NEW! I plan to offer a raffle in which all of my readers are invited to participate. Gift baskets full of British goodies are the prize, and the raffle will occur near the end of March. Send me your name and email address, and I will write them on pieces of paper. They will be tossed into a ceremonial raffle-drawing hat, and the selection of names will be made via video at the new RoyaltyNow! podcast site.

Keep coming back for new and exciting additions. I know you’ll love them!

Maybe I’m just in a blue mood, but something has gone seriously wrong with our country.  As an American, I am flabbergasted that there are people in Britain that would support a President. “The Queen is your head of state,” I think to myself. “How can you possibly do better than that?”

Don’t get me wrong – I am very patriotic when it comes to the concept of freedom and democracy and the principles on which America was founded. It’s in reality that I sing a different tune.  After eight years of President Clinton and his wife (loss of morality) and eight years of President Bush (loss of country’s infrastructure and common sense), that adds up to SIXTEEN long years of decline. It’s amazing, and not in a good way.

So to me, having a President is not a step up in the world. That’s just my opinion.

It sounds like Britain is not having a very good time, either, and they have a Prime Minister. Why is it that the men in suits cannot stabilize their country?

 If you live in Britain, please leave your opinion of your country and of America. Am I just being depressed?

Here are some lovely photos taken from negatives ofQueen Alexandra. There are also details about the tiaras and necklaces worn in the images.