I write this on 9 September 2022. Last evening, 8th September 2022 at 18:30, it was announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second had died peacefully at Balmoral that afternoon.
It is the end of an era. But what an amazing era it was. Following the September 11 2001 terrorist atrocities in the USA the Queen, in her message to Americans, said "Grief is the price we pay for love." (from the original quote by Colin Murray Parkes). And we grieve now for a monarch and lady who was very much loved.
Thank you for your life of service and devotion.
The Queen is dead. Long live the King.
#TheQueen, #RoyalFamily, #RIPQueenElizabeth
