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ON THE COVER: Britain's Queen Elizabeth views the interior of the refurbished East Wing of Somerset House at King's College in London Feb. 29, 2012 (REUTERS/Eddie Mulholland/ POOLTHIS photo). THIS PAGE: Elizabeth remained staunchly tight-lipped, rarely comment ing publicly on current events (Sean Gallup photo).
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We look back at the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, including her legacy as the empire transformed to a commonwealth and the inspiration she brought to Americans. In addition, Big Issue street paper vendors in the United Kingdom share their thoughts and memories of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family on news of her death at the age of 96.
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Hosted by Chicago-based Transit Tees, The Chicago Handshake Passport Party will be on Thursday, September 22 from 6-9 p.m. at Emporium Logan Square, 2363 N. Milwaukee Ave. Whether you plan to complete the Transit Tees passport challenge or are just looking for a fun place to party, this grand finale event is for you! Celebrate the Chicago Handshake, a classic drink combo of an Old Style beer and a shot of Malört while enjoying music from a live DJ. Enjoy the event’s custom photo booth and enter to win fantastic giveaways! Food will be provided featuring exclusive menu items with a Chicago Handshake twist, including Chicago Style Vienna Beef Hot Dogs, and other Chicago food staples. While registration and entry are free, packages are available for purchase with drink tickets, arcade tokens and specialty items at www.eventbrite.com, and a portion of the night’s sales benefit Another Round Another Rally, a nonprofit that continues to provide relief assistance for Chicago bars, restaurants, and hotels.
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Galleries are open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 60 W. Walton St.
A Show of Hands
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Visit one of the Newberry Library’s newest exciting exhibits, and get pulled into the world of ancient handwriting. A Show of Hands focuses on people, cultures, and technologies to explain how and why handwriting was taught, repro duced, and imagined. The display covers the past 500 years of handwriting and its history, featuring a series of books and manuscripts, all from Newberry’s collection. In the age of text and typography, visiting this exhibit will certainly make the art of handwriting more legible. The exhibit will be on display until December 30, and is open to the public.
Chim: Between Devastation and Resurrection
Presented by the Illinois Holocaust Museum presents the work of Dawid Szymin (published under the name David Seymour), one of the most renowned and respected photojournalists of his day. As Chim bore witness to a variety of 20th century European politics, social life, and culture, he was drawn to the struggles of workers’ rights, countries in transition, and postwar resistance and survival.
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The presentation of Chim’s work will include over 50 photographs focusing on the post-war reconstruction of Europe, European elections, the effect of the war on children, and the birth of the new State of Israel. The exhibit runs until Feb. 4, 2023. The Illinois Holocaust Museum, 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, typically charges $18 for admission, with the exception of free admission on the last Friday of each month.
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Join Untitled Supper Club and some of the most renowned distilleries in the world for a whis key sampling experience in honor of Bourbon Heritage Month! Sample from a wide selec tion of bourbons and enjoy some fantastic hors d’oeuvres from Untitled’s kitchen. General admission tickets cost $40, and include a commemorative tasting glass and keepsake pin. The event is semi-formal: no athletic wear, hats, or sneakers. All guests must be 21+ with valid identification. Visit untitledsupperclub.com/events/bourbon-fest-21/ to purchase your tickets, or contact Info@UntitledSupperClub.com with any further questions about the event.
The performance was created in response to the physical and spiritual deaths of Black people to racist violence and is designed to help Black communities heal from American radicalized violence. It is a performance of catharsis, healing, and cleansing, with a story told in vignettes that frequently involve the audience. The performance will run through October 16 at Lookingglass Theatre, 821 N. Michigan Ave., Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays & Sundays at 2 p.m. $35 at lookingglasstheatre.org
For one night only, Saturday October 1 at 7:30 p.m., the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater will present their performance of “Flamenco Passion” in honor of Hispanic Heritage month. The performance will also feature global flamenco superstar La Lupi (Susana Lupiañez Pinto) joining the ensemble as she performs “Pasos Largos/ Long Steps.” The dance is set to an original score by La Lupi’s husband, renowned guitarist/composer Curro de Maria, and will be the first time she performs in the U.S. Tickets start at $25, though discounts are offered for students and groups. Visit auditoriumtheatre.org for tickets and additional information.
