[MadIvan]

The Queen Mum has allegedly said that she is determined to live through the Golden Jubilee. She embodies a fighting spirit of a more heroic age, which is why we love her. I don't believe that fighting spirit will fail her now.

Regards, Ivan

[SunnyUsa]

"I don't believe that fighting spirit will fail her now."

I hope you are right, but this must be the worst heartbreak any mother can ever go through.

My own grandmother, in her 90's failed terribly when her youngest son died of a heart attack....
She went to the wake and funeral (extremely frail and feeble), it was so sad to see how she grieved for him...and she never recovered - we lost her a few months later.

Prayers for the royal family during this sad time, most families can understand the pain.

[yarddog]

I think "Class" is the right word.

Of all the Royals, she and Duke of Edinburgh are the only two I like. I like him because he is a plain speaker. The Queen Mother is also a plain speaker who embodies a fairly rare combination. She is both sweet natured and blunt. That is something I have obvserved in other Scottish Women.

BTW when she was young, she was a real knock-out too.

[texasbluebell]

She embodies a fighting spirit of a more heroic age, which is why we love her. I don't believe that fighting spirit will fail her now.

The Queen Mother and George VI showed their strength and in doing so gave strength to the British people during those very dark days of the Blitz. She hasn't lost her strength in her later years. She won't miss her daughter's funeral, not if it kills her to be there. Bless her!

[ruoflaw]

I love history and history has taught me that the Queen Mother is a good and decent woman that has shown courage in the face of adversity many times during her life. She has inspired her countrymen through her own example. Her husband was thrust into the limelight when his eldest brother, King Edward VIII abdicated.