latter. I think having a separate body of influence in our country is good though for its general welfare. The Queen has carried out her duties with true diligence and worth, she deserves every one of those ceremonies that bring delight to everyone, giving us a few moments of relief from the evils of a real world.
We are witnessing rather sadly the changeover from her long rule to the next in line. I actually like Prince Charles and his foolishness, his heart is in the right place and his writings are not too bad either.
Yes we definitely need a monarchy to draw us as a nation together, we need them just as we need the bishops to call out the fatcats and the terrible sinking poverty many people are experiencing at this time because of government dictates.
And before you draw comparisons between the wealth of the royal family, or the pernickety problem of troubles in the family, Andrew and Harry take a bow on that one, the Queen has held it together through thick and thin.
In fact like most of us, I think the 2012 Olympics gathered together a history of a nation that was as one in all things, always ready to fight their corner, not talking about war here, but the day to day niggles of a just democracy!! which is failing fast by the way....
So light the beacons, and salute our Queen for a good innings.
Hear hear
ReplyDeleteYou really have to give the woman her due. She has always, always put the needs of her country before all. Honor is an old fashioned word, but she is honorable.
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