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I remember (albeit vaguely) the kind of hysteria that gripped the UK when Diana, Princess of Wales died. There is a quite different tone here at the moment. Nobody is surprised that Queen Elizabeth died, but there is a feeling of respectful sadness. (It's not helped by the media who are All Queen, All The Time, which is frankly rather irritating. Even this evening, good grief, the news opens with It was the Queen's Funeral Today. In case it had escaped anyone's notice.)
( More, but it is just possible you can't bear another word on the subject! )