I cannot help but think of Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
Her long reign was crowned by stoicism, her belief in doing a public duty as well as she could, and living a private life where possible. And keeping it private.
It is for her that I almost grieve again.
A novel about an extraordinary life and its challenges was Elizabeth’s to write.
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