[ad_1] Grace Jones, dressed in a cotton-print robe with black eyeliner in hand, has a request about the air-conditioning. “Can that come down just a tiny bit? It’s blowing in my eye, and I can see it’s starting to cry already,” she says, more cajole than command. This is a […]
Day: September 9, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: How the World Is Mourning Britain’s Longest-Serving Monarch
[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth II was a daughter, a sister, a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother to the Windsor clan, but she was also a beloved public figure who came to represent nobility, grace, and humor on the world stage. When news of her death broke on Thursday evening in […]
King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort Return to Buckingham Palace Following Queen Elizabeth’s Death
[ad_1] King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort returned to London from Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Friday after his mother Queen Elizabeth died “peacefully” on Thursday. The royals’ return to Buckingham Palace marks the couple’s first time in the country’s capital in their new roles as monarch […]
How England Will Officially Mourn Queen Elizabeth
[ad_1] “London Bridge is down” is the phrase that has likely been echoing in government communications across the UK and the Commonwealth for the past few hours. In collaboration with the palace, the government drew up a contingency plan called Operation London Bridge decades ago, and has periodically reassessed it. […]
“The Greatest Sadness For Me”: King Charles III Mourns Queen Elizabeth
[ad_1] King Charles III is mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth. Following the news of the 96-year-old monarch’s death on Thursday, Charles released a statement commemorating his mother’s life and legacy. “The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me […]
Inside Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles’s Complicated Relationship
[ad_1] There was also the natural tension between mother and son over the delicate fact that until the queen’s abdication or death, her son would forever be in limbo. According to Smith, Charles was occasionally heard to ask, “Why doesn’t she abdicate?” Prince Charles’s frustrations boiled over in 1994, when […]
Photos: A Look Back at Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation
[ad_1] As the world mourns of the loss of Queen Elizabeth, who died at age 96 at her beloved Balmoral estate in Scotland, revisit her unforgettable coronation day. On June 2, 1953, the then 27-year-old’s life was forever changed. The ceremony and celebration officially began her 70-year reign, a record-setting […]