...the nation isn't beset by mourning - and I for one will be glad if her passing brings and end to an era of deference and duty. It is a private matter, for her family - not a public one - and not all of us are monarchists this side of the pond...
Ultimately, I have little in common with aristos such as she - and at 102, it isn't so very sad really.
Thanks for the thought though.
Chris