Featuring the work of Kioto Aoki, “Double Run Eight” takes its name from a Bell & Howell Filmo series 8mm camera. As a double 8 format, the camera runs 16mm size film through one way, exposing one half of the frame on the first pass, then the film is flipped and run back through again, exposing the other half of the frame. Therefore, the final processed film is split down the center as two images. Aoki plays with the mechanisms of the camera, making a series of totally unique, fantastic images that show off her skills as a photographer and artist. Take a trip to the Epiphany Center for the Arts (201 S. Ashland Ave.) on Septem ber 27 any time between 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. to take a peek at her work for yourself! Visit epiphanychi.com for more information on the artist and the exhibit. FREE.
Flamenco Passion!
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Presented by the Congo Square Theatre Company, one of the nation’s premier African American ensemble theater companies, comes the performance of the interactive theatrical experience “W hat to Send Up W hen It Goes Down.”
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This year’s seventh official WingOut will be bursting with flavor and is promised to be bigger and bet ter than ever. An outdoor, chicken wing block party, this event will also feature live music, à la carte items for order, shopping, and of course, cold beverages. Wings will come in tons of favorite flavors: from Classic Buffalo to Asian Ginger, to Habanero Hot, and so many more! The event will be in St. Michael’s in Old Town parking lot (1633 N. Cleveland Ave.) October 1 & 2, from noon to 8 p.m. General admission starts at $14, and tickets can be purchased at wingoutchicago.com.
The Book Stall welcomes travel writer Patricia Schultz on September 27, from 6:30-7:30 pm. Known for her previous work, “1,000 Places to See Before You Die,” Schultz will be present ing her newest work, “Why We Travel: 100 Reasons to Get Up and Go.” In her new book, Schultz shares her own personal stories, inspiration behind her stories, and life lessons for both experienced and aspiring travelers. FREE. Visit www.thebookstall.com to register.
‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down’
Patrick: Wait, why can’t the Sox get a wild card entry?
Patrick: You’re right. It is horri ble that we still have an oppor tunity to get into the playoffs. We just can’t get a consistent run Johngoing.:Unfortunately—or for tunately, depending on how one looks at it—the entire White Sox team is inconsis tent and in turmoil. Just re cently, it appeared the White Sox were about to make their move to overtake the Twins and the Guardians. However, the White Sox lost 10 of 12 games and, then, Tony LaRus sa stepped down as White Sox manager due to health reasons. We’ve gotten a few wins since that, but it’s early. Holding out hope, though.
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Vendors Russell Adams, John Hagan and Donald Morris chat about the world of sports with Executive Assistant Patrick Edwards.
John: True, but when we have a team built the way the White Sox are, along with the ex pectations that go along with a team that made the playoffs last year and appeared to have improved during the offseason, we expect more. Not necessar ily a playoff berth, but at least be competitive. I mean, the Sox are going to have to contend with teams like the Tampa Bay Rays, the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Houston Astros—shoot, tough teams…
John: Yeah, man. We just won’t stop shooting ourselves in the foot. We’re a solid run— and just a lil’bit of consisten cy—from running away with
Patrick: Fellas, y’all might freeze me out for this, but I be lieve our White Sox can pull off some true magic…regard less of our end-record.
Donald: As long as the White Sox stay healthy, they should be Russgood.:
As positive as I like to be with my White Sox, the Sox are not very good this year. Even if they find a way to win the Central Division, I don't believe they'll get very far in the Patrickplayoffs.:But do y’all feel the White Sox should get credit for, at the very least, getting into the playoffs? I mean, shoot,
Donald: Good for us that we play quite a few games against both teams we need to climb ahead of: Cleveland and Min nesota. We have 4 against Cleveland—3 here in Chica go—and 6 against Minnesota, including the last 3 at home.
