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It’s Not Easy Being Queen
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It’s Not Easy Being Queen
BY VICTORIA R. CROSBY
It’s not easy being queen although it has many perks, but do we really appreciate how hard the monarch works?
When you are queen, you just cannot say, “I don’t feel like trooping the colour today. I think I’ll stay home and watch TV and have some cake and a nice cup of tea.”
When you are queen, it just doesn’t do to rebel against what you were born into. You cannot say that the crown on your head is just too heavy and wear a red hat instead.
You cannot sell the castles, although you have many, they are not yours to sell, even though they’re worth a pretty penny. You may wear the crown and sit on the throne, but the crown jewels and palaces are not your own. You can’t sell them and buy an island somewhere, and live in a warm climate without a care.
When you reach the age that most people retire you can’t sit and put your feet up by the fire. You always have to entertain, even if your guests are an awful pain. You must smile and feign interest in what they say and wave and shake hands with people every day.
Every move you make is publicized, analyzed and criticized. Your private life is not your own, yes, it’s lonely on the throne.
The Queen and her parents before her served with dignity and grace. They accepted the life fate bestowed them in wartime and in peace. Many changes in her lifetime many decades she had seen Let’s raise our glasses and drink a toast and say God Bless The Queen.
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British-born poet and writer Victoria Crosby has been Poet Laureate of the City of Glen Cove in New York for more than twenty-five years; her work has been published in magazines and newspapers as well as featured on radio shows. Now residing in Smoke Rise, Victoria will create a unique gift with a custom poem for an anniversary, engagement, wedding, birthday, retirement or any other special occasion. You can contact Victoria at poeticvic@aol.com.
