It is now 2.30 am and I have just finished watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, followed by the service at St George's Chapel, Windsor. It has been a long emotional evening. Australia is 9 hours ahead of the UK so the events of the day only started here at 7.30 pm.
I saw this sketch by Eleanor Tomlinson and thought I would post it on 365 today. Her Majesty's work on earth is done and hopefully she is now reunited with her beloved Philip.
My daughter saw the following poem by Joanne Boyle and emailed it to me a couple of days after the Queen passed away. It brought me to tears. I thought I would share it with you.
Philip came to me today,
and said it was time to go.
I looked at him and smiled,
as I whispered that "I know"
I then turned and looked behind me,
and saw I was asleep.
All my family were around me,
and I could hear them weep.
I gently touched each shoulder,
with Philip by my side.
Then I turned away and walked,
with My Angel guide.
Philip held my hand,
as he led the way,
to a world where Kings and Queens,
are Monarch's every day.
I was given a crown to wear
or a halo known by some.
The difference is up here,
they are worn by everyone.
I felt a sense of peace,
my reign had seen its end.
70 years I had served my Country,
as the people's friend.
Thank you for the years,
for all your time and love.
Now I am one of two again,
in our Palace up above.
That is a wonderful post for today Babs. So glad you were able to watch it even though not a great time. My family in NZ watched it too until 1am their time but no holiday tomorrow so were aware of work . I thought everyone did Her Majesty proud.
@julzmaioro You did well to last till 11 pm Julia. Your time is in front of us so the ceremony would have gone on until much later in the morning in New Zealand.
@ludwigsdiana Oh what a shame you missed most of it. Is there any way you can catch up.
@happypat Your family did well to stay up until 1 am. Of course, New Zealand is even in front of our timeline so the funeral wouldn't have finished until much later in the morning there.
This is beautiful Babs, it really brought a tear to my eye.
I too watched the whole funeral and certainly paid for it when I had to get up at 5.30 to go to work today. Despite that I am so glad to have watched such a well organised and moving funeral
@kjarn you did well to do a days work after the late night. I got up about 7.30 and did the washing then gardening and chopping logs for our woodburner but by 7 pm I fell asleep while watching the news
Lovely illustration. It was an incredible day - I watched most of it - but also rushed into town just to take a look at the crowds. It was absolutely astonishing to see the sheer numbers of people. https://365project.org/boxplayer/365-2022/2022-09-19
October 9th, 2022
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We had four and a half hours loadshedding today, I missed most of it 😥
I only managed until 11pm.
@julzmaioro You did well to last till 11 pm Julia. Your time is in front of us so the ceremony would have gone on until much later in the morning in New Zealand.
@ludwigsdiana Oh what a shame you missed most of it. Is there any way you can catch up.
@happypat Your family did well to stay up until 1 am. Of course, New Zealand is even in front of our timeline so the funeral wouldn't have finished until much later in the morning there.
I too watched the whole funeral and certainly paid for it when I had to get up at 5.30 to go to work today. Despite that I am so glad to have watched such a well organised and moving funeral
Ian