I can't help it, the Royals are everywhere on every source I am reading so I have to write down on them. Today is Queen Elizabeth II's 85th birthday. It is the first time that the Queen's birthday has fallen on a Maundy Thursday.
Therefore, she attended the traditional Royal Maundy Service at Westminster Abbey where she was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.
She handed out Maundy money to 85 men and 85 women, one for each of her 85 years. Anyway, I was just going through the Queen's various photos and she looks so cunning. Look at her shrewd eyes.
And just on the side, let me fill in the other news as well that finally Kate Middleton's parents ended up meeting the Queen just eight days before the Royal Wedding.
The Queen invited Michael and Carole Middleton to a private lunch at Windsor Castle where they spent more than an hour together in a warm atmosphere. Though, Kate met the Queen on several occasions, her parents never met the monarch in the eight year courtship of William and Kate. Since the Queen's diaries are booked for months, they had to wait for a long time to actually meet her.
The most interesting part of these Royal newsflash are the comments of the locals. Most of the people said they care not about this wedding at all. Some are putting up questions like did the Middleton's ever thought that they are marrying their daughter in a highly dysfunctional family. While some even asked if meeting Granny's so important otherwise but then everybody's granny is not the Queen. And one person said that Kate is facing media in a far better way than Diana and is going to be a much charming PR face for the rather dull Royal family in the years to come.
