Beco
I'm Not Your Guru
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She’s tiny, wears extraordinary hats and travels everywhere with a purse slung just-so over her arm. (What’s IN there, anyway?) She’s Queen Elizabeth II, who’s about to celebrate 60 years on the throne, a reign second only to Queen Victoria’s 63. She runs the show in the United Kingdom with a palace full of royal relatives, including an eccentric husband, a slightly daffy son and heir to the throne, two rock-star grandsons and an “It Girl” granddaughter-in-law, whose clothes and reproductive status are a subject of incessant global intrigue.
As Britain prepares lavish Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Her Majesty, Style asked Britons living here to explain to us Yanks what we are missing out on by not having a royal family.
For better or worse, wonderful pageantry, profound continuity and rich symbolism. The queen’s sheer stamina has provided for two generations of Britons comforting stability amid a kaleidoscope of change.
— Robert Moore,
As Britain prepares lavish Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Her Majesty, Style asked Britons living here to explain to us Yanks what we are missing out on by not having a royal family.
For better or worse, wonderful pageantry, profound continuity and rich symbolism. The queen’s sheer stamina has provided for two generations of Britons comforting stability amid a kaleidoscope of change.
— Robert Moore,