I think it was both expected and unexpected, if that makes sense. Yes, she had obviously been getting more frail and unable to do things, and everyone knew logically the end was coming, but the final crisis seems to have been sudden. People who met with her that week (Boris Johnson, the photographer for that event) said she was physically frail, but bright and cheerful and engaged. For me it’s that it seemed to be a surprise for her family. I saw an interview with Jenna Bush, who was in the UK to interview Camilla about her book club the day the queen ended up dying. She had dinner with Charles the night before and he was relaxed and cheerful. She was there at their house, setting up her cameras and getting ready for the interview, and suddenly phones started ringing off the hook and people were running up and down the halls and then she heard a helicopter and staff came in to tell her Charles and Camilla were gone. That seems sudden and unexpected to me. The pictures of Sophie and Anne and the granddaughters viewing the flowers at Balmoral … they all seemed in shock. Not just mourning, as they would anyway, but shock.
Thank you.Here's an article that includes the exact language of the statement:
Here’s Why There’s Controversy About Members Of The Royal Family Wearing Military Uniforms To The Queen’s Funeral Events
Prince Andrew will wear a military uniform to one royal event. Prince Harry must stick to civilian dress.www.buzzfeednews.com
They marched behind the Queen Mother in 2022 and Prince Philip's Land Rover last year.
Really? After 70 years of female monarchy? History is littered with female regents and rulers. Margaret for her son Henry Vl, Catherine of Aragon for Henry Vlll (yes, really!) when he was in France for a time, Mary of Guise in Scotland for her absent daughter Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Victoria's mother would have been for her daughter, but Victoria made 18 by a matter of days, so she wasn't needed (much to Victoria's delight), Catherine de Medici in France. This list goes on. If it was ok in the 15th, 16th and 19th centuries, it would be ok now. And nobody cares about the commoner thing in this day and age.
Um, the media was obsessing over the military uniform. Harry issued a statement to get them to let it go.
Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips.
In the picture of her with the new prime minister, she looked incredibly fragile and appeared to have lost a lot of weight.
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I honestly think the death of a 96 year old person should never be shocking. I actually would love to think for her sake she was in great shape right up to the day she died. Rather than in agonizing pain.
It is hard to watch someone fail. It is a little easier when you know it has more to do with age. But it still hurts. I was impressed that she welcomed the new PM two days before she passed.
You can see them fail - you can know death is imminent - your mind knows all that. Still when death happens, you put your hand on their chest, you listen for the next breath, you look at each other in the room for verification that indeed the person has died.
Johnson resigned at the beginning of July and had been in trouble for months before that with an overall lack of confidence from his party as well as his cabinet ministers who were resigning in droves before that.
Oh of course her family and those who love her are still devestated.
As I said your mind can know she's 96, your heart has only known one monarch.
I don’t take it as offensive.
