Glued

To say my wife is a royalist is a huge understatement. Before we heard the sad news concerning our Queen Elizabeth, there was no chance of getting Mrs H away from the TV coverage... she was glued to it... it was unending.

From the comings and goings at Balmoral before the seemingly inevitable bad news, to the long sad trip following the hearse via Ballater, Banchory and Aberdeen to Edinburgh, where thousands of loyal Scots would pass the royal coffin to pay their respects to our most wonderful Queen, before she headed for London.

But that was just the start...