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Through a world war, being told she was a queen by Jim Corbett, through all the scandals. Poor woman needs some peace. RIP your Majesty. ------------------------------ A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!" | ||
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Indeed. And God save the King! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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She has been an excellent Queen. "The" Queen for my entire lifetime. Her passing is like losing a mother. Rest in Peace dear lady. Hunting.... it's not everything, it's the only thing. | |||
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From Royal visits in the 1960s through to New Years messages - she was the face of British Royalty through thick and thin , poor behaviour from members of her family , the dissolution of much of the Commonwealth , and latterly the destruction of western society , She was the unchanging face of the Monarchy , the reason tourists went to Britain , the face on every coin and banknote for the last 70 years . Well done Ma'ame. The World salutes you . ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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She was a gracious Queen who lived a live of service and did so with enthusiasm, poise and equanimity. RIP Your Majesty DRSS | |||
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She was a fine person in every regard I can think of ... and a hunter, too. | |||
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Old Jim wasn't actually the one to tell then Princess Elizabeth that her father had died during the night she and the Duke were spending in Tree Tops. Nobody knew this news until the Princess and her party returned to the Royal Lodge where they were staying during their visit to Kenya. The Duke was informed back at the Lodge and he informed his wife of her fathers death. She was of course then the new Queen. The Tree Tops register was brought to Jim the day after Elizabeth had visited and in which he recorded the names of the Royal party, the animals seen, and the incidents connected with them, then he wrote; "For the first time in the history of the world a young girl climbed into a tree one day a Princess, and after what she described as her most thrilling experience she climbed down from the tree the next day a Queen - God bless her." Elizabeth had specifically requested Jim, who was living nearby at the time, to accompany the Royal party on their Tree Tops visit. She also insisted Jim sit beside her during the evening meal, pushing the Duke out onto the hard wood bench seat while Jim enjoyed the Duke's soft padded chair beside the Princess. A great honour for Jim and a fitting beginning of Elizabeth's reign of Queen. She will be sorely missed around the world, a steadying institution that has always been there through good and bad times. | |||
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Oh well there you go. Good info thanks mate  ------------------------------ A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!" | |||
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It's all in his final book, Tree-Tops, which he finished writing only a few days before his death. About 30 pages long and no hunting but a great insight into the fine old gentleman he was. Worth a read to close the chapter of Jim's life. | |||
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I don't have that book. I shall look for it. ------------------------------ A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!" | |||
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One of the few women in the world to have hunted tigers...her bloke rolled one,possibly two. Posts: 87 | Location: Victoria Australia | Registered: 07 September 2002 | |||
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