| I got to cross paths with The Queen 19:20 - Sