I don’t get to watch very many new documentaries on the Royal Family, so this was really nice. Her first Annus Horribilis was in 1992… so the title is a play on that. I learned, that like Queen Victoria, she has written in her diary every day for 70 years. I bet there are a lot of historians who would love to get their hands on that. It was the first time I heard it said that Meghan...
Queen Elizabeth has lived a privileged life, but she also has experienced a lot of tragedy. She is the last person living from the family she was born into. It was neat to see Queen Mary, the Queen Mother and (at the time) Princess Elizabeth… all in the same video. At one time there were three generations of royalty living.. It was also sad and bothered me a great deal to be reminded of the losses that Queen...
Sometimes it bothers me to watch these…. because it often shows family members of Queen Elizabeth, that are no longer here. I don’t know why that bothers me so much. I think about how the Queen must feel to be the only person from her family’s generation to still be alive. I don’t think I could handle being the last one standing, I really don’t. It’d be interesting to see how the world is 100 years from now,...
The queen pretty much has a residence everywhere in the kingdom except Wales. Can you imagine how much it would cost to maintain these places, especially considering their age? One thing that surprised me was how modest the queen’s actual living quarters were… I’ve watched and read quite a bit about the royals and she seems to be pretty down to earth and not pompous like you may expect. https://youtu.be/ioYbQk57Sz8
