Praise for England and the English Today

as well as the incredibly classy traditional funeral for the most deservedly famous person in the world of late. The country puts the current U.S. and others to shame with its careful planning and adherence to deep cultural traditions. (You will never see a similar funeral broadcast on the world stage like that ever again. End of an era, indeed. Can you imagine the crassness, noise, craziness and violence of a similar event held in the s-hole States?)

I have long admired Britain and England with its massive world-famous literature (Shakespeare and many others), its interesting films and tv series, and its great devotion to preserving its history and culture. (They sure got it right contrasted to Canada which tears down its historical buildings every 50 years.)

Despite their various ‘troubles’, the English are decent, respectful folk who appreciate/d their Queen, the monarchy, their history, and culture. The Queen epitomized that decent, reasoned and civilized approach in how to do things with class, memorability, and public inclusion.

A truly exhausting day for all involved in the procession and finale today. Hard not to be utterly impressed by the overwhelming success of the day (with no rubes and incidents like those, typically, in the brash, ugly U.S.) In particular, I was wowed by the amazing grenadiers, the speeches, the crowd behaviors, the music, the Queen’s corgis and horse, and the lone piper’s plaintive lament.

Classy, from top to bottom for 8 hours, and worthy of the passing and celebration of the most famous Queen who ever lived on the planet: Elizabeth II.