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Posted on 04/21/2026 7:46:11 PM PDT by Rummyfan
One hundred years ago today - April 21st 1926 - HRH The Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter at the London home of her father, the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The house at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair no longer stands because Canadian Pacific demolished it to put up a luxury hotel, which itself no longer stands. But until recently the little girl born on the site still stood, and kept the House of Windsor standing too.
I thought she would still be with us on this day - her mum made her century - but the lockdown years took their toll. It is only three-and-a-half years since she left us, yet the monarchy shrinks day on day. Shortly after her Coronation in 1953, Her late Majesty departed London for a seventh-month inaugural tour of a small sliver of her overseas possessions. Her son cannot do that because he is far sicker than has ever been publicly acknowledged, and his treatment requires a weekly procedure performed each week in London, around which have to be fitted his Royal duties. So, for example, when he delivered the Throne Speech at the opening of the Canadian Parliament, he flew in the day before, got in a bit of perfunctory multiculti bollocks en route to Rideau Hall for an early night (it was felt safer to keep him on London time for his short stay in Ottawa), presided in majesty the following morning, and was driven straight back to the airport.
That's not his fault, of course, and, given the wankery to which he was partial in his fitter days, it may even be for the better. But it does tend to advance the sense of a Royal house shrivelling before our eyes....
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History will eventually remember her as THE British monarch. All the others will pale in comparison.
King Charles is the worst thing that every happened to The Monarchy. I suspect William will be on the Throne in a few short years. Perhaps he can and will save the Monarchy or not. I hope he does.
She may be in the top 25, but England has had more than it’s share of competent & impactful kings/queens
He won’t unless he becomes a Christian like his grandmother.
She lived in a time that was very different from any of the others and I believe more consequential in many ways.
She kept this promise splendidly:
“History will eventually remember her as THE British monarch. All the others will pale in comparison.”
I’m not so sure. I think history will remember her as presiding in inactive silence over the complete dissolution of her empire. A steady downward trajectory interrupted briefly by Margaret Thatcher.
Agreed. Not a word as her country is nakedly and profoundly invaded by people whose cultures are dedicated to wiping out the West.
Claptrap Charlie & his ugly pet c’milla need to step down and retire away from the limelight. Both have been utterly useless before grabbing the titles and even now after.
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