Foam of days: Queen of the West – Brno daily
Jakub Horák
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When to Queen Elizabeth II. in 1964, her first Labor prime minister to appoint was delivered, she asked with typical British humour: “So what will you Labor do with me?”
“Whatever your majesty wishes,” replied Harold Wilson matter-of-factly.
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He eventually became the Queen’s favorite prime minister in a long list of Prime Ministers serving under her reign. This series began with Winston Churchill, who was born as early as 1874, and in this time overlay we imagine what continuity in British history the Queen symbolized.
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The above story also shows the role she played in the political system. She did not get involved in party fights and kept her opinion to herself even at key historical moments when decisions were being made about joining the EU, Scottish independence or Brexit. The role of the symbol of the nation, which does not divide it, but unites it, is invoked by many of our presidents, and also by the candidates for this position. Who really behaved like that, let’s judge for ourselves.
I understandably have no relations with the royal family, although a small one. The Queen’s husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was patron of London’s Eccentric Club, a society of thinkers and non-conformist eccentrics of which I am honored to be a member. When this popular member of the royal family died last year, we gathered in a Prague club for a funeral toast, for which we saluted the departing patron, following the example of our London colleagues.
It was interesting that the members in the social department who replaced our usual attire for the occasion. Elegance added dignity and beauty to everyone, and one appreciates that we are still somewhere next to the remnants of that wonderful ancient world of the West, of which Elizabeth II was. the undisputed queen.
Goodbye, precious lady. A part of the world we loved is leaving with you. We will forever remember your beauty and courage during World War II.