They're back!
Smiling and looking tanned and relaxed. Things look ever so wonderful in the limited pictures offered. Such fun (read photo ops) planned.
Sure they have to dig up to pay for not one but two security firms as they still have not been given what they consider proper (tax payer funded) security when visiting his home turf.
Granted they appear to have turned down a chance to visit his father and stepmother (which would have put them within distance to drop by for tea with his grandmother). One wonders if he will look back with that missed opportunity with any regrets. Or his dad - I worry about his health as well but not as much as HM.
And the whole proximity to his brother but no plans to have their paths cross. So many articles about this. A space filler I guess for a slow news day.
The next several days will have a number of events which will be dutifully covered by the press. I'm hoping that people remember that the changing the PM is actually an important event politically for the country's future. And read those too.
There is a part of me which kind of wished Prince William would be there, along side of his father, just to watch. He's the future. This is one more (probably the last of this type) opportunity to help transfer knowledge from HM to the next generations. When she's gone, that will be a massive data loss. Her mind - so nimble (recollections may vary or the exit negotiations as recent examples). That will be bad. Very bad.
So they're back. Might as well change the topic just in case something happens which is worth discussing.
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I think we're being prepared for the worst.
We're off to a 60th anniversary party for friends miles away weekend after next. I shall pack suitable sombre clothing as well as my pretty frock.
Sky News: Chas & Cam on their way to Balmoral
Looks as if the end is nigh.
God Save the Queen
I'm close to tears already.
Prince Charles, Camilla, and Prince William are all travelling to Balmoral.
Prime Minister Liz Truss has told the house that her thoughts, and the thoughts of the British people are with Her Majesty and her family at this time.
BREAKING: Charles, Camilla and William head to Queen's bedside in Balmoral as 'concerned' doctors keep her under medical supervision….
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11193345/The-Queen-kept-medical-supervision-Balmoral.html
Husband corrected himself.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11193345/The-Queen-kept-medical-supervision-Balmoral.html
Apparently the family has been called. Are the Harkles going to join to pay their respects?!?!
News on the radio here in the US is saying the Queen is now under “medical supervision as health concerns grow” and that Charles and Camilla AND William have gone to Balmoral to see her.
The New York Times lead sentence in its story reads:
“ LONDON — Quern Elizabeth II’s health appeared to be deteriorating on Thursday, with Buckingham Palace announcing she had been placed under medical supervision and that her doctors were “concerned” about her health.”
It goes on to say she has not been hospitalized and remains at Balmoral, but on Wednesday evening she abruptly cancelled a virtual meeting with members of her Privy Council after her doctors advised her to rest.