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From the Tilbury Speech by Elizabeth I:

"I know I have the body but of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm"

Never thought I'd get teary reading about #QueenElizabeth but the description of her final moments in Craig Brown's A Voyage Around the Queen choked me up. A rare moment of emotion in what is otherwise a wildly entertaining book. As the author says "personal encounters with the Queen, often bizarre and unexpected" lie at the heart of the book. There are memorable chapters on vicious corgis, ill appointed poet laureates and royal portraitists, curmudgeonly recipients and non-recipients of royal honours and laugh out loud tours of Brittania and Sandringham. Highly recommended. @bookstodon

Today is Indigenous Veterans Day, and I want to honour my Inuk/Mi'kmaw father, Chesley Powell. He was a peacekeeper in the 60s and very early 70s. He was exposed to all sorts of awful chemicals (PCBs and Agent Orange) which caused skin issues for him and likely caused the joint issues my sister, her daughter, and I were born with.

He was a private with the Black Watch and served in Cyprus, Israel, Jamaica, as well as in Canada during the FLQ Crisis.

He wasn't born in Canada but in Newfoundland when it was still a British colony. He ended up as the honour guard for Queen Elizabeth and her mother, probably because he looked very good in uniform. He was a very handsome man in his youth and made for primo arm candy.

Fun trivia: at one point, someone had the bright idea to change the way the Black Watch presented arms to the Queen. Previously, they all kneeled on both knees. On the occasion of the ill-thought-out change, they instead knelt on one knee with the other up. Considering they were all in kilts and were in full regimental mode, the Queen saw a lot of soldier junk swinging free. Dad was in the front row and totally flashed the Queen.

She didn't lose her composure but decreed that the Black Watch should go back to their previous method of presenting arms.
#IndigenousVeteransDay #Indigenous #PeaceKeeper #warrior #Veteran #military #QueenElizabeth #BlackWatch

Corriere.it - Homepage by di Paola De Carolis
Al Fayed stupratore, 30 anni di silenzi, ma la Regina Elisabetta sapeva. «E Diana venne allertata diverse volte»

Il documentario della Bbc ha reso pubblica una vicenda fatta di molestie e stupri verso le sue dipendenti, «belle, bionde e snelle», rimasta coperta grazie ad amici conniventi e corrotti. Elisabetta II venne informata non appena Lady Diana cominciò a frequentare il figlio del miliardario egiziano

Translated:
Al Fayed rapist, 30 years of silence, but Queen Elizabeth knew. "And Diana was warned several times."

The BBC documentary exposed a case of harassment and rape against its employees, described as "beautiful, blonde, and slim," which remained covered up thanks to complicit and corrupt friends. Queen Elizabeth II was informed as soon as Lady Diana started dating the son of the Egyptian billionaire.

#BBC #ElizabethII #LadyDiana #Egypt #AlFayed #QueenElizabeth #Diana #harassment #rape #queen
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Corriere della Sera · Al Fayed stupratore. Trent’anni di silenzi, ma la Regina Elisabetta sapeva. «E Diana venne allertata diverse volte»Di Paola De Carolis

‘Very rude’: the late Queen’s salty verdict on Donald Trump

A new biography of Elizabeth II claims she was less than impressed with the former president after he paid her a visit

She must have hosted a few controversial leaders during her reign? Putin, Assad, Mugabe, Amin.

And of all the leaders it was Trump who she found rude!

theguardian.com/uk-news/articl

The Guardian · ‘Very rude’: the late Queen’s salty verdict on Donald TrumpDi Guardian staff reporter
#Queen#UK#Trump

Queen Elizabeth II Portrait ~ Windsor Castle ~ Near London England

We visited Windsor Castle right after Queen Elizabeth II was buried. It was a much more moving experience that I expected. Seeing her at her peak in this classic portrait was very moving.

A classic iconic portrait of the much beloved queen of England.

fineartamerica.com/featured/qu

#queenelizabeth #portrait #windsor #WindsorCastle #travel #landmarks #england #london #portrait #photography