Russ: Pat, I hope you’re right. I’ll ride with you. Any comments or suggestions? Email pedwards@streetwise.org
Russ: Oh, wow…that series could seriously mean some Patrickthing.: I know, right?
other teams do have a say when it comes to our wins and losses.
Russ: Shoot, think about the records that the wild card teams usually have. Man, some of those records are as good as many of the division winners. And, in this particular case, our division is horrible. We all— Cleveland, Minnesota, and us—are hovering at about .500 ball. Won as many as we’ve lost.
Donald: Well, sir, glad you asked. I believe with every thing in me that the chances for the White Sox to make the playoffs—mind you, the only way they can get in is by win ning the division—are very good. I believe our White Sox will get ahead of the other two teams in the division and, then, look to go to work against the other playoff teams.
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Patrick: Fellas, we have us one here. A race that looks to go down to the wire. Our Chi cago White Sox, the Cleveland Guardians, and the Minnesota Twins. What’s really going on?
this division in this weak year amongst our counterparts. The way the White Sox are doing it is so disappointing that the fact that we have a chance to win the division at this late time in the season doesn’t even feel right. Feels so undeserved.
the monarch who had to adjust to the shift from Empire to Commonwealth
On her 21st birthday, April 21, 1947, when Britain’s Princess Elizabeth was accompanying her parents and her sister on a tour of South Africa, she spoke “to all the peoples of the Brit ish Commonwealth and Empire, wherever they live, whatev er race they came from, and whatever language they speak.”
the space of just a few years, the Gold Coast be came independent as Ghana in 1957. The process of co lonial withdrawal from Africa had begun, hastened by the political and economic cost of Britain’s bloody suppression of Mau-Mau in Kenya in the early and mid 1950s.
Britain’s process of quitting Empire had begun before the queen ascended the throne (when she was holidaying in Ke nya in June 1952), with Britain’s withdrawal from India and Burma in 1947. This had been heralded by the demands of the Indian National Congress throughout the previous half-
In "The Crown," the recent Netflix series on the monarchy during her reign, the incident of her dancing with Nkrumah is presented as having major political implications, as if on the dance floor her embrace of the Ghanaian president was key to holding him within the political grip of Britain.
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By the time she died at Balmoral as Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8, 2022, the Empire had vanished.
The queen's private thoughts about all this will remain ob scure until the release of royal archives in years to come. Yet the outward signs are that she adjusted personally, and as monarch, to these immense changes, with aplomb and good grace.
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At the time, Nkrumah was developing his personality cult, and seemingly moving Ghana into the orbit of the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. The British government saw her visit as a way of strengthening the former colony’s ties to the Commonwealth.
India’s departure from the Empire, it was widely assumed that Britain would stay on in Africa for many de cades. But how quickly things changed. Riots in the Gold Coast in 1948 led swiftly to the appointment of Kwame Nk rumah as Chief Minister and the introduction of self-govern
She went on to declare that she would devote her whole life “to the service of our great imperial family.”
Her personal relationships with many African leaders were an important marker of the social and attitudinal changes that accompanied the shift from Empire to Commonwealth. One indicator was her famous dance with Kwame Nkrumah when she visited Ghana in 1961.
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As far as Africa was concerned, she was no reactionary.
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British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was to acknowl edge that a historic and unstoppable shift was taking place when he delivered his famous “winds of change” speech to the South African parliament in 1960.
The decade and a half that followed saw one African coun try after another proceeding to independence. Most experi enced a brief period when they retained the queen as head of state. Yet it was not long before they abandoned even this colonial relic, opting instead for executive presidents to lead them into the future.
Historians dismiss this as rubbish. Yet, this does not mean that the dance was without its wider significance.
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Left: Queen Elizabeth touring the secretariat of Karu Local council, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja in 2003 (Ian Jones/pool/AFP). Right: Queen Elizabeth II dances with Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah in 1961 at a ball held at State House, Accra (Central Press/Getty Images).
