Meeting Royalty
Have you ever met a member of the Royal Family? The seventieth birthday of the Prince of Wales last month prompted some memories. A few of my friends and acquaintances have been invited to Buckingham Palace . I have merely been an onlooker and visited the palace as a tourist. The Coronation Exhibition was very well presented. I enjoyed it with an audio-guide, which included a welcome from the Prince of Wales. Visiting London as a child, people let me through to the ropes near the road. The royal car with Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh came into sight. As it drew level the Queen leant forward obscuring him and waved to the crowds lining the other side of the road! I have forgotten the purpose of our trip to London , but seeing the royal car was not on the original itinerary. We had followed the crowds. Once in my student days I emerged from a small railway station to find people lining the road. I asked one of the policemen what was going on. “Prince Ch...