ROTHENBURGER: Get rid of the monarchy? We may as well get rid of hockey
‘I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.’ — Princess Elizabeth, April 21, 1947.
THE WORLD STOPPED on Thursday.
The Queen died. There was nothing else. I never met her, never even saw her except in pictures. Judging by the wall to wall news coverage, I’m the only one.
Everyone from politicians to TV personalities to little girls with flowers has been telling us about the time they “met the Queen.”