I'm Irish, married to an American, and honestly we're both kinda taken aback ourselves at how sad we are at this news. I'm absolutely gutted for poor Brenda
73 years, god love her... we should all be so lucky to have such a long time with the people we truly love, but to lose them after seven decades together... my heart breaks for her. Right now she's just a dignified old lady who has just lost her soulmate and if Smegs has the audacity to try to make this about herself, I'd be tempted to break lockdown rules just to go throw fisticuffs at her on the lawn in Monteshitto myself.
May he rest in peace, he had his gaffes but he was a fine man and a stalwart of a husband. I hope that the Queen knows how much genuine support and empathy she has not just from her family, but the British people and clearly many others, and that it's some measure of comfort to her. My bet is Smegs stays home due to "pregnancy", which is honestly for the best. Much as I love the idea of her making history as the first person to get booed at a royal funeral, I don't want that spectacle for the queen or the rest of the family. Let them grieve in peace and let Harry the Count of Montecito deal with any awkwardness alone, god knows he's done it to himself so he'd best put his big boy pants on and just f*cking cope with it.