Dear readers (or listeners, if you click below to hear me read this post), like many in the UK, I’ve been upset by the death of Queen Elizabeth II. In it of itself, this is hardly a groundbreaking statement. The hour-long queues to see the Queen lying in state speak for themselves. But I guess that as a foreign-born, ‘adopted’ Brit, there was a part of me that felt uneasy about being so upset.
Dear Barbara, your doubts were more than justified, but at the same time I believe that once you stay for so long in a foreign Country, it becames no more a foreign one but your other Country and so you share all the feelings that you would in your original one at first stage. If you see the question from onother poit of view you may ask yourself, would the natives allowed me to feel pain for their queen death ? That is a triky question as you would receive both the answers, yes and no as some natives see positively your migration to their Country and the levels of career you reached there and some others would not. The first people would be the youth, the new generations which ideal is to live everywhere you like to consider it your new home, the second people are the over 60's, the ones that see you as the person between others who took off one career from a native. That also is why the radical Conservatives won the Brexit even supported by the young natives who are probably still now jobless. In all Countries there are unhappy people that find into the immigrants their reasons to complain because of their own failures and this is taken and used by the populist politicians to grow their careers and get to the central power. See in how many ways you could see the same matter ? Thans for sharing your insights ! Your faithfully, Nicola Maurizio Palumbo
What a lovely story and a lovely lady; she sounds like an ideal candidate for the express queue if she had someone to accompany her. We were still in Italy when the news broke of the Queen's passing and it was a big story there for the remainder of our trip. I don't think one needs to be British born, naturalised or connected in any way to this country to be affected in some way by her death. She was probably the most photographed woman in history, she was wealthy but didn't flaunt it, was glamorous in her younger years, wise and worldly but curious and with a smile of such warmth. She transitioned from Queen to the Nation's grandmother almost imperceptibly and finally elicited such sympathy following the death of Prince Philip when her vulnerability was revealed. All are welcome to grieve with us in their own way at her passing.
Very amazing story. I feel a little bit involved, because I was born on 21st April 1971; exactly 55 years later the queen Elisabeth II and lady Angela Lorenzano. Thanks for all. Sebastiano
Dear Barbara, your doubts were more than justified, but at the same time I believe that once you stay for so long in a foreign Country, it becames no more a foreign one but your other Country and so you share all the feelings that you would in your original one at first stage. If you see the question from onother poit of view you may ask yourself, would the natives allowed me to feel pain for their queen death ? That is a triky question as you would receive both the answers, yes and no as some natives see positively your migration to their Country and the levels of career you reached there and some others would not. The first people would be the youth, the new generations which ideal is to live everywhere you like to consider it your new home, the second people are the over 60's, the ones that see you as the person between others who took off one career from a native. That also is why the radical Conservatives won the Brexit even supported by the young natives who are probably still now jobless. In all Countries there are unhappy people that find into the immigrants their reasons to complain because of their own failures and this is taken and used by the populist politicians to grow their careers and get to the central power. See in how many ways you could see the same matter ? Thans for sharing your insights ! Your faithfully, Nicola Maurizio Palumbo
What a lovely story and a lovely lady; she sounds like an ideal candidate for the express queue if she had someone to accompany her. We were still in Italy when the news broke of the Queen's passing and it was a big story there for the remainder of our trip. I don't think one needs to be British born, naturalised or connected in any way to this country to be affected in some way by her death. She was probably the most photographed woman in history, she was wealthy but didn't flaunt it, was glamorous in her younger years, wise and worldly but curious and with a smile of such warmth. She transitioned from Queen to the Nation's grandmother almost imperceptibly and finally elicited such sympathy following the death of Prince Philip when her vulnerability was revealed. All are welcome to grieve with us in their own way at her passing.
Very amazing story. I feel a little bit involved, because I was born on 21st April 1971; exactly 55 years later the queen Elisabeth II and lady Angela Lorenzano. Thanks for all. Sebastiano