I've just seen the Queen (Really)
 

I just left my office to get a pint of milk (being English I grind to a halt without regular doses of tea). <BR><BR>Next thing...<BR><BR>Motorcycle outriders close of the street, closely followed by a motorcade, and in the back of a jag...HRH The Queen.<BR><BR>She must be lost to be in Clerkenwell.<BR><BR>She was going very quickly so I couldn't see if she was eating swans.

Yawn!<BR><BR>Work by St Paul's she comes past frequently...presumably on her way to stick pins in commoners incarcerated in the Tower for eating swans.

We were in London in time for the Trooping of the Colors. We waited near Buckingham Palace & were talking with a policeman. Bands & marching troops had been passing for a while. Then from a distance to our left side came a carriage so of course everyone looked. I asked if that was the Queen's carriage & he said that it wasn't. There would be more "noise" when the Queen passed. A short time later another carriage came out & he whispered "That's the Queen". If he hadn't said it I would never have guessed. The crowd was no more noisy than before. I guess I expected cheering & stuff like you see here when political people do their thing. Still it was a beautiful day & the crowds were very pleasant.Not like most times in the US where you get jostled around.

David, sounds as if she was getting the milk in, too. <BR>By the way - did you demote her intentionally? I bet you did. It's HM The Queen and all the rest are HRHs.

I was in the local budgens. <BR><BR>I did wonder about the small well spoken woman hanging around the Swan counter.

And what was one tippling?

was she swanning around or buying swan vestas

Does anyone really care about an upper-class septogenarian parasite's movements?

nope

I was in her house 2 weeks ago ( along with 20,000 other tourist )and I must say she lives in some nice digs.<BR><BR>Very nice indeed.

Go down to new Orleans on Bourbon Street and you'll see more Queens than you can shake a stick at.

excellent! coz Bourbon St and New Orleans is where I'm going on hol next year. Far more interesting

Ok, call me uninformed or just american. Possibly they're the same thing but whats the deal with all the "swan" reverences??

In this wonderful monarchy we call the UK, only members of the Royal family are allowed to eat swan. Keeps us commoners in our place don't you know?

I saw the Queen (AND Phillip) years ago in Cupertino, CA. She was in a limo headed to tour Hewlett-Packard. True story. Don't think she was eating swans then either.

Is royalty allowed to go to Starbucks for frapuchinos? Or should I say fraputeanos?

Well she should keep away from her ravens if this tale from todays Guardian is anything to go by:<BR><BR>A hand-reared raven with royal connections stunned its owner when it<BR>told him to "shut up".<BR><BR>Zeus, whose father is one of the Queen's famous flock at the Tower of<BR>London, suddenly started speaking when he was six months old.<BR><BR>Now the bird, which should be the jewel in bird of prey exhibitor<BR>Richard Cooper's crown, has become the thorn in his side by mimicking<BR>family and friends.<BR><BR><BR>

Except she called it Hewlett PacKARD.

You saw Freddie Mercury? I thought he was dead.

God save Freddie Mercury!

Well, la dee da. I got kissed by President Eisenhower.<BR><BR>I friend of mine got stuck in a lift with Prince Philip. Can you imagine?

david,<BR>I guess I am the only one here to think that your Queen sighting was cool:)<BR>and being American, I think your grinding to a halt from lack of tea, charming.<BR>s

I can't imagine being stuck in a lift with Prince Philip, considering all the 'gaffs' he has been responsible for in his time! dohh!!

Prince Philip gets a bad press because he is intellectually honest and politically incorrect. Having fought in the British Navy during World War Two and having been aboard two ships which were sunk, the Prince doesn't suffer fools lightly. That would include Princess Diana, the slutty late Princess of Wales. He can hoist a few beers in my backyard anytime. I'm sure we would agree on many things.

I'm sure he would really enjoy that, Roger.

He'd probably start a fight with your neighbours...

I hope he knows that I much prefer Guinness Stout to Bass Ale. Sorry, Prince.

He's a snakebite drinker (lager and rough cider)...<BR>Has a nasty temper after he's had a few so careful not to spill his pint. They call him the Buck House Bonehead.