The most important differences revolved around the issue of race, or more specifically, the continuance of white rule in the southern part of the African continent.
Here, the queen’s warm personal relations with key leaders, notably Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, served to contain African states’ differences with Britain over its policies towards Ian Smith’s Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa.
Yet it was not until the period after World War II that there was any thought in London that Black Africans were capable of running their own governments. However, once the British had decided that Africans could stand on their own feet (a convenient realization, which coincided with British self-inter est), African governments were invited to join the Common wealth, which had expanded to include India and Pakistan in 1947.
But then, Nelson Mandela was as monarchical as Queen Elizabeth herself.
there is every evidence that she delighted in meeting Nelson Mandela, the one political leader who ig nored royal protocol by simply greeting her by her Christian name whenever he met her, and she took no offense.
Politicians came and went during the queen’s long reign, but she remained a constant as head of the Commonwealth. Its foundations rested on the British government’s grant of selfrule to the white “dominions,” confirmed with the passage of the Statute of Westminister in 1931.
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Yet by 1961, the queen was visibly demonstrating that such blatant racism was no longer acceptable, and that she did not shrink from the close touch of black on white skin.
Indeed, it is thought that Thatcher was perhaps her least fa vorite among the 14 British prime ministers who served un der Subsequently,her.
Establishment horror of interracial marriage was backed by a visceral fear of offending South Africa, where the white elec torate had backed the election of a National Party govern ment and opted for a program of greater racial separation and apartheid.
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It is widely acknowledged that Queen Elizabeth played an important role in holding what was (and remains) a highly disparate organization together through many disputes.
What accounts there are, suggest that she was quietly sup portive of the pressure that African Commonwealth lead ers exerted on Margaret Thatcher to maintain sanctions on South Africa during the crises of apartheid in the later 1980s.
Back in 1948, the British government had sought to stand in the way of the marriage of Seretse Khama, then a student in Britain, to a white British woman, Ruth Williams.
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In spring 1953, women from across the United States traveled to Britain – for many, it was their first time abroad.
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For almost 70 years, there has been a long-stand ing affection for Elizabeth from across the Atlan tic, especially among women. It may be of a less showy variety than the attention lavished on other, potentially more glamorous female members of the royal family, such as Princess Diana or the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex. But it endured.
In 1953, ‘QUEEN-CRAZY’ American women looked to Elizabeth II as a source of inspiration – a sentiment that never faded
A Febuary 2022 poll found that more than 60% of American women held a favorable opinion of Elizabeth. The survey found her to be the most popular of all living royals, with women generally holding the royals in greater esteem than men do.
The impetus for the trip was Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, held in Westminster Abbey on a rainy June 2 of that year. Among those making the jour ney were Peggy Webber, who traveled all the way from Iowa, and Geneva Valentine from Washington, D.C. For both women, of whom I learned of while researching the monarchy and gender, the corona tion provided an unprecedented opportunity to be part of a momentous occasion in which a woman was at the center of the story.
Many observers argue that the Commonwealth is increasingly a political irrelevance in a constantly changing world. Furthermore, there is talk that if it continues to exist, the British monarch should not necessarily stay on as its head, and that the post should rotate among the membership. Meanwhile, it is likely that some countries that have retained the monarch as head of state will dissolve their formal relationship with the British crown.
many American women, Elizabeth also rep resented something else. At a time when women were, in many cases, expected to conform to tradi tional roles of a housewife and homemaker, Eliza beth was ascending the throne of a powerful country. In the words of one psychologist interviewed for a 1953 Los Angeles Times article, for the first time “the women of America have found a heroine who makes them feel superior to men.”
Queen Elizabeth’s background role in keeping the Commonwealth together during many fractious dis putes about race raises the question about what will happen to the body now that she has gone.
