Feeling quite sad and shocked as she’s been there my entire life and completely frames my perception of what the monarchy is … What a time of great transition we are in!
Above all the trappings she was a great leader, an absolute rock for the nation and, above all, an extraordinary human being. May she rest in peace. Feeling very sad.
to the very end she had a sense of duty in having to meet Boris and Liz and just sums up her un-floundering service to the nation and the people, truly the end of an era
My father is astonished that he has outlived her. He’s 6 weeks older than the Queen. He has been telling me about being 2ft from the Queen at a Young Farmers conference at Westminster Hall. She was still a princess then and gave a speech. He said he parked his Vanguard right outside the Houses of Parliament that day.
I have to agree she was a constant in all our lives and always respected her sense of duty and all she did for us to the very end. A great lady who will leave a big hole in our social fabric. I guess it was a blessing the end came so quick and in her beloved Balmoral. RiP.
Charles has some very large shoes to fill.