[Magdalen] Operation London Bridge

[Roger Stokes]

Marion,

You are spot on about Camilla. Diana might have liked being described as 
Queen of Hearts and she did well in some areas, such as promoting care 
and concern for those with HIV, but she did not have either personality, 
emotional depth or intelligence that she would have needed as Queen. It 
was a relationship that was geading for disaster from the start.

Roger

On 16/03/2017 21:14, Marion Thompson wrote:
> She is Queen of Canada, and I am her loyal subject. Truly, we will  
> not see her like again.
>
> I have a great fondness for Charles who was dealt a rum hand in life.  
> A product of his upbringing and with the curse of being the Heir, 
> rather than being able to live a life much more in line with his 
> interests and talents.  Had he been allowed to marry Camilla way long 
> ago when he was young before his influential uncle Louis Mountbatten 
> told him not to, but to go to sea for awhile (and life is very 
> different for the Royals in that regard), the whole sad story would 
> have been rather different.  Instead they found him a nice virgin to 
> wed and what a disaster that was (other than the two sons and of 
> course Diana herself) I am pleased that finally he and Camilla are 
> together, a comfort to each other in their declining years.  He was a 
> pioneer for organic farming and  a vocal protector of the 
> environment.  Or as much as the Royals are allowed to have an opinion 
> about anything.  A talented water colourist, too.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 3/16/2017 4:41 PM, Rick Mashburn wrote:
>> I will be enormously sad as well. I'm not sure why but I've been 
>> fascinated
>> by the British Royal Family since I was a little boy. As embarrassing 
>> as it
>> is, I think it goes back to episode(s) of the Beverly Hillbillies in the
>> 1960s. The entire family went to England and had series of 
>> misadventures in
>> various locations. I was totally hooked on the whole castle, knights and
>> English gardens thing. I also remember a segment called "In an English
>> Country Garden" on Captain Kangaroo that fascinated me. I can still hear
>> the theme music playing in my head.
>>
>> So, I was hooked very early on in my life. The original sources of the
>> fascination may have been somewhat suspect but that's beside the 
>> point. I
>> have been up early to celebrate their high points (the marriages) and 
>> low
>> points (the funerals.) I expect it's too late for me to change now. So I
>> will mourn the passing of Her Majesty the Queen when that sad day 
>> arrives.
>> And, I will celebrate the new King despite me reservations about 
>> him...and
>> especially his wife.
>>
>> God save the Queen!
>>
>> God's peace,
>>
>> Rick unrepentant monarchist
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I Know I will be very sad. She has been there almost my whole life, 
>>> and she
>>> looks enormously like my mother. I really do love her, and she's grown
>>> immensely in her job. Charles is a good person, I'm sure, and I 
>>> admire some
>>> of the things he does, but he is so boring and colorless. As for 
>>> Camilla,
>>> the less I say about her, the better.
>>>
>>> The British do put on an excellent state funeral.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:41 PM Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 3/16/2017 1:26:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>
>>>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
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>>>> Tears  will be shed, that is certain.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>> I remember getting up early (Around 5 AM) to get
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>>>> positioned in front of the large Victrola radio console
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>>>> to listen to the short wave (remember that?) coverage
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>>>> of the Coronation of Elizabeth II.
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>>>> It's interesting, looking back, what impressed me most.
>>>>
>>>> Musically it was the Parry, "I Was Glad" and, especially
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>>>> the RVW "All People That On Earth Do Dwell," set to
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>>>> the Old Hundreth tune.  The latter tune was familiar to
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>>>> me from my Methodist youth, but in the equal quarter-
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>>>> note rhythm.
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>>>> My thought was essentially that the
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>>>> Anglicans were worth checking out (the nearest
>>>>
>>>> Episcopal Church was 45 miles away)
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>>>> if they were able to produce such music.
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>>>> And who says that music in the church doesn't count?
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>>>> David S.
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