Will she be the last Christian Monarch of England? Will her dopey son announce he's a Muslim before she slips off this mortal coil?
Posted by Scott M at September 9, 2015 1:12 AMOh, my! How the years go by. My Father was stationed in England during WWII, sort of as a "military advisor" or some such. He always expressed the highest regard for Her Majesty.
Susan Lee
Posted by Susan Lee at September 9, 2015 6:22 AMI was in love with her in the '30s, and her sister Margaret too. I was a young pre-teen, they were older pre-teens, and always showing up in Life or Look. I didn't go for that cutesy Shirley Temple stuff. By the '50s I had lowered my sights considerably.
Posted by BillH at September 9, 2015 7:11 AMOne thing to say about old people: they don't have the muscle or the patience to argue, they'll just shoot you (pardon clumsy metaphor);
Another thing to say about the old 'uns:
"Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance." - David Mamet
Posted by chasmatic at September 9, 2015 7:36 AMAge and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut (O'Rourke, P. J.)
Posted by Van der Leun at September 9, 2015 8:36 AMScott M: By law the monarch of Great Britain must be a communicant of the Church of England. Wikipedia: Act_of_Settlement_1701.
"All of her prime ministers (and there have been hundreds of them)"
I count an even dozen. I counted Harold Wilson, who had two separate non-continuous terms, only once.
Wikipedia List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
Posted by Fat Man at September 9, 2015 9:32 AMAnd that's why you get the big bucks....
Posted by Van der Leun at September 9, 2015 10:58 AMI like the "hundreds" bit better. Stick with it.
Betty Battenberg is a hell of a gal. She's walked the tightrope pretty well, and held the family business together better than anyone could have hoped.
Posted by Gordon at September 9, 2015 11:29 AMHundreds would only make sense if we were talking about Italy. She has been queen through a dozen US presidencies, and a dozen UK prime ministers.
Posted by Fat Man at September 9, 2015 4:23 PMHer resilience has survived the meretricious emotionalism of the Dianafication of the West.
Unfortunately a whole string of her treacherous Prime Minister have pissed the sovereignty of her nation down the drain and European federalism will eventually turn her Kingdom into a Ruritanian backwater.
That's assuming that it isn't Dhimmified first by the new Caliphate. We fear her heir has already suffered that fate. Therefore Vivat Regina!
Best appraisal of HM's world record reign was penned today by the best writer in her Commonwealth:
http://www.steynonline.com/7159/the-survivor
Posted by Frank P at September 9, 2015 4:46 PMMay God continue to save Her Gracious Majesty!
Posted by Andy Texan at September 9, 2015 8:14 PMOh, look, a rabbit
Whether she had dozens or hundreds of Prime Ministers is irrelevant unless we are reviewing David Warren's writing rather than the competence of the Queen.
Posted by chasmatic at September 10, 2015 6:28 AMThen there's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDl3dSLw_o
Posted by Bill Jones at September 10, 2015 2:26 PM