Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

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From “The Opening of Parliament,”

MARY WILSON,

wife of Harold Wilson,

Prime Minister, 1964–70 and 1974–76

They love her for her wisdom and her pride,

Her friendship and her quiet majesty;

And soon the streets of Britain will be thronged

With crowds rejoicing in her Jubilee

But as the cool unfaltering voice reads on,

A different picture forms upon the air—

A small quick figure, walking all alone

Across a glen studded with standing deer …

She notes a crumbling wall, an open gate,

With countrywoman’s eyes she views the scene;

Yet, walking free upon her own estate

Still, in her solitude, she is the Queen

“She sort of expands when she laughs.

She laughs with her whole face.”

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in New Brunswick, Canada, during her Golden Jubilee celebrations, October 2002. Norm Betts/Rex USA 

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