tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post6806846276151306806..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Queen and countryA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-35952974478175246432014-03-31T16:56:16.956+01:002014-03-31T16:56:16.956+01:00Scrobs - I know what you mean, the fire burns less...Scrobs - I know what you mean, the fire burns less brightly than it did.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-8156974530501297692014-03-30T20:30:40.984+01:002014-03-30T20:30:40.984+01:00I really think I'm passing the age when I both...I really think I'm passing the age when I bother, which actually bothers me.<br /><br />I'd love to get up on my hind legs now, but they ache more than somewhat, so, such be life...<br /><br />Not a good response I fear!Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-27856013165060647682014-03-30T15:44:01.379+01:002014-03-30T15:44:01.379+01:00Demetrius - she has certainly done what she sees a...Demetrius - she has certainly done what she sees as her duty. Whether it was as much as she could or should have done seems like an open question to me.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-46760437395579782972014-03-30T14:57:43.532+01:002014-03-30T14:57:43.532+01:00QE1 did have a taste for Shakespeare, then there w...QE1 did have a taste for Shakespeare, then there were the Throckmorton's. Her Maj' has always done her duty. Since the death of King Edward VII though any real power has slipped away from the Crown leaving them only with duty and formalities.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-62593371314054854912014-03-30T11:52:41.762+01:002014-03-30T11:52:41.762+01:00Sackers - yes, her viewpoint is unique and not eas...Sackers - yes, her viewpoint is unique and not easily guessed at. She may also have access to some keen-eyed scholarly advice untainted by political myopia.<br /><br />Or not - hard to tell.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-36157491881983165522014-03-30T09:04:31.951+01:002014-03-30T09:04:31.951+01:00Weathering the storm, perhaps. QEI saved the count...Weathering the storm, perhaps. QEI saved the country by what her ministers at the time thought was maddening indecisiveness - they were urging an alliance with France, or Spain, and she prevaricated until we could resist both.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.com