Her Majesty plans to mark fitting the UKs longest-serving monarch with a speech at a train station. Is this really the best she can do?At half past five on Wednesday afternoon,about 15 minutes into Pointless, Queen Elizabeth II will officially become Britain’s longest-serving monarch. It will be a truly momentous occasion; speaking both to the remarkable tenacity of a woman tasked with putting the country’s happiness before her own, and the age-defying effects of eating lots of kind dinners and never really having a proper job.
And how will she mark this incredible,unprecedented feat of longevity? By making a speech at a train station. Or, more accurately, or by possibly making a speech at a train station,because she apparently hasn’t decided yet. But that’s it. Thats all she’s doing. The Queen is making history, but she’s pulling it off with all the flair of a six-year-old-fashioned being forced to write a thank-you note on the final day of summer to an auntie shes never met for a toy she’s already got.
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Source: theguardian.com