tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post5960177225991439213..comments2023-07-08T20:30:18.584+01:00Comments on Grand Duchess Elizabeth And Other Stories: Long May She Reign!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00714569232976515363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post-58316788104540594422011-05-19T22:49:14.662+01:002011-05-19T22:49:14.662+01:00Thank you for your very interesting comment. I com...Thank you for your very interesting comment. I completely agree. This historic visit to Ireland would have been unthinkable a couple of decades ago and it really is a landmark in reconciliation. The Queen has shown both dignity and humility, as have the Irish people, and the speech at Dublin Castle deserves to be recorded as one of the finest and most effective speeches ever given by a monarch.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714569232976515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post-71499619556818716122011-05-19T10:43:42.083+01:002011-05-19T10:43:42.083+01:00I have to confess that although as you know I real...I have to confess that although as you know I really enjoy your blog it's as a historian, not a royalist. But I do have great respect for the work Elizabeth II does, for the way she has conducted herself during her reign. And never more so than this week in Ireland, where she seems to be doing a tremendous job of healing all sorts of old wounds. Coming as I do from a whole gaggle of fairly unsympathetic Protestant Ascendancy families in Ireland, I am impressed at her sensitivity and skillful diplomacy.Heart of the Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228338686534366041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post-37392174686218677062011-05-14T15:58:04.349+01:002011-05-14T15:58:04.349+01:00Your aunt must have been a wonderful character, Jo...Your aunt must have been a wonderful character, Jorge. What lovely memories you have of her!<br />Thank you for commenting :-)Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714569232976515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190794791790101691.post-75447095211495581572011-05-14T03:58:40.892+01:002011-05-14T03:58:40.892+01:00You made me remember a beloved great aunt who had ...You made me remember a beloved great aunt who had such a cheerful, vivacious and curious spirit! She was a wonderful person, and still very missed by all of us, despite the fact she died about fifteen years ago.<br /><br />JorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com