Queen's Apology ~
A Spanish friend was saying how gracious the queen of Spain is, very kind and approachable, and it's not uncommon to see her shaking hands in the street with any citizen who is bold enough to get close to her, to ask or give opinion, or just to show respect. That reminded me of a review I wrote in 2009 ...
It's been the British custom, or more like an institution, that Queen, Elizabeth ll, always sends a felicitation card to her subjects on the day they complete 100 years, or when their birthday exceeds that figure. Amongst them is Catherine Master, a British woman of 109 years, who wrote to the queen to complain that each year she has been sent exactly the same card.
Catherine Masters lives in an old folks' residence in Stanford in the Vale, in the south of England, who told the queen that on all the birthdays in the past 5 years she received the card in which the Queen wore the same yellow dress. Confronted with such claim, Prince Williams, representing the Queen, had presented himself in person to her home to ask pardon.
The person responsible for the residence, Wendy Mead, said that they had not been expecting the visit of Prince Williams. "We received a call just 5 minutes before the Prince arrived here!" Now Catherine Master had been invited by the Queen to take tea with her in the gardens of the Buckingham Palace later on the 7th of July.
Queen Elizabeth ll and other members of the royal family open the doors of the Palace each July to have tea in the open air with hundreds of specially selected citizens and guests.
Very forthright and honest of the old lady to speak out her mind, and very civil and gracious of the Queen to ask pardon of a civilian for her own oversight of attention to details.
Current Mood: 
Cheerful
Cheerful
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