The Queen’s funeral was a grievous moment for all; for it fulfilled the ominous unease; that there is not much greatness left to be buried, for there is not much greatness left.   Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral was a grand and wondrous affair, topped off by the Lord Chamberlain breaking his wand of office and placing it on the casket. J.K. Rowling must have loved that.   This Blogger watched most of the funeral on English television; the shock of the elitist, anti-monarchist journalists  was palpable. They could not fathom  why many working class serfs, and peasants and lumpen proletariat would stand in line for 24 hours to see a departed monarch.   They should not have been surprised nor shocked; Good Queen Bess II, could break  down a   Short Magazine  Lee Enfield Rifle Mk III blind folded and reassemble it. She could repair a broken down army lorry. They knew she grew up ,knowing that if the Battle of Britain had been lost; she would have be...

The British have always been blessed with formidable women from Boudicca, to Lady Godiva to Empress Maude, to Elizabeth I to Margaret Thatcher.   On September 8 , 2022, one of the most formidable of the British ladies, Queen Elizabeth II died, after a 70-year reign. She was a veteran of World War II, auto mechanic, truck driver, and blitz survivor.   She appointed the following Prime Ministers: during her reign: Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Harold MacMillan, Alec Douglas Hume, Harold Wilson, Ted Heath, James Callahan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, ( whose ancestor was the illegitimate son of one of Elizabeth’s kingly ancestors), Theresa May, Boris Johnson and finally Liz Truss.   She had met, in person, the following American Presidents: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden...