Posted on 03/30/2002 8:53:26 AM PST by RCW2001
Britian's Queen Mother Dies At Age 101 - MSNBC reporting.
Too bad they're not the ones dead instead of the Queen Mum!!!!!
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As a result of the long-term speech problems, he was also very shy, and Elizabeth would often sweep out of their limousine first, all smiles, dressed to the teeth, to soften the crowd up for him. In old footage you frequently see her going in to public appearances ahead of the King, which was completely contrary to protocal, but he needed her to go in first. The family initially didn't think he could make it as King, and that's one of the reasons why they were all so mad at the Duke of Windsor for abdicating. But Elizabeth got him through a lot of rough spots, and he was able to do the job.
She was a very canny woman in dealing with the press on a behind-the-scenes basis and with the public. She had an intuitive understanding of public relations.
It's really the end of an era.
Condolences to you. She was a true lady and the best kind of royal. Reading of her behavior during WWII is most inspiring.
Rest in Peace, Your Highness, as you wear your new crown.
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown."
And he replied:
"Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."
So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East....
But hey, no offense taken from your dim-witted private school learnt rudeness.
These two statements are most contradictory. She lived in the public eye, so of course, her death will be marked by all major media outlets. There have been plenty of comments on this thread about the heroism of ths generation. I suggest you read up on your British History....starting in 1066. We would be nothing without England--we took the best of their system, and thanks to some revolutionary thinkers, soldiers, and statesmen, we have this wonderful country.
Fox News just did a nice short biography on her, with many old film clips of her wedding, coronation, and WWII.
The giants are indeed leaving us, and we must remember to speak about them to those who will be too young to remember.
Ivan, have they announced if there will be a state funeral?
May they burn in hell..
My God...
May the Queen Mum rest in peace.
The Queen Mother saw many of her male acquaintances she grew up with die in WWI. Britain took enormous losses fighting the Germans in this war, practically a whole generation of young men were lost. Britain went to war with Germany again in September 1939. Britain, and the British Commonwealth of nations fought valiantly, essentially alone, to stem the German onslaught. During this trying period she and the King acquited themselves well, bolstering moral and offering stalwart leadership. The Queen Mother will be remembered for this ... this was Britains finest hour.
How Sad, she lived an amazing life - really seeing the last century - and the changes in the world, and England. I'm sure the death of her daughter was the End for her, no mother ever wants to bury their child. I always liked her, she looked a little like my grandmother.....
That's it, Don. My dear grandmother told me that message was of incalculable benefit to the British during their darkest hour. God bless the Queen Mother for a lifetime of service to her people.
And isn't that just like you, watcher1, to leave a snail trail of filth across a condolence thread?
My great-to-the-seventh grandfather left France in 1699, married an Elizabeth in England and came to Staten Island. My mother's name is Elizabeth; I learned to read with the 1947 Encyclopedia Britannica in 1952 laid up with rheumatic fever.
Because of the bravery and the spirit personified by the Queen Mother, a very bright pennant in the battle against monstrous evil, we're here today to discuss the battle's progress.
Holmes pointed back to the moonlit sea and shook a thoughtful head.
"There's an east wind coming, Watson."
"I think not, Holmes. It is very warm."
"Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared."
God Save the Queen.
One of her associates noted that she enjoyed a drink "or two." Upon prodding, she revealed that the Queen Mum enjoyed Champagne, dry martinis in the evenings, and sometimes before lunch, Dubonet and gin. Good for her! Not exactly Churchillian consumption, but she was evidently something more than a light drinker. Perhaps a key to longevity?
Various interviews with her contemporaries left no doubt that she was a conservative ("with a small 'c,'" the BBC noted carefully, but I'm betting she voted the Tory ticket). She was said to be outspoken (sometimes "embarrassingly so") in her lifelong antipithy toward Germans. After personal family losses in World War I, and her experience as Queen during World War II, who could blame her? Clearly she supported gun rights; she was known to hunt waterfowl, and was said to keep a gun handy during World War II in the event of an invasion of the Palace. She raised championship horses, and was known to enjoy placing a wager at the track.
I recall that she broke her leg in her mid- to late-90s. Most often, this is a death sentence to the elderly; many never get out of bed again. The Queen Mum not only recovered from the fracture, she got to the point where she could walk again, with only a cane or an arm, in high heels. A small thing, perhaps, but indicative of her spirit.
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