Despite such currents, the Commonwealth seems destined to remain for the foreseeable future. Indeed, it is becoming even more inclusive, having been re cently joined by states such as Mozambique and Rwanda, which were never ruled by Britain as part of the Empire. They are doing this because they see advantage to themselves in terms of trade, aid and
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be seen whether King Charles III can emulate his mother in helping to keep the Common wealth together. Yet the signs are there that he holds views that are more progressive, notably on tackling climate change, than the wearying succession of Conservative governments that are ruling contempo rary Hopefully,Britain.he will receive a positive reception from African governments, which – ironically in this postimperial age – are more likely to attach importance to the Commonwealth than to Britain itself.
In her own way, the queen quietly captured the imaginations of American women from the very beginning of her reign. As a historian of the Brit ish monarchy, I know part of the interest stemmed from Americans’ abiding affection for the royal family – something that transcended Elizabeth’s Butreign.for
Roger Southall is Professor of Sociology at the Uni versity of the Witwatersrand. Courtesy of The Con versation.
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Ronald Reagan was one of 14 U.S. presidents who served during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign (Tim Graham Photo Library).
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LONG-STANDING AFFECTION
They were also fixated on the fact that so much fuss was being made over a woman at all, and a powerful one at that. As U.S. ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce explained at the time, this was “an assignment made to order for a woman.” Luce used this logic to convince President Dwight Eisenhower to send the journalist Fleur Cowles to the coronation as one of his official representatives.
postwar backdrop, when many American women were being urged to return to the home and take pride in the efficiency of their kitchens, here was a 25-year-old prin cess being elevated to a position of head of state, her every step reported and discussed. This was anoma lous, and in ways that seemed to augur well for others of her sex.
Elizabeth did not need to “play according to a man’s rules by acting demure and helpless.” Rather, she could “be as imperious as she pleases.”
Lagemann’s observations provide some clues to Eliza beth’s hold on American women. Even as the women’s liberation movement helped shift certain conversa tions, the queen continued to model an alternative path forward – one in which women could travel without their children, demonstrate their command of policy, be at the center of the photograph, take responsibility and even grow old in the public eye.
Reporter John Kord Lagemann, writing in the Los An geles Times in 1953, captured this sentiment in a piece on “America’s Queen-Crazy Women.” Elizabeth, Lagemann noted, posed a challenge to patriarchy. Case in point was her marriage. Here, he wrote, the “situation is reversed” and the woman “commands.”
Queen Elizabeth II during a 1983 tour of California (George Rose photo).
Just as American women in the 20th century followed Elizabeth’s evolution, from dutiful daughter to young bride and mother to conscientious sovereign, so did earlier generations take interest in Queen Victoria’s cor onation, marriage and jubilee celebrations in the 19th Forcentury.even
though Americans chose a different path with independence in 1776, the British royal family has always exerted a strong pull on the American psyche. In fact, that pull is perhaps even greater because it is uncomplicated by politics. It is not U.S. tax dollars at work, so Americans can take pleasure in the ceremonial and the romantic without being burdened by questions of what it costs and means to have a monarchy.
Elizabeth II will be mourned by many around the world, including the daughters and granddaughters of those “Queen-Crazy” Americans who traveled to London in 1953 for her coronation, but who have yet to see a female head of state installed in their own country.
Indeed, as Luce alluded to, there was something deliciously disruptive about Elizabeth’s reign. Against a
Arianne Chernock is a professor of history at Boston University. Courtesy of The Conversation.
There is a specifically-gendered aspect to America’s love affair with the royals, too. When women traveled to London in 1953 – or, as second best, turned on their newly purchased television sets to tune into the coro nation coverage – they were not just interested in what the queen was wearing or the dashing figure cut by Prince Philip.
“It’s a terrible thing that the Queen has died, I always liked her. She was on the throne for a lot of years, our Queen. It’s going to take people a couple of days to get used to it.”
Bridget Sibley, who sells the magazine at Wait rose in Southsea, Portsmouth, said she was “very, very distressed” at the news.
Big Issue vendors have shared their thoughts and memo ries of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family on news of her death at the age of 96.
