Firstly, I would like to offer my condolences to the King. King Charles III and the family. Writing that 1st sentence was the day of the death announcement. These last 2 sentences are the day after the lowering of the coffin. The remainder of this piece was written at the time of finding out about the Queen’s death.
If my nan were alive she would be beside herself. I know this because I remember when Princess Diana died and I saw my nan then. It wasn’t good to watch. In fact, my nan would have been 18 when King George VI died and Queen Elizabeth II took to the throne. I remember on my nan’s wall growing up there were all the old British bank notes before the decimal in 1971.
To me, I am happy to have served the Queen’s military however, I feel nothing. I can appreciate and understand how those who feel something though. Someone close to me has taught me that I should look at things from somebody else’s perspective, or put myself in the shoes of the people who may be suffering. So in this case, King Charles III and Prince William. Whilst I did not know the Queen on a personal level, she was first and foremost, a mother, grandmother & great-grandmother. That is something I can understand and show empathy for.
With Queen Elizabeth’s passing, it reminds me. No one is beyond the scope of death. Not the Queen. Not Kobe Bryant. Nor the greatest minds in history. At least not yet.
I do not fear death, I only fear I die too young. – This is the motto that I live to. I never used to live by this. I have lived to this for the last 10 or 15 years, mainly because I have children if I were to guess. This website. These Memoirs, and I’m not a massive figure in society. I will only have my memories and possessions that I can pass down to those that want to remember me. If there was ever a fire or a natural disaster, I can rest easy that at least something of me is around so that my kids can look back and read or look online.
It was inevitable. A lot of people seem to forget this lady was 96yrs young and continued working at such a ripe age. Still, did her duties as the Head of State.
Another point that came to me after the Queen’s passing, is that I am most likely to live through 3 monarchs maybe, even potentially 4 which would be incredible. A feat I imagine unheard of since though this is common through the test of time, it’s been a while since it happened.
The funeral itself was very gracious. The great British queues for lying in state, and of course David Beckham lining up with the great British public too. I’ve collected a few papers which are probably lying around somewhere which now that I come to think of it, are in a Sainsbury’s orange plastic carrier bag.
I think I’ll leave this here and maybe come back to it in due time if I need to.
