I Have Met A Few Members Of The British Royal Family

That mug given to me by my mother
Mrs. Zeana Smith

The Duke of Edinburgh passed on and now the Queen has passed on.  I have seen some nasty comments about the Royal Family posted by some persons on the Internet. I have met a few members of the Royal Family and I have found them to be very nice persons. That does not mean that I have forgotten the atrocities committed against people of African decent. 

Last night I realized that I still have what looks like a beer mug which my mother gave me many years ago. This mug was made available in 1953 to commemorate the coronation of  Queen Elizabeth II.

I met Princess Margaret while I was at high school and she was the sibling of  Queen Elizabeth II. Later on I met Prince Edward and also Princess Ann when I was head of the Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. I also met the Duke of Edinburgh who was Queen Elizabeth II husband. I also had lunch with him in Barbados a few years ago. I met him later in Edinburgh in Scotland at an official dinner for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Programme..

Oh yes, I reached as far as Buckingham palace but no, I was not able to go and see the Queen :)

I found the members of the Royal Family to be even more friendly than some of our leaders and far more down to earth. Prince Edwards for example, certainly knows how to party and he had a wonderful time with Caribbean Award leaders in Barbados when I attended a conference there. I found Princess Ann to be a bit stern and she loves things to be done in an orderly way. The Duke was a humorous persons although in latter years, some found his humor to be in poor taste.

Another time I will tell you about an embarrassing incident which happened when Princess Ann visited Kings House.