Big Thanks Nellie, several of these photos are new to me. The first photo of Queen Mary sitting riding on the "Throne on Rails" is a hoot, I love it.
I find it so hilarious with the tabloids and their reporters carrying on the "The sky is falling, the sky is falling! The Govt. and the UK are in near collapse due to health issues of two members of the Monarchy!"
I'm not making light of the health issues, but the UK is still running as usual, per the seats of power in the PM and the Parliament. Yes, the Monarch is Head of State, but as we've witnessed very recently, even though a Monarch passes, the Govt. doesn't shut down, it carries on. In this case, a Councillor of State will carry on for the short time the King is incapacitated. As Susan has pointed out, the tabloids real "concern" is they won't have Catherine to comment on her clothes, make up, glossy locks, or her fabulous pins. They want the York sisters to for those comments while the POW recovers. It's just so stupid.
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