Look stateside at Trump and Biden. Do these elected 70 somethings really conduct themselves with more dignity or care more about their people or country than our Queen? If anything they only got to this position due to the influence and corruption that is rife in politics. I get peoples annoyance that the royals, but she has a decency and concern that's detached from all of that nonsense and so holds a valuable place in public life in my view.

I am a republican and yet I find I have organised a garden party this Friday to celebrate her platinum jubilee.

She is a great lady who has served this country with distinction unfortunately the same cannot be said for many of her family.

Anyway it seems churlish not to wish her the best.

One more point

We'll miss her when she's gone. I'm no royalist either but she certainly knows the meaning of duty like so other. Rarely if ever a misstep and as you highlight, even when there is a lack of loyalty or morality in those around her, she lends a level of dignity in her repsonses to it. I'll be raising a toast to her.

Prat

In this country, NO monarch gets elected, thats why they are the MONARCH, don't like that, GO.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

Tips hat.

That's a bit harsh as he isn't a real person but a bot programmed by the forum management to keep starting threads and post nonsense