I have a new pair of rather British cufflinks. They are styled after first-class stamps, which means they have a picture of the Queen on them. Yesterday, my daughter got a good look at them and asked, “is that Granny on your earrings?”
No, I explained, it wasn’t Granny and they weren’t earrings.
I explained what cufflinks were for and then she asked who the lady was.
“That’s the Queen”
“what queen?”
“The Queen of England!”
“What?”
“The lady on the stamps, money –”
“Birds?”
“No, there’s no lady on birds. You know I come from England?”
“Yeah!”
“England has a Queen!”
“Papa! No it doesn’t! Show me!”
Aurelia proceeded to watch the entirety of the Queen’s 2016 Christmas speech without complaint or distraction.
“What does she do?”
“The Queen is a nice lady who gives speeches like that one and –”
“She talked about Jesus!”
“… Yeah. She occasionally does that because she’s in charge of the Church in England”
“It’s not a real church though”
“Yes, it’s a real church. I was baptised into that church”
Aurelia’s eyes widened as she misunderstood this last sentence, thinking that the Queen had personally been at my baptism or something.
“Wow…”
“and she lives in a big palace with lots of dogs”
“What dogs?”
“Corgis” I said, showing her a hastily googled picture of corgis.
“Can they talk?”
“No”
“Can she fly?”
“No”
“Are you sure she’s a queen?
fantastic, what a genius she is
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Love it, the questions that come from children.
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I know! It made me reflect on how maybe Britain isn’t quite as fairytale as it would like – our queen can’t even fly.
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A child’s view of traveling or being an expat is the best! They certainly make us think and enjoy our journey even more!
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You’re right, she makes me question a lot of things I’ve taken for granted 🙂
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So cute :’D
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Beautiful x
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