A few minutes ago HRH Queen Elizabeth passed away.
Worlds longest reigning Monarch !

 

Worlds longest reigning Monarch !

Longest in her own right.
Louis XIV reigned longer, but some of that with a regency council.

 

 

 

took a while but he did live to become a king

 

 

A little surprised she's in a German car.

 

A little surprised she's in a German car.

So was I, but It belonged to the funeral directors. At least they managed to find a Jaguar for the Queen Mother's funeral. The rest of the cortege was the Queen's Rolls Royce (the one with no number plates) followed by several Range Rovers, but I think there might have been a BWM at the back.

 

the only thing in my house working with 110V is a refrigerator that is made by US,
so,there's no word remaining to say in this case. ;-/

 

I keep hearing the other Royals talk about how hard she worked and SERVED her country for 70+ years. With all of those castles and servants, from my perspective, it looked like she was getting SERVED.

 

One reason (of many) we went from a sharp end of a feather to ball points !

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/leaky-pen-irks-king-charles-152140365.html

 

One reason (of many) we went from a sharp end of a feather to ball points !

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/leaky-pen-irks-king-charles-152140365.html

Someone must have left their Rodger's Quill Cutter at home that day.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/127484...antique+quill+cutter&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&frs=1

 

A little surprised she's in a German car.

It's a Jaguar for the main event.

 

One reason (of many) we went from a sharp end of a feather to ball points !

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/leaky-pen-irks-king-charles-152140365.html

Here's the same story, but much more graphic.

 

The Mercedes for intra-Scotland movements looked much better.

https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2022/09/12/GettyImages-1243138875-scaled.jpg

 

It's a Jaguar for the main event.

The Mercedes for intra-Scotland movements looked much better.

I would have expected to see a "Roller" in there somewhere!
More patriotic!

 

OK, I just had a sad thought, I remembered that Rolls-Royce is now owned by Mercedes anyway.
Sad days indeed.!

 

I would have expected to see a "Roller" in there somewhere!
More patriotic!

They're German these days - Jaguar is Indian, but at least it's Commonwealth!

 

The Mercedes for intra-Scotland movements looked much better.

https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2022/09/12/GettyImages-1243138875-scaled.jpg

But Jaguar managed to make the doors line up with the rest of the bodywork.

 

But Jaguar managed to make the doors line up with the rest of the bodywork.

And yet, the Mercedes still looks better - and allows Designers to Design and resists engineers OCD need for symmetry and alignment. And, therefore, make cars that have a certain style that doesn't look like a rubies cube, that the public wants to own, and didn't go bankrupt like the other UK motor companies, and they weren't auctioned off to the highest bidder (who apparently lives in India).

if you want symmetry and alignment, buy a Twenty-Foot-Container.