You would have to be pretty "switched off" not to know that today is the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth .
News coverage and magazines show this remarkable ,intelligent and attractive woman enjoying her life .
I have to record that I am a true Royalist and believe that with Her Majesty as monarch , Britain still has a reason to be proud.
Numerous politicians up until the present date have done things which have brought shame on the land .... The Queen ..... never .
She is above politics . Makes it her business to be well informed . Still puts in many hours each day with matters of State and receives all visiting heads of states with a dignity and charm few could match .
There is of course the anti - monarchy lobby . A sad group who complain of costs etc etc etc
To these individuals I would say - British tourism flourishes due to the Monarchy .
Trade, not to mention links with other countries also benefits.
News broadcasts each week show us Presidents in other lands living very well at great cost to their people . Anything but above politics they do little to attract others to their shores in a positive sense .
When the Queen came to Berlin in 2004 the Germans were thrilled . Thousands turned out to see her.
However when a certain President came to the city it had to be virtually closed in the centre. There were no fans for him.
German magazines are full of articles and coverage of the European Monarchies .
They do not stoop to the levels of the British Press who seem increasingly to delight in invasive "reporting" . All too often involving personal and private conversations or written material , bought at a price
Indeed a certain well known British Paper , famous for it's loathing of most things German would do well to realize how much respect there is here for The British Queen not to mention good journalism.
Lets pray that in another 10 years from now we are watching even greater celebrations for a Monarch who knows the meaning of duty .
Here's to Her Majesty
My German friends are joining me this evening in a Gin and Tonic to mark this day.
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