Prince Andrew and his daughter are to have the corgis, Queen consort Camilla is to have oversight of the Queen Elizabeth 11's racehorses. William to inherit the one billion asset that is the Duchy of Cornwall. Do not take your car into London, catch the bus. Be prepared to queue for literally hours at the State lie-in. So that most sad event of our Queen dying has been anticipated, and the whole machine of attending to the Royal family rolls smoothly into place. We haven't quite reached the stage of Gormenghast Castle yet but slowly we are having to face the new faces that will slip onto our news.
As our late monarch has taken that slow journey through parts of Scotland with the people lining the roads to watch the cortege pass, so now she comes to London to lie in state. Whether you are a republican or a royalist, we are all stunned by her death.
We are watching a historical event, unfolding before our eyes, not quite a fairytale, though there are plenty of castles and treasure to hand out. Stand back and keep your logical cap on.
King Charles 111, so strange to write that, has been a champion of organic growing, his oat range is pretty profitable, though now Waitrose handle the organisation of it. He is a good man, being 'green' which is a bit of a weapon to attack him with, but all those profits from the money he makes goes a 100% towards charity.
The Beeb, as per usual for a big Royal news event have gone a bit OTT, not wanting to miss a minute. I wasn't glued to the tv yesterday watching the Queen's coffin travel across Scotland, that's for sure but went out to look at a house open for Cadw Open Doors month.
ReplyDeleteI hope that they show All the Queen's Horses again though, in her memory. That - for once - would have been something she thoroughly enjoyed seeing as she loved her horses so.
Never saw 'All the Queen's Horses' but she dearly loved them. Remember how two of Prince Phillip's ponies and their carriage stood at his funeral cortege, part of his life, as was the Land Rover that was the hearse. As you say too much from the BBC, but they were always like that ;)
DeleteI think it’s Elizabeth II and Charles III, I’m pretty sure you don’t want any extras
ReplyDelete?? think you will find I have got it right, so do not understnd what you are saying..
DeleteYou used numbers, Roman numerals use letters
DeleteThanks, will remember next time.
ReplyDeleteI have watched a good deal of the proceedings in Scotland. It is all tradition. I wondered if Charles would make that mile. Ann's final curtsey to her mother made me cry.
ReplyDeleteReally I suppose the sadness lies in the fact that the members of the family of the late Queen was not allowed to grieve in private. But had to 'perform' in public. I expect Charles will always make the mile, long lived family..
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