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Our Queen Elizabeth has died
I'm sure that you all have heard that our Queen Elizabeth has just died. I remember when she was crowned and the whole country celebrated. I was 5 and had great fun celebrating her coronation - but was too young to know why!!!! My mum made me this outfit - it was red, white and blue (of course) and it was a sort of very thin muslin. (Oh I look so angelic here - amazing what a picture can hide!!).

Me on Coronation Day 1953.

What I do remember also, is in and around 1960 the whole family went on holiday to Spain. My dad drove us in our car all the way down through France and it took us three days to reach our destination. I remember when we were staying at a B&B somewhere in the Loire Valley, France, that the owner and his family kept staring at us. Eventually they came over and asked Mum if she was Queen Elizabeth!!!!! They thought she was holidaying but I know my Dad didn't look anything like Prince Phillip, and I didn't look like Prince Charles neither!!!! Maybe they thought she was having an affair!!

Mum did resemble the Queen for a while, I admit, and watching Queen Elizabeth age gracefully, was like watching my mum.

My mum in late 1940's

My mum in around 1958

This is what she looked like at that time of the confusion - I suppose she did look a bit like the Queen...

Mum in Plymouth

Hearing the sad news tonight - it just made me think of my mum, and it did make Mandi very sad, she said it was as if she'd lost my mum all over again. This is the picture of her when she was about 76 - she was very active but not long after this picture was taken she had the massive stroke and she died when she was 84.

My mum with her dog, Rick. She was 76

I liked to watch our Queen gracefully age, because she reminded me that that was how my mum might have looked.

It's very sad news about Queen Elizabeth, but hopefully her son - King Charles III will be as loved as she was, he's got big shoes to walk in.

Our Queen Elizabeth II

Rest in peace ma'am. Thank you for all you have done for us.

6 comments

Gracie said:

Yes. So very, very sad. I can see the resemblance with your mom
I was out and my Amanda texted me so I was at a disadvantage. I had tears and still get a bit choked up. I Really thought she was something else. I doubt Charles will be quite up to her. She is from a bygone era. One we will never see again. She was so very reserved and lovely. Never getting political. Charles has done so already. Hopefully he knows better at the ripe age of 73.
2 years ago

Jenny McIntyre replied to Gracie:

Yes she is from a bygone era, but I think Charles will come up trumps. Within 24 hours of his mother dying, Charles had to fly down to London and he was King Charles III. The area surrounding Buckingham Palace was absolutely heaving with crowds, and Charles got out of his car and walked up to them and shook hands with them and even one woman leant across and gave him a kiss on the cheek!!! Camilla was with him and she let him take the condolences from everyone.

Charles gave his first talk to the nation this evening and he was brilliant - he spoke so calmly and so tenderly. I'm thinking he will be a great King. The entire country is in mourning until after the funeral, so it's about another 10 days.
2 years ago

Bee Orchid said:

Lovely blog Jenny.
Yes, she did look a bit like her.
He does have big shoes to fill.
2 years ago

Jenny McIntyre replied to Bee Orchid:

Thanks Fran. Mandi said it was like losing her Nana all over again. She always associated the Queen with her and so it's upset her a lot, and of course she's on her own in a foreign country - but Dogan has been very supportive and kind to her.
2 years ago

Arlequin Photographi… said:

Soberly, it was clear that the day would come when she would leave us. No one lives on this earth forever. And yet I have now also realized that I am one of those people who have not yet lived a year without the Queen.

Soberly considered, I cannot care about that, my life will hardly change by her death. But even that is only a small part of the truth. Anyone who knows me even a little bit knows that I have no access to national symbols and to national glorification. Nevertheless, I have a good feeling in me when I think of the United Kingdom - even if I can only shake my head at some prime ministers - and that is also due to Elizabeth II.

Yesterday, after long deliberations, I ordered the Union Jack, in the size 150 x 250 cm. In honor of Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith I will fly the flag at half mast all day on Monday. And for you, dear Jenny, I will post a photo of it.
2 years ago

Jenny McIntyre replied to Arlequin Photographi…:

What a wonderful thing to do, Andreas. Considering you're not British, you are so kind to get a flag and fly it at half mast. Like you I shake my head at some of our prime ministers, and the present one is no exception neither. I have a good feeling about King Charles, and feel he is in touch with how we people think, so I feel he'll do us proud. I just hope so.
2 years ago
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