WHO ARE THE LUCKY PEOPLE? (written in 2001)
I was delighted to read of the acknowledgement received by Julie Callaghan to her commendable
effort to communicate her feelings to Her Majesty The Queen for this Platinum Jubilee Year and
how it brought back a memory of my own effort when The Queen Mother endured the need for
an operation and a donor's blood very late in her long life over twenty years ago. Here it is.
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Who are the lucky people
Who kissed Sweet Royalty's hand
By lying in a lonely room
Their lifeblood in a strand
Who are the lucky people
Who touched Sweet Royalty's heart
By offering up their own lifeforce
For a much loved life apart
Who are the lucky people
Who share Sweet Royalty's kind
By selfless giving, selfless time,
Other lives always in mind.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA'AM!
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The reply from her lady-in-waiting Lady Gordon Lennox, finished "Her Majesty bids me send you her
sincere thanks and good wishes." - indicating that the content had indeed been read by The Queen Mother.
Very rewarding to its author.
John Coopey
Tue 24th May 2022 11:21
Giving blood is one of the most democratic and ennobling functions of the human condition. In that respect it ranks alongside voting.
As an afterthought, I wonder if any of the royal family give blood. That truly would be sharing the blue blood.