We were a working-class, union family, steeped in the mantra of our times: The man should be king of his castle. Still, Queen Elizabeth inspired me.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died at 96. King Charles spoke soon after, mourning his mother.When I started writing this column, I was in what my mother, a hospice home care worker, used to call the waiting time, when the news looks grim, but hope has yet to make its exit., her summer home in Scotland, where doctors were “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.” In Britain, this is gravest of language when it comes to news about the queen.
I reached out to my editor: Is there a place, I wondered, to write about what it has meant to be a woman in America inspired by a woman in England called the queen? She was privileged and flawed, but she excelled in a role she never wanted, and made it uniquely her brand of woman’s work.I was not raised to admire the queen. We were a working-class, union family, steeped in the mantra of our times: The man of the house should be the king of his castle.
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