Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II passed away Thursday 8 September, 2022, a date I shall never forget. I had just gotten off a CIPD webinar when I got a number of alerts from the BBC, Sky News and The Telegraph that doctors were concerned about the health of Her Majesty. Did I not see her on the news only a couple of days ago, taking photos first with Boris Johnson and later with Liz Truss?
I went cold when the screen read "The Queen Dies".....Words failed me and immediately I heard two beeps on my phone; it was my sister writing what I had also seen on my television screen. In addition to my sister, I had sent a text to my son and another friend in Kent when I suddenly burst into tears. Thankfully, my friend in Kent called to console me; it was so surreal. Memories came flooding back; my college days in Berkshire, visiting Windsor Castle and hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen,,, driving past Buckingham Palace, goodness, so many.
I remember my late Dad was part of the Ghanaian delegation that attended the Heads of the Commonwealth meeting in Bahamas in 1985 and he met the Queen again. He had met her before on a visit to Ghana in ithe 60's. This time as I was much older, I asked him so many questions about her and I felt some sort of "connection" to her, just because they had met again. Even when my Dad was commissioned as a military officer, he was always proud to mention that he had received the Queen's Commission, which is still displayed in our living room.
May Her Majesty, rest in perfect peace. You served your country well and did your duty above and beyond what anyone expected.
