Recalling a secret 1970 garden party with the Queen and Royal Family in a Manitoba farmyard

CBC ^ | June 3, 2022 | Darren Bernhardt

[nwrep]

These western elites have done nothing to stop our descent into chaos and madness.

[BipolarBob]

https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=nT6bgyimP8g

[Ann Archy]

What a sweet story and the pictures!!! Oh my!

[billorites]

Perfect photos. So domestic and comfortable.

Only thing missing is Her Majesty sucking on a Marlboro.

[Celtic Conservative]

My, aren’t you the turd in the punchbowl.

CC

[lonestar]

Perfect!

[Blurb2350]

During the summer of 1970, when I would have been headed to junior high the next school year, my dad and I were out in the backyard chatting when the queen's recent Canada trip was came up. "I wonder if she had fun?" "Why don't you write and ask her?" "Really? You can write to the queen?" "Sure, why not." So I wrote her a silly little letter and sent it off, never expecting an answer. Well, several months later -- with the new schoolyear uderway, the letter long-forgotten -- there arrived a small envelope in the mail, addressed to me, all the way from England! With a smart little stamp! I was stunned. It was just a short note on very heavy paper thanking me for my kind words and ensuring me that, yes, Her Majesty very much enjoyed her Canadian trip. Alas it was signed not by the queen but by a lady-in-waiting. Oh well. But it did say "I am commanded by Her Majesty to thank you . . ." This was a great consolation, to know that the writer had been commanded to do something on my account. Perhaps because I was so used to being bossed around by adults, it was a treat to know an adult had been bossed around on my account. I think that letter must be here somewhere . . .

[SmokingJoe]

What’s that got to do with this story?
Did you even read it before spewing?

[markoman]

Nice story.

Of course it had to be in Brandon.

Marko

[mewzilla]

Oh, I think Il Tampaccino is doing fairly well in that department...

Who CAN he be talking about? Prince Charles tells guests at The Oval he hopes 'bickering' does not return after a weekend of 'togetherness'... as 12MILLION Big Jubilee Lunch parties are thrown across the UK to celebrate the Queen's 70-year reign

Read the comments to see how that tone deaf, inept remark is going over.

[Ann Archy]

I think Margaret was the smoker.

[PLMerite]

[Of course it had to be in Brandon.]

...and then the Queen said, “Let’s go to Brandon!”

[Huskrrrr]

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[Celtic Conservative]

Charles is an upper-class twit.. But, by and large the story was about Elizabeth and her jubilee. Charlie, like his father before him has put his foot in his mouth so often he’s developed a taste for shoe leather.

CC

[telescope115]

They have done nothing to start it, either, except for Charles and his younger son being idiots.

[nwrep]

Yes. Thanks.

[billorites]

My sister received a similar note signed by a lady-in-waiting in reply to a birth announcement regarding my niece.

Thank you notes should always be hand written, on heavy stock and promptly delivered. It's a sign of good breeding.

[jjotto]

Reminds me of two Minnesota radio guys when Charles and Diana married. They sent a toaster as a wedding gift and called the Palace to see if it had been received.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

LET’S GO BRANDON!