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Originally Posted by desertblues
She is 75 years old and is in good health, but says she has to step back for the next generation. She has had a tough life the last ten years: parents died, husband died, attack on the Royal Family a few years ago which had a huge impact on the family as 6 innocent bystanders were killed
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_at...h_Royal_Family ) and one of her sons is in coma after an avalanche, since one year. |
I think I knew about the attack, that was the one over those damn cartoons, right? I hadn't heard about the avalanche though.
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Originally Posted by orlok
Quite a tale of woe. If our queen stepped down there'd be a state of shock and mourning (in no small part due to the fact that Prince Charles would take over  ).
Sol beer in my bottle. With a slice of lime. You could almost imagine it is summer... |
I often wonder if that in part is what keeps her going