In Memory Of Queen Elizabeth Ii - Tumblr Posts

My tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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This was published in London's Daily Mirror and Charleston's The Post and Courier

I am an American, of English and Scottish descent, proud of my heritage, and certainly an Anglophile.

I have long loved, admired and respected Queen Elizabeth II and wish to pay her tribute from across the pond.

I saw Her Majesty once, but for a fleeting moment. I was on holiday in London, standing outside Buckingham Palace, awaiting the Changing of the Guard, when the gates opened and Her Majesty's car drove past. She was smiling, waving, wearing a mauve tinted hat, her car adorned with the Royal Standard. That image will stay with me always. And that memory will forever adorn my heart.

In her absence, something has gone out of the world - a stalwart dignity, a quiet grace, a presence as steady and dependable as the rising and setting of the sun and the turning of the tides.

Grand she was, grand she will forever remain, in heart, in legacy, in memory.

Thank you for sharing her with us and with the world. Long will she reign in our hearts.

I am grateful to have lived in the age of Elizabeth.

-- Michelle Lindsey

19 September 2022