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IN addition to the 25 or so regnal titles affixed already to the name of Queen Elizabeth II, another doleful one can now be attached: ‘The Widow of Windsor’. This was last applied to Queen Victoria (the Queen’s great-great-grandmother), after the death of her husband Prince Albert in December 1861.
Like Prince Philip, Albert passed away at Windsor Castle. Unlike Philip, though, Albert as husband of a Queen regnant craved the title of Prince Consort. Prince Albert (a minor German princeling) desired a degree of equivalence with his younger wife, the Queen. In Prince Philip’s case, though, he had married Elizabeth before she became Queen and, at her coronation in 1953, he took an oath to be her “liegeman of life and limb”. That oath went beyond alliteration. As her companion, Philip saw “his job first, second, and last was never to let her down”.
NORWICH – Every inch of wall space in a one-story building on Clinic Drive is covered in colorful portraits of famed Sikh leaders and framed recognitions; a cozy place of inclusion.
The Sikh Art Gallery sits a short drive from Backus Hospital, created during the middle of the pandemic in November 2020 in the cultural soul of one of the most diverse cities in eastern Connecticut.
“Art is one of the languages which can connect people’s hearts,” Swaranjit Singh Khalsa, the gallery’s owner and creative director, said,” and we hope to bring unity in this community.”
Khalsa, who also owns a gas station in Norwichtown, has made it his mission since he came to Norwich more than 11 years ago to help residents explore different cultures, including his own. Since the Black Lives Matter movement has put the spotlight on diversity, equity and inclusion, Khalsa’s message has never been more important.
1983 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Raising the issues of racism and the dysfunctional Royal life, Meghan-Harry’s tell-all interview in the garden setting with Oprah Winfrey has sure lived up the hype it created. While the Royals have opted for dignified silence on accusations of being racist, distant and non-cooperative to the ‘American princess’, reactions from around the world have people divided.
Mental health and racism were the two major concerns raised across the globe. With their colonial past, it’s not the first time that ‘racism’ issue has been raised. Queen Victoria took Maharaja Duleep Singh and Princess of Coorg, Gowramma, later known as Gowramma, into the Royal fold but never fully accepted the same. Lately, the Windsor’s complete silence over Black Lives Matter fuelled the allegations further.
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