Saying goodbye to HM Queen Elizabeth II
The shocking news two weeks ago that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had died, devastated people from all walks of life, right across our great country. The Queen was more than just a figurehead or tourist attraction for the United Kingdom, she was the morale compass by which many of us live our lives. I am a proud royalist and have been since I was very young, when my grandparents used to give me cuttings from their newspapers of the Royal families exploits. I’ve got hundreds of them including newspaper stories and images of William, Harry, Beatrice and Eugenie when they were just babies and toddlers. Plus books for every royal wedding of the last 45 years, Royal family panini sticker albums from the 80s, and I still remember the amazing street party we had when Diana and Charles got married, despite the fact I was incredibly young at the time. The last couple of weeks has felt like the end of an era and I will dreadfully miss seeing this amazing 96-year-old lady, ser...