Wallis & Elizabeth
Bloggers' Corner
I must say that in my opinion, Her Majesty the Queen Mother is absolutely glamor ous and utterly fabulous. She is one of my ultimate idols and I find her to be such as inspirational human being. She, being royal of course, is in a completely different league to Wallis, and I like to keep it that way. Paired with the fabulous geniuses that are Norman Hartnell and Cecil Beaton, the Queen Mother wipes the floor with all others. She was the epitome of British sophistication and was absolutely devoted to her duty as Queen and not only mother of her two daughters by Mother of Great Britain. Even though she didn't wish to be Queen, she went into in with complete sense of duty and with great enthusiasm. Hitler at one point said she was the most dangerous women in the world. And he was absolutely right. The Queen Mother was a force to be reckoned with, she stood for the Old Guard, that doesn't make her boring. She understood what it meant to be a member of the royal family, which is why she refused to marry Albert so many times although she did wish to. She disliked change and she wished for things to remain as they always had been, and I salute her in this. It is hard to stand against the tide when the world is changing so quickly around you.
One of these changes was Wallis, whom I utterly dislike. I have no care for her at all, so I'll not speak of her much. Wallis was never to be a member of the royal family, it just would never of happened. Even Wallis knew this. She would never be a HRH either. Her Majesty probably did play some part in the abdication crisis, but I think it is absolutely unfair to think that she herself was the cause of His Majesty's death in 1952, that is utterly wrong. The fact is 'One does not simply abdicate', the Queen Mother knew this, the Queen knows this even now. To abdicate is to throw everything that has been given to you back into their faces. Though I do heartily agree that Edward would have made a terrible King compared to George VI. And Wallis, well, she would never have been Queen. It's inconceivable. George VI and Elizabeth were utterly devoted to their country and I have the utmost respect for both of them entirely, as I do my present Queen and all her predecessors and successors to come.