Queen Elizabeth II

Long Live the King

I remember Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. We got at least two day off school. On one of them we went up to Gloucester Road and watched as she and Prince Philip drove past. We all waved and I had the clear impression that Prince Philip waved directly at me. I bragged about it for years.

My brother Tom won a prestigious science award and met the Queen. I’m hazy on the details. I have a photograph (pre-digital) of my brother Matt shaking hands with Prince Philip at a boating event.

I once took a pee in a urinal right next to the one that Alan Alda was using. But don’t hold me to that because I mix up my celebrities and my memory is failing.