Here she is serving during the Blitz. She could have fled to a safer region. But like her parents, she stayed in London and contributed to the war effort. G_d bless her.
Posted on 09/11/2021 8:46:55 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
The terror attacks on September 11, 2001, shook the free world. Americans at home, abroad and our allies mourned the tragic loss of life that day. For American expats in the United Kingdom, London became the focal point of their grief.
On September 12, Queen Elizabeth II made a request that broke a 600-year-old royal tradition. For centuries, the Bands of the Household Division played music during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace and all the other Royal Palaces and Castles. The music played during the ceremony has always been a mix of traditional British songs and popular music of the day. However, foreign national anthems are played for state visits in honor of foreign dignitaries. In an unprecedented show of solidarity, the Queen requested the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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The next day, a memorial service for 9/11 victims was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, again at the request of the Queen. Over 2,600 people filled the cathedral including the Queen, the Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Tony Blair, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Ambassador Farish. At the opening of the service, “The Star-Spangled Banner” was played with the Queen singing along. In addition to the American national anthem, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” was also sung toward the end of the service.
The incredible show of support by the British people in the wake of 9/11 carried into the War on Terror. To this day, British troops stand steadfast alongside Americans to combat those who would do harm to either country or their allies.
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The Queen has always been a very decent and respectful woman.
(This side of the pond, we might say ‘classy’ :-)
I appreciate the support of the UK but I am worried about their lurch into totalitarianism.
The article distinctly identifies the Queen as the one who made all of these ceremonial decisions that were respectful of the US.
Don’t confuse the Queen with the UK politicians.
I can’t quit watching this. It was tough then and is now, seeing the raw emotion.
Here she is serving during the Blitz. She could have fled to a safer region. But like her parents, she stayed in London and contributed to the war effort. G_d bless her.
I understand she takes actions when she is “advised” to do things under her authority that were actually decided by others to whom the Crown’s authority has long been delegated at this point, but she is still more than just a figurehead and make decisions like this.
They are going through the same thing we are going through. As are the French and Aussies. TOTB are playing with fire. They think they hold all the cards, they don’t.
I’m worried about OUR lurch into totalitarianism.
Her Majesty can stop this nonsense anytime she wants to. That’s the point of a constitutional monarchy. She is no mere figurehead as a recent PM discovered when an admiral stated that his oath is to the Queen.
If she stood up against Marxism the military and the people would stand with her.
Me too.
I’m pretty sure she probably has a very good mind of her own, and exerts it when she sees necessary - regardless of ‘advisors’.
And I’m sure she’s very deft at doing that :-)
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Amazing, since the song derides her own country's servicemen as "the foe's haughty host."
Would they do the same with Biden as President, now with a history of surrender?
She really has class.
I saw today, on the “news,” that they were playing the “Star Spangled Banner” today in London.
I knew an Englishman who had come to the US and become a citizen. He was a highly educated and successful scientist, but he said that he liked the fact that there is no ‘class system’ here - when he went into a store in the US, he was treated with the same respect as anyone would be. But it had been different in England, where class - at least in his day - had still been a prevailing idea.
But, yeah. Perhaps the better word is ‘breeding’ - which I have never considered to have much to do with DNA, but rather with *culture*.
The Lady has good breeding.
I remember reading a biography of the Queen many years ago, and it contained a discussion about the benefit of having a constant leadership entity that was apart from and above politics and that unified the Nation.
I don’t remember the author, or where the quote came from (Churchill?) but the idea was that when things go bad politically in the UK, the people vote down the Prime Minister - but still sing ‘God Save the Queen’.
(I”m not saying it would be right for us, here - but it has always seemed to work for the UK.)
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