Posted on 04/06/2020 5:04:31 AM PDT by C19fan
hugely popular figure providing much-needed reassurance to those feeling anxious, afraid and missing their loved ones dreadfully. That was the scene at Windsor Castle – back in 1940, at the height of the Blitz. And here she was again last night, performing an identical role an astonishing 80 years later. In the same corner of the same castle where 14-year-old Princess Elizabeth delivered her very first public address – to Britain's child evacuees – the longest-serving monarch in history (94 this month) was making the same point: this won't be easy but we'll get there in one piece if we all pull together, for the greater good of us all. Little wonder that as she concluded with the immortal words of Vera Lynn (103 last month), there was barely a dry eye in the land. 'We will meet again,' the Queen declared in words which prompted an instant tearful ovation across cyberspace. Everything about this four-and-a-half minute address seemed to bespeak permanence at a time when our lives have seldom felt more precarious.
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I cab still remember her wearing that heavy crown during the coronation ceremony. I was in third grade.
Watch “The Queen.” Doing nothing and making reassuring speeches is her job. She has 70 years of experience. She is probably the best person to ever do nothing for so long in history.
Overnight, the tune that she quoted jumped to #30 in the Itunes chart.
We'll Meet Again --Vera Lynn (1939)
Popularized a generation ago by Dr. Strangelove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15YgdrhrCM8
That’s her 1953 recording. Thanks to the movie, the tune became associated with nuclear war.
Long(er) Live Her Majesty Elizabeth II!!!
Yeah, that’s quite far from accurate.
She is a tough act to follow.
From the U2B pictured record label: ...Novachord...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novachord
The Novachord is often considered to be the world’s first commercial polyphonic synthesizer...
(The Hammond Organ Company, 1938)
Not in her own words it would seem.
You continue to be an idiot. Go lick a door handle at Walmart moron.
Coming from you i am deeply flattered.
Stay the course, Your Majesty!
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