'I don't doubt that the Queen has some admirable qualities, but I think it's a slap in the face to people who have worked very, very hard to say that it's such tremendous service that we attend events.' DavidLammy
This caller who claims her mother is "5th cousin to the Queen" says she doesn't "understand all of the fuss" over the Platinum Jubilee celebrations and feels "bemused".
Buckingham Palace announced the Queen would not attend the Epsom Derby as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations on SaturdayShe also skipped Friday's Platinum Jubilee service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral after experiencing "some discomfort" the previous day, and watched the service at home in Windsor instead.
"My mum is like 5th cousin to the Queen but I still don't get it...As a small child I wouldn't have been excited to know that, and I don't understand even now as a 30-year-old why there's all this fuss about a hereditary organisation."Grace said she hadn't seen the royal family doing anything to help members of the Commonwealth who are "starving" in the horn of Africa.
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