Death is inevitable even if you are a Queen of England. Elizabeth II had a long and consequential life by all standards, but when a figure who has been a constant is now gone, life for many is indelibly changed.
I feel it more than most, certainly most Americans. I had that august honor as an invited guest to the Garden Party at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. during the Queen’s 2007 State Visit to America. I was then the U.K. policy advisor to the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.
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