The Queen
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My sympathies to all you Brits. She was loved and respected in the U.S. almost as much as the Commonwealth. :(( Watching all of the different YouTube videos of her past life, I am truly impressed by two things. First, was her participation in the British armed forces during WWII, as an Automotive Mechanic! :omg: Second, was her sense of humor. The Paddington bear video and the James Bond video clip. :) My wife, a rabid anglophile, we would emigrate to England if I could get a job there. She put a life sized "sticker" of some sort on our refrigerator door, depicting a head shot of the queen smiling and waving. She reminds me of my Mother-in-law who was one of the few people I have ever known that was selfless and totally good through and through. Finally, I have to say that no one anywhere in the world does "Pomp and Circumstance" like the British! I guess that's what a Thousand Years or so in a country develops.:cool:
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
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My sympathies to all you Brits. She was loved and respected in the U.S. almost as much as the Commonwealth. :(( Watching all of the different YouTube videos of her past life, I am truly impressed by two things. First, was her participation in the British armed forces during WWII, as an Automotive Mechanic! :omg: Second, was her sense of humor. The Paddington bear video and the James Bond video clip. :) My wife, a rabid anglophile, we would emigrate to England if I could get a job there. She put a life sized "sticker" of some sort on our refrigerator door, depicting a head shot of the queen smiling and waving. She reminds me of my Mother-in-law who was one of the few people I have ever known that was selfless and totally good through and through. Finally, I have to say that no one anywhere in the world does "Pomp and Circumstance" like the British! I guess that's what a Thousand Years or so in a country develops.:cool:
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Earlier today I was watching the proclamation of the accession of King Charles the Third on BBC news and one of the commentators said something about the influence Queen Elizabeth the Second had on the world. Apparently, in a typical German-English dictionary the translation for "the queen" is "die Königin" with a plural of "die Königinnen". There is also a translation for "the Queen" which is "die Queen"; there is no plural. The fact that you could give this thread the subject it has confirms that around the world she was simply The Queen.
