With today being my last day in England, I have to admit that my greatest disappointment with my time over here is the fact that Queen Elizabeth didn’t die while I was living in the country.
Not because I wish the lady ill, or the grief upon her family. She’s actually pretty admirable, as far as royalty goes- how many other 82 year old female former auto mechanics are currently serving as head of state? I’m not asking for her to, like, get shot or chased down by paparazzi in a tunnel or whatever, and I wasn’t hoping it’d happen to Prince Charles or one of the young’uns. I wasn’t rooting for- was it William or Harry who went to Afghanistan?- at any rate, I didn’t want a tragic death. But it’d have been kinda neat to see how the country reacted to the (peaceful, natural) death of the queen. But alas, that’s one dream that dies so that she may live.
I hope it’s worth it, lady.
3 responses so far ↓
1 m.s. // Aug 22, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Bah. Vaguely wishing (or violently hoping) the monarch would die is something on a traditional national pastime for the English, I think.
2 Jarrett // Aug 22, 2008 at 11:12 pm
It’s becoming one here, too….
3 StuporMundi // Aug 23, 2008 at 2:51 am
Violence: it’s not just for monarchs any more!
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