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Siwsan

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5. I've been fortunate enough to see her, up close, on several occasions

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 15, 2020, 07:21 PM

Mar 2020

During her Silver Jubilee week and when she came to Windsor, Ontario. I've even stood outside the gates of Buckingham Palace to sing Happy Birthday to her.

While my mom was awaiting my birth, she spent her time watching the build up to, and the Coronation. I used to joke that I was probably pretty shocked to emerge in Flint, Michigan because I was sure, from all I was hearing, I'd be born a Londoner.

Well, perhaps I was, in a past life.

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Queen quits Buckingham Palace over coronavirus fears [View all] left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP

Some things never change. British monarchs have always fled London during epidemics. Siwsan Mar 2020 #1

To be fair she is in her 90's Soph0571 Mar 2020 #2

Oh, as with the past monarchs, she absolutely SHOULD leave. I'd go much further north. Siwsan Mar 2020 #3

Safer but further from her doctor Soph0571 Mar 2020 #4

I've been fortunate enough to see her, up close, on several occasions Siwsan Mar 2020 #5

We've been to Buckingham Palace twice, in '85 and 2000, secondwind Mar 2020 #9

How fortunate! Siwsan Mar 2020 #10

Balmoral. Careful. More than half of Scots Ghost Dog Mar 2020 #6

Ah, but her mother was a Scot, so I think she'd be ok Siwsan Mar 2020 #7

Her mom did not flee London during the air raids secondwind Mar 2020 #8

That wasn't a plague. And the entire family stayed in London. Siwsan Mar 2020 #11

Well, people of her and her husband's age probably should be self-isolating LeftishBrit Mar 2020 #12

One of the big topics of conversation right now... T_i_B Mar 2020 #13