The Queen is Dead -- Long Live the Queen

The Trump presidency/pandemic ended what's recognized as the American Century and this is a different sort of marker.

Ninety-six is a good run, is another way of looking at it.

 

Striking to realize that she is likely to be the last British queen in most people's lifetimes.

 

I love the Internet.

 

yes because nothing says permanence like a rainbow

 

Is Elton John dead too?

 

Didn't realize King George VI died at just age 56.

 

Interest rates climb, defense money wasted, Far East war worries, Russia threatens another county over its allegiance to Europe.

Why does that all seem familiar in 2022?

 

Perhaps for many generations.

Charles is followed by William (40) then George (9) before you get to Charlotte (7). But if George has kids, they go in front of his sister and little brother.

 

OK, I can’t be the only one who thinks George looks like Don Knotts in that picture.

 

I mean, the story was that having the job thrust upon him did it, but he'd also had an entire cancerous lung removed less than two years previous.