Prince Andrew – WytchenCrafts

Sometime shortly after 6 pm… 6.30 pm to be exact, judging from my last text to my friend Liss where I had just gotten the word on BBC News as I was finishing my message to her.. where I could only say, “She is dead.” Little did I realise until later is that the clouds opened and a double rainbow arched over Buckingham Palace 20 minutes before the announcement of her death.

And then I howled. Long, guttural howls of grief. I am sure the same was going on at Liss’ house. And likely all over the country, the world even. Most of us have never known another Monarch in our lifetimes. Most of us stupidly thought we would have her around for at least a few more years. Her mother lived to be 101 years of age, so why not she herself? Even Prince Philip – who I might add, needed a lot of persistence from his good lady wife, the Queen – to kick the smoking habit, lived to be 99 years old.

WHY COULDN’T SHE!!! I screamed.

I sat with my head in my hands and realised… I am like a child chucking its toys out of the pram. Then I had the most stupid thought which made me laugh a little – Just who would send her a special card for her 100th anyway? Would she send herself one as she does to other people?

That helped. So, in quiet reflection, I realised that the Queen isn’t fussed about dying. She is a very spiritual woman. She knows she will be with her beloved husband and no telling how many pet Corgi’s she has lost to death over 70 years of her reign. In fact, I don’t doubt all the Corgi’s in the Divine Plane knock her down for pettings when she comes in… it’s a good job we are younger when we get there.

But mostly, it is that she is back with Prince Philip. You could tell by the way she looked at him how she adored him all through the years. And, like many married folk, they were not without their problems. But they worked those out as they went. And they stayed together where many would not. They were, in my opinion, the God and Goddess’s Emissaries on Earth. She showed us all, no matter who we are, how to live in grace. This goes for whatever walk of life we are from, whatever colour, whomever we love, whatever or whomever we believe in. She said, after Prince Philip’s death “He was my strength and my stay”.

And now, the Nation has lost its strength and stay. Not just the Nation, but the World. Elizabeth II, the World was a better place for having you in it. Your smile always made so many smile back. Your joy was our joy.. It will be hard to substitute the word Queen for King in the national anthem. But I can’t sing anyway so… I will simply raise a toast to King Charles III. The Queen is dead; Long live the King.

I’m crying again….

Thank you for reading and warmest blessings to all whom this way wander x

A few little Elizabethan facts [and some which aren’t but you might want to know]

Queen Elizabeth II had fifteen Prime Ministers over seventy years. Her first was Winston Churchill who was born in 1874. Her last was Liz Truss, born in 1975 – 101 years apart!

The Queen enjoyed a little flutter [bet] on the gee gees [horses]. She never looked happier than at the Royal Ascot with a winner.

Elizabeth II found it difficult to cry. It is why some thought her cold-hearted during circumstances of emotionally disturbing times. The truth is, she stayed away from some situations because of this and not wanting to appear cold. It was likely due to how she was raised to always keep a stiff upper lip.

Queen Elizabeth was my 13th cousin. But I never got an invite to the castle. Probably because she didn’t know. And before you think I’m just bragging, chances are you are a cousin of Elizabeth’s yourselves! Get to digging into your ancestry!

There will be a ten day period of mourning for Britain until the Queen’s interment.

It is rumoured that when the Queen died the code for her death would be “London Bridge has fallen”. This was set up in the 1960’s for Operation London Bridge.

Elizabeth III’s full name was Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. She could have easily chosen Alexandra or Mary for her Monarchy name. Just as King Charles III has Charles Philip Arthur George he could choose from, but he is staying – so far – with Charles.

Talking of names – Elizabeth II had a lovely “nickname” from herself! She could not say Elizabeth when she was very small and it always sounded like “Lilibet”. Therefore, her father King George V always called her Lilibet. The only other person allowed to call her this later in life was her beloved husband, Philip.

The new line of succession:

King Charles III 2022 –

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, his son

Prince George, his son

Princess Charlotte, his daughter

Prince Louis, his son

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, his son

Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, his son

Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, his daughter

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Princess Beatrice, his daughter

Sienna Mapelli Mozzi, her daughter