Editors Note: Queen Elizabeth has been there my entire conscious life. I was four when she was coronated. Charles and I share a birth year, so all that separates us is seven months and a few billion dollars. AfterTalk decided to repeat her 2021 Christmas speech when she spoke so eloquently about her own grieving for Prince Philip, only a few months deceased. May she rest in peace.Â
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