Tea with The Queen

[Slimsid2000]

So what if Dark Annie and Long Liz and Polly Nichols all went to Buckingham palace a few weeks before the Autumn of Terror to take tea and cucumber sandwhiches with Queen Victoria?

An interesting meeting.


"So Polly, what do you do"?

"I'm an 'ore m'am. I prostitutes meself round the backstreets of Whitechapel for tuppence a time".

"oh.......... how quaint".

[cappuccina]

If it were the Queen Mum, she would have asked to go back with them to where they lived and would have tried in her own way to make things better for them...

[kensei]

Not likely the ladies would have been invited in, I wouldn't think. But did Victoria do anything like the garden parties that Elizabeth does today in which she meets the public? I ask this as an ignorant American who has been inside the palace as a tourist just once and has never come close to meeting any royals.

[AlfredFJones]

Interesting concept....

If it were the Queen Mum, she would have asked to go back with them to where they lived and would have tried in her own way to make things better for them...

Well, she did take vocal action when a large group of Whitechapel prostitutes petitioned her for help, but that was in regards to Jack the Ripper.

Not likely the ladies would have been invited in, I wouldn't think. But did Victoria do anything like the garden parties that Elizabeth does today in which she meets the public? I ask this as an ignorant American who has been inside the palace as a tourist just once and has never come close to meeting any royals.

Perphas, but it's probably unlikely. From what I hear, after her husband's death, not only did she dress solely in black for many years, but she practicually isolated herself from much company.

Speaking of meeting royals, I once met a British family who were closely related to Princess Diana. Or who knew her, I forget because it's been so many years....

[j.r-ahde]

Hello you all!

I am a rude Finn, who can say he remembers seeing once a movie about "Mrs. Brown".

And Mrs. Brown was a nickname for Queen Victoria for a certain reason...

All the best
Jukka

[anna]

Hi all,
I've seen all of the Royal family,except Prince Edward..
I first saw the Queen when I was 19 years old and strolling accross the road infront of Buck House late at night with a mate...as we stepped out from a bollard in the middle of the road..a large black car with a flag on the front raced towards us...there in the back was the Queen with her headscarf on..
the car stopped beside us,as a car was approaching and they had to stop to let it pass.The Queen saw our faces of amazement,and panic of what we should do...she laughed and waved..we waved back and laughed too,then the car pulled out.
When we reached the other side,we looked through the railiings and in the distance was a soldier on guard duty..he was swaying back and forth..my friend who was a nurse was concerned...he's going to faint! she shouted, we'll have to find someone..so we ran around the railings a bit until we saw a guy next to the entrance gates..my friend voiced her professional concern...i'll go and ask him he said following us back to where we'd spied the casulaty..he did all the marching back to ask him,then turned and marched back to us..
He's OK.....he said thank you,but he's got his radio earphone's in and he liked the tune!!hmmmmm....that's the last time I worry about one of them!said my disgruntled mate.
I was standing infront of the Queen when she came to the Royal Observatory and thought it would be nice to have a piccie..so I pulled out my camera..the Queen spotted me,and stopped talking to let me take it...then she grinned at me,and pointed to the front of my camera...I'd left the lens cap on in my haste to get a snap!!
ANNA.x

[Stephen Thomas]

On the morning of Charles and Diana's wedding I'd been working all night near St Pauls and the whole area had been cordoned off for traffic but the pavements were packed with people who'd been waiting there all night for the big event. All the way down Ludgate Hill on my bike I was greeted to much cheering and clapping and waving of Union Jacks so I had to respond with my best royal wave

[Graham]

It's bin quaite a whaile since Ai took tea with Her Mejesty, but next taime Ai do Ai will arsk her to enswer orl your questchuns concerning Jeck the Rippah.

Not thet she will give the slaightest torse.

Toodle-pip,

Gray-hem

[DVV]

I had two dreams in my life:
being made a "Sir" by the Queen, and shaking hands with General Giap.
It will be dreams forever.