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When the news that Queen Elizabeth II had died broke, an overwhelming sadness sweeped across nations throughout all the countries that she was head of state for.
Queen Elizabeth II was unexpectedly made Queen when her father passed away and immediately knew the importance of the role. At just 21 years old she publicly announced that she was devoting her life to public services. She was an inspirational figure in the public eye whom had so many firsts for all to look up to, she was the first female member of the Royal Family to serve the British Armed Forces as a mechanic, she was the first Monarch to have their coronation televised, she was head of a commonwealth for 56 nations and has also been the Monarch who travelled the most countries in their lives travelling to 120 countries over 6 continents. She was known to be so kind and easily adapted to changes throughout her long reign of 70 years as Queen. She now holds the longest reign as Queen as she surpassed the record of her Great Grandmother Queen Victoria who held the reign for 64 years.
Our family travelled to Buckingham Palace on the 10th September to pay our respects and lay flowers for the Queen. As we walked towards the Palace amongst a massive crowd, roads had been closed off and diverted to ensure all are able to travel safely there to pay their respects. Every passing shop had a memorial of the Queen, The floods of people who were there paying their respects from newborn babies to elderly people was so special, it is clear to see how much she meant to so many people and how many people want to be a part of this historic event.
Some people will not understand why they feel a sense of sadness, after all you didn’t know her personally. Why is it you feel the same sense of upset that you would if one of your own had died.
The Grief Recovery Method defines grief to be ‘the normal and natural reaction to loss’ and ‘the conflicting feelings caused by the end of or change in a familiar pattern of behaviour’.
We want to take this moment to remind you to allow yourself to feel all the emotions that are surfacing
and although many of you will be heartbroken, shocked at the news of the Queen dying, you may also be getting the feeling of
It is normal to feel these conflicting emotions as you wonder what will become of our future. After all there is going to be a major ‘change in a familiar pattern of behaviour’ of what we currently know and have known for so long, and for the majority of the population all our lives.
Many of you will remember celebrating all her milestones, such as the Golden Jubilee in 2002 and more recently the Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Although, we were only coming into our teen years, we still remember lining the streets in 2002, where the community come together to celebrate through music, food and fun. We gave out things from table tops, we had our face painted, we danced and sung. In 2022, we had the pleasure of taking our own little ones both under 5 to celebrate the historic event, our youngest still in arms whereas our oldest had fun celebrating, dancing, getting her face painted and bouncing around on bouncy castles. After the undeniable lonely two years prior to this event due to covid, it was definitely an event which was needed and which brought together all communities at a time they so desperately needed it. To give the sense of ‘togetherness’ through her Majesty the Queen again. She allowed us to celebrate her life, her milestones and she was someone we all felt we knew as we listened to her speeches throughout major events from her first speech as a princess in October 1940 to the children of the Commonwealth surrounding World War II and more recently surrounding covid where she followed guidance’s so strictly alongside us and gave words of encouragement to keep us going. Not forgetting her yearly speeches on Christmas Day.
From us, Queen Elizabeth II, it was a pleasure to be an Elizabethan and part of your people. May you rest in eternal peace.
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