What a void she will leave when we lose her

Queen Elizabeth II opened the Elizabeth underground line at Paddington Station in London, the day before yesterday.

How lucky England is not to be a republic. 

King Edgar was the first king of England. He was rowed down the River Dee in a barge in 993 by four English kings, the King of Scotland and the King of Strathclyde, to show their allegiance to him.

I'd love it if Boris, Nicola Sturgeon, the socialist Welsh First Minister and the Sinn/Fein IRA leader of Northern Ireland were to row her galley.