Naturally, she was therefore a stanch monarchist.
She was a woman of great strength, integrity and you can completely blame her for conditioning me to live by many of the old-fashioned core values she professed to me in my developing juvenile years.
If she were alive today, not only would she be 102, but she wouldn't have initially liked the idea of a "commoner" marrying the Prince of Wales.
My guess though, is that unlike Sarah Ferguson whom she had little time for, she would have come around this time. She would say that Kate Middleton has ultimately proven to be an appropriate choice for Prince William.
This wedding is quite something. Forget about the validity, or otherwise, of the Monarch for a moment....
I think the main reason this wedding is such a big deal is that people (particularly young woman who are the ones most excited about all this) want to believe fairytales really do exist. Perhaps they need to in the crazy flood/tornado timed world we live in today?
And this wedding really is the ultimate fairytale. "Commoner Kate" is marrying the charming Prince and will one day become queen. So often social status and/or outside influence and pressure (often detrimentally) gets in the way of great love stories like this. But here is a case where the Prince has chosen true love ahead of the influence of anyone (including the dear Queen apparently...) who said to him, something along the lines of, "the commoner isn't suitable". Good Man!
It goes without saying that for many reasons this one needs to work. Belief across the world in many fundamental values depends on it. It's a huge burden for the new Prince and Princess of Wales to carry.
I wish them all the best.
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