Pea-n-Me
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2004
We were home and watching the updates on BBC. I’d suspected something was going on when I saw the Queen’s hand in the picture with the new Prime Minister the other day, which was heavily bruised, and saw how much weight she’d lost. But I think whatever happened yesterday may have been somewhat unexpected, since most of her family weren’t with her, and they surely would‘ve been had they known she was imminent.
At any rate, for myself, it reminded me of the night Diana died. I was heavily pregnant with twins, weeks away from delivery, when I was driving home in the afternoon and heard about the accident (still remember right where I was). I watched updates until somewhere in the middle of the night, when they announced she had died, and I . Have wondered whether I would’ve been so emotional had I not been so hormonal! Possibly, because I’d followed her story since those early days when she was still a kindergarten teacher and began dating the Prince Charles, and I felt devastated at her loss I think because of how tragic her life had been, despite the wealth and popularity she enjoyed worldwide.
I don’t feel the same way about Queen Elizabeth, but, like countless others, I do respect her selfless reign and the amazing life she led.
At any rate, for myself, it reminded me of the night Diana died. I was heavily pregnant with twins, weeks away from delivery, when I was driving home in the afternoon and heard about the accident (still remember right where I was). I watched updates until somewhere in the middle of the night, when they announced she had died, and I . Have wondered whether I would’ve been so emotional had I not been so hormonal! Possibly, because I’d followed her story since those early days when she was still a kindergarten teacher and began dating the Prince Charles, and I felt devastated at her loss I think because of how tragic her life had been, despite the wealth and popularity she enjoyed worldwide.
I don’t feel the same way about Queen Elizabeth, but, like countless others, I do respect her selfless reign and the amazing life she led.