Recently, the British magazine "The Old Man" encountered a small problem: the magazine will select a "best old man of the year" every year, who will be selected this year?
The staff expressed their opinions and listed several candidates, one of whom is now Queen Elizabeth II.
A few days ago, Grandma Queen was also very rarely attending public events on crutches. The media sensitively captured this moment, and the people also sighed: the years are not spared!
Should we choose her as the oldest person of the year? Although from her age (95 years old), the queen grandmother did enter the ranks of the elderly, but after all, she is also the monarch of a country, so defining her as an "old man" will not make her unhappy?
The magazine's editors, thinking and arguing, decided to write a letter to the Queen asking for her own wishes.
In response, the Queen's response was also very humorous, and the reply given by the Queen's assistant was as follows:
Thank you for writing on July 30 asking if the Queen has accepted the "Old Man of the Year" award, and the Queen believes: How old you think you are, how old you are! The Queen believes that she does not meet the "criteria" for this award and hopes that you will find a more suitable candidate.
For the Queen, age is nothing more than a number. She doesn't feel "old", so of course she is not an "old man".
Interestingly, in 2012, the magazine also named Prince Philip (the Queen's husband) the "Old Man of the Year". At that time, Prince Philip gladly accepted the award and wrote in his reply:
"Thank you so much for inviting me to accept the Senior Of the Year Award, there's nothing more like that to feel like the years are passing – the days are going by so fast!" But it's great to be remembered. ”
Although the Queen was very unimpressed by The Old Man magazine's selection of herself as the "Old Man of the Year", a member of the royal family attended the magazine's award ceremony and presented several awards.
The old man is 74-year-old Camilla, who talked about the benefits of aging at the awards ceremony.
Camilla said: "Watching my children grow up; enjoying the joy of grandchildren – knowing they will come home after a visit; having more time to read; having time to read The Old Man – and attending a joyous lunch like this."" camilla said. ”
It seems that Camilla admits that she has aged, and she and the Queen have the opposite attitude towards aging.
Although the queen is old, she has a young heart, so she resolutely refuses to admit that she is old. Camilla, although the queen's daughter-in-law, has classified herself as an elderly person.
The queen not only does not obey the old, but also has excellent psychological quality. Not long ago, the queen's post-death arrangements were leaked, the news was widely reported, and people in the streets and alleys were discussing what would happen to the queen after her death.
For the queen, the wind and waves have been experienced, what is this?
The Queen's tortoise grandson, Prince Harry, rebelled and did things in the United States, shaking the royal family's black material from time to time. Initially, Grandma Queen was very tolerant and silently allowed them to fool around.
But later, Prince Harry pressed forward and wrote a book, ready to explode heavier material. Realizing that this could make the royal family's foundation unstable, the Queen made a harsh statement that if Prince Harry's new book was not true, then she would take legal measures to solve the problem.
The queen is the queen in the end, although the age is older, but the weight of the problem is clearer than anyone, and there is also a set of methods and skills on how to solve the problem.
Next year, the United Kingdom will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne, and before you know it, the Queen has become the longest reigning king of the United Kingdom! The 95-year-old grandmother is energetic and clear-thinking, and indeed not old!
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Ref：
https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/elizabeth-ii-vieillarde-de-lannee-sa-reponse-tres-drole-a-cette-etrange-distinction_478935
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20211019124275/the-queen-rejects-oldie-of-the-year-award/
https://pagesix.com/2021/10/19/queen-elizabeth-95-declines-oldie-of-the-year-award/
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