Ten years ago this summer I sat in the front row in the ballroom in Buckingham Palace and watched my sister receive an OBE from Queen Elizabeth. We were delighted, then, when it was Queen Elizabeth herself who entered the ballroom, escorted by five Yeomen of the Guard, resplendent in their red rig-outs. That said, Queen Elizabeth has now been the UK’s head of state for almost 70 years, her dedication to service, to duty – call it what you will – both exemplary and admirable within that context. That her youngest, man-child of a son is still suffering the fallout from that is all too clear to see. So why, if you have what you want, would you not have the grace to let go of the past?

Source: Irish Independent March 11, 2021 02:33 UTC