Watching the Queens funeral this morning. The ceremony, pomp and pagentry and specticale of the event is truly staggering when you think of what is involved. Such tradition perfectly adheared to. While England is a shadow of its former self, one cannot help but think of those once strong people who more or less ruled the world and whose power presided over so many far flung places. India of course being the crown jewel.

She was a link to a time that has passed especially among us sporting people and lived an amazing life. Truly wonderful to have lived so many years and see the world change especially from her position from when she was born in 1927. She must have touched so many people's lives from King's and Queens to Statesmen to ordinary common folk and everyone am sure has a memory of that special event. My sighting of the Queen happened over 40 years ago! We had heard that the Queen was coming to Hyderabad, which in those days was a very small city especially compared to what it is today. This was very big local news and we were told that her motorcade would pass a certain place around 8pm so off a few of us kids went to see the Queen on our bycycles. After a while we saw her motorcade approaching on the poorly lit street opposite our local parade grounds. And in one of the cars passed the Queen with her customory wave. Somethings you never forget and in my mind's eye I can still see that fleeting sight from so many years ago.

Another small part of history is the Koh-i-Noor diamond which is in the crown came from a few hundred miles from where I come from. As per wikipedia the origin of the Koh-i-Noor diamond remains a mystery to this time. However, most sources, official and non-official, believe it was mined from the Kollur Mine (Golconda Mines) in the current Andhra Pradesh during the reign of the Kakatiya dynasty. I wonder if she even thought of that when she visited Hyderabad!

It is interesting to note that all the major gun companies in the UK have acknowledged her death on their posts on Social Media. She was a great patron of our sports and for the outdoors from everything I have heard and read.



The Queen on a Tiger hunt, to her left is Maharani Gayatri Devi, who came from the Cooch Behar Royal Family.

Nothing else to say! Just a moment of thought for someone special passing.

RIP your majesty


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Yes.

She was a very, very special lady.

With class and integrity like no other.

She will be missed.

She was unique, as was her husband, Prince Philip.

Thanks, Arjun.

Good stuff. A very close friend of my uncle’s flew for HH Cooch Behar at the time, bringing in family, hunters, etc. knew the family very well, including Maharini Devati (in your pic) , who was princess Ayesha at the time. Did plenty of hunting as well. Have a pic of him, HH Cooch Behar and Harry Carr (Queen Elizabeth’s jockey) after a successful leopard hunt.

In the US, the coverage of the Queen’s life, her service to the Commonwealth, and her funeral has been massive. I’ve watched about (8) different one hour separate shows covering her and the Royal family. It’s been outstanding.

She was certainly a fine lady, and one that not only Great Britain will dearly miss, but also a lot of the rest of the world. 80% of the British citizens have only known her as their monarch. She was the longest reigning monarch in the history of all of England, and the second longest in all of the world history, only behind King Louis XIV of France, who came to the throne at age 4, whereas Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne at age (25), coronated at age (27). He reigned for 72 years, and she reigned for 70 years, 214 days.

The tribute was magnificent, and touched my wife and I pretty deeply. The end of an amazing era. RIP.

Saeed, very nice tribute to the Queen, by the way here on AR, with her picture at the top. Class act!

If only our world leaders could conduct themselves with the same grace and honor as she did. Probably too much to ask.

She was a lovely person. I miss her and I am not even British. Truly marks the end of an era.

She loved horses too! I got to see her at an equine veterinary event in Newmarket ~20 years ago.

I am certain her and Philip are on safari together now. Likely a horse back safari in an East African setting — may God rest her soul.

The Queen was a class act.

She did tule with class and was respected.

On a talk radio station, they have posies some interesting questions such as:

Do you think the queen had a credit card? Ever sent an email? Surfed the internet? Drove a car? Went to the grocery store? Microwaved anything?