I don’t want to think how if this had happened twenty years ago, I would have been one of the loudest voices calling for the end of the monarchy. Perhaps I wouldn’t have been throwing spit bombs, but I would’ve definitely been on the picket line. But twenty years ago, I had never encountered any members of the royal family. I’d never sat across from the queen in a weekly meeting and seen how deeply and passionately she cares for our country. I’d never witnessed firsthand the personal toll it took to be the Prince of Wales, to have your life dissected while trying to serve.
maddie liked this

