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The British sovereign has not really tasted the honor that the British magazine “The Oldie” believed her to be doing, targeting older readers. And she let him know with the sense of humor that characterizes her… Extract from the magazine “8:30 pm Saturday” broadcast on October 30, 2021, just after the newspaper of France 2.
If Queen Elizabeth II, 95, had to give up “with regret”, on medical advice after a night spent in hospital, to travel to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend the 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26) which is being held from October 31 to November 12, 2021, she has lost none of her mischief …
British magazine The Oldie has just experienced this by wanting to award to the sovereign who has reigned since 1952. Very badly took it… Its editor-in-chief Harry Mount read to the magazine “8:30 pm on Saturday” (replay) the text of the missive, dated of August 21, 2021 and on the letterhead of Balmoral Castle…
“We have the age we feel”
“Thank you for your letter (…) but his Majesty is convinced that we are of the age we feel, reports the journalist. Therefore, she doesn’t think she meets the criteria for the ‘Senior Person of the Year’ award and hopes you find someone who deserves it more. With our warmest regards. “ Harry Mount believes that “the essential phrase” is : “We are the age we feel.”
“That’s why she refused, he analyzes. This shows that beyond the fact that the Queen is 95 years old and she needs a rest right now, she does not see herself as an elderly person and certainly does not imagine abdicating. It represents the Crown, which is eternal. Even if it ages, its function is permanent. That’s what that letter meant… besides being funny, of course. “
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