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Kelly, who sells the magazine on Trinity Street, Cambridge, said: “I’ve always liked the royal family, particularly William. When I met him earlier in the year and he heard about me selling Big Issue, he wanted to meet me more than I wanted to meet him. He’s a real gentle man.
He said: “It’s sad news, not only for the royal family but for the people of this country. She was well-liked and will surely be missed. I was glad to have met William ear lier this year and to have a royal connection so I feel sad for the royal family right now.”
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Big Issue vendor Dave Martin, who sells the magazine at Tesco in Hammersmith, Lon don, met Prince William earlier this sum mer as the royal sold the magazine to mark his 40th birthday.
“I think people are missing a big point that she was the only monarch who could strip down a Land Rover engine, be cause she was the first female monarch to see active duty during the Second World War when she was [truck driver and mechanic] with the ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service]. People seem to have forgotten about that.
Bridget said: “She’s been an icon. What more is there to say? She reminds me of a graceful swan, floating along, full of grace. She has done a brilliant, fantastic job.
Simon Gravell, who sells outside the former Topshop build ing in Norwich city center, said: “It’s very sad. It wasn’t a surprise but now [that] it’s happened I do believe the Queen was the best asset this country has ever had. She wasn’t just loved by the people of this country, she was loved by the rest of the world by the sounds of it if even somebody like Putin sent a message.
Issue Vendors: Dave Martin poses with Prince William; Bridget Sibley; Eamonn Kelly (center) poses with Kate Middleton and Prince William (all photos courtesy of The Big Issue).
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“I celebrated the Jubilee earlier this year and I was out selling The Big Issue selling red, white and blue, and I was very proud to sell the magazine with William on the cover. I was behind the Queen one million percent. Bless her heart. She’s done a brilliant, brilliant job. She will be very, very difficult to replace. An
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up in Canada where the Queen was also head of state, and he told The Big Issue she was just as revered across the Atlantic.
From top: Big Issue Vendors: Simon Gravell, George Anderson, Paul Logan (all photos courtesy of The Big Issue).
“The Queen has been an institution for 72 years. There’s a sense of security and stability that goes with that. It’s something very familiar. It’s a sea change and we’re stepping into new territory. For the majority of people the Queen was the only thing they’ve known for a lifetime and things are go ing to change, our money’s going to “Ichange.wasnever
“I spoke to one of the rough sleepers I am quite friendly with – he was in the armed forces and served in Afghanistan and he’d actually met the Queen. She did touch a lot of people, particularly in the armed forces because that sense of duty is such an integral aspect of what the armed forces are about.
“It seems very quiet and it feels very different,” he said.
“She was very, very popular over there,” he added. “You have to remember the large majority of Canadians are immi grants from the UK and other Com monwealth countries. There’s a strong calling for the royal family in Canada. They’d identify much more with that than their neighbors in the south.
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George Anderson, who sells The Big Issue at Broadcasting House in London’s White City, said there was a “real sense of sadness” around the former BBC headquarters as the news broke on Thursday evening.
“People invariably admire that she was the glue that held a lot of things together and I fear that maybe there will be a lot of implications that may arise from her death. For many people a lot of the grief that they are experiencing for some one they didn’t know that well taps into their own personal grief. It may help people through that – I like to see that as the last duty of the Queen.”
Paul Logan, who sells the magazine at Oxford Circus in cen tral London, said there was a sense of quiet about the city as Londoners adjusted to the news.
Elizabeth II in her coronation robes (photograph by Cecil Beaton, 1953).
“There was a feeling of loss for a woman that not many peo ple really knew personally, but [who] somehow managed to touch other people’s lives just through her commitment and sense of duty.
“For once I am lost for words because there are just no bad words to say about the lady.”
a real fanatic of the royals but I feel a real sense of loss in regards to that stability and how she maintained that duty for so Loganlong.”grew
“I remember when the Queen was on tour there. There was a train that she traveled on that passed through our town of Halton Hills in Ontario, and I remember going up to the train tracks and putting coins on the tracks so they got flattened by the train. It was a souvenir to mark the occasion of her being there.”
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