Today, the Queen of the United Kingdom addressed the people of the U.K. I am posting it here, because her words are the words of a leader, and here in the U.S. we have no such leader. I think we can all take heart from the Queen’s words, and I think she won’t mind sharing them with us, for she is as aware as any that the U.S. is without responsible leadership. Thank you, Queen Elizabeth.
Her words were as strengthening today as Churchill’s were in the war. Well done, Queen Elizabeth.
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Oh how I wish we had a leader like Her Majesty. Sigh.
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it was a great speech!
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Can you imagine the nutcase in the White House ever giving such a dignified speech?
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unfortunately, no…
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I have deep respect for Queen Elizabeth with all of her imperfections. At ninety-three years old, she has seen many leaders come and go. She knows when to rise to the occasion to give strength and direction, when needed.
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She is the very definition of grace and dignity … I felt much the same about President Obama.
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I saw Angela Merkel last week & couldn’t help but think “gee, how would Hillary be handling this?” … but ya know … her emails. We have been so defrauded.
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Ms. Merkel is indeed what a leader should be, always the voice of reason. And Hillary would have been one thousand times more professional and intelligent in dealing with this than the Oaf in the Oval. Sigh.
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The English have always known how to handle a crisis. As opposed to you-know-who.
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Quite so … they’ve had plenty of practice, whereas you-know-who has always been a spoiled baby who never had to deal with any sort of adversity.
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Warm, comforting words but not hidden the fact that this isn’t over yet.The thing I took away is that like all things, It will pass and we’ll carry on with our lives.I’ve always admired her Majesty’s leadership.
Cwtch
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Hers were the words of a true leader, a person who cares about the world, not only herself. I would darn near kill to have such a leader here. Sigh. But, the U.S. is populated by ignorance and greed, so it’s unlikely we will ever have such wisdom and compassion at the top.
Cwtch
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
This is real leadership. The Queen’s Speech
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How I wish we had such leadership. Sigh. Thanks for re-blogging, my friend!
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“She will rock you!
Rock you!” (Yes it was my intention to use the ‘Queen’ song)
Now there is 80 years of experience, dignity and wisdom at work there. God Save The Queen!
(One of the whispered question in our house albeit it Left of Centre or Far-Far Left is ‘What happens when Her Maj’…is gone??)
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That was a question I wondered several months ago. Perfect use of the Queen song, by the way, for she did rock me! I read the transcript of her speech, and decided I just had to hear it for myself. I nearly cried, and then I remembered the jerk we have at the helm and I did cry.
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You have our sympathies 😥
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Why? Why can’t we have leadership like this? Instead we have someone who doesn’t know how to spell empathy let alone feel it, and who imparts false promises and information like advising people who aren’t even ill to take hydroxychloroquine as a preventative.🤦🏻♀️
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This is encouraging Jill. Thank you for sharing it.
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Her Majesty the Queen is the epitome of leadership. In little more than 4 minutes she comforts and reassures her countrymen without lies and arrogance. Consider then, what our leader had to say at today’s White House coronavirus task force meeting : “We see light at the end of the tunnel. Things are happening…You can never be happy when so many people are dying, but we’re going to be very proud of the job we did to keep the death down to an absolute minimum.” Yes Donald, we do see light at the end of the tunnel. It is the Covid-19 train hurtling towards us at full speed ahead! Yes Donald, things are happening but they are incommensurate with the needs of our country. Yes Donald, we can never be happy when people are needlessly dying due to your ineptitude as a leader. NO Donald, we are not now nor will we ever be proud of the job that you have done. One question Donald, exactly what do you consider the absolute minimum amount of deaths to be? Thank-you Jill!
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We watched it this evening…excellent and encouraging words.
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Though just a Yank who is mostly Irish and Scottish, I admire her grace, poise and ability to inspire her people in times of crisis. We could use such a voice in our country right now.
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We surely could use such a voice right now, Padre. As I listened to her speech, I almost cried, but then when I realized the contrast between her and our own excuse for a leader, I did cry.
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A true leader. And consider she is 93 years old and still has ultimate composure plus speaks clearly and with deep concern for her people.
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And here we have the most horrible president ever doing his presser and spewing his lies!
No empathy for all those suffering and dying.
I felt sick and turned off the TV.
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I wonder if she would just take us all back…………sigh
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I’ve tried to negotiate that with some of my Brit friends, but … no deal. Sigh. I even offered Trump and ALL of his cronies in exchange, but still … no deal.
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Of course we will. After all it was only a little spat over tax avoidance on tea. We’ll even let the trumpeteers have their own independent state and be part of the Commonwealth so the rest of you can be free of them.
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Oh THANK YOU!!!! Can we make this happen SOON???
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Send a petition to the UK Govt & ‘Her Maj’ (our affectionate household name from Elizabeth II) and see what comes of it, threaten to secede even
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Hmmmm … y’know … you might just be onto something here!
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Worth a try. After all there are folk in the South who keep mumbling about secession…so why not…..’What’s good enough for you etc, etc’
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Good point!
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The Queen rarely addresses the whole nation, apart from her Christmas speech, so it’s serious what we are all facing. But we will get through it because she says we will! Straightforward dignified words which apply to any of us in the world.
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Yes, I could not remember the last time, so I looked it up and I believe it was in 2002, at the death of the Queen Mother? I was heartened by her speech, but the contrast between her words and Trumps is … incredible. Many of us would be willing to return to being under the Crown if it meant we had real leadership such as her speech showed.
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Yes, welcome back – we were going to send you Prince Harry, but that didn’t quite work out!
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🤣 Thank you for taking us back! We were obviously not ready to strike out on our own. I think we already have Prince Harry, but he doesn’t seem to be sorting things out too well. 😉
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
My sentiments exactly … ” I think we can all take heart from the Queen’s words, and I think she won’t mind sharing them with us, for she is as aware as any that the U.S. is without responsible leadership. Thank you, Queen Elizabeth.”
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Thanks so much for sharing, my dear one! Love you!!! ❤
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Most welcome!! Loved one … 💞🙏🏽💞
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My dearest! I watched & it touched my heart & soothed me!! Thx for sharing!! 💞💞 … stay safe! 🙏🏽
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My pleasure. Why oh why can we not have a real leader like Her Majesty??? ❤
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👍🏽👍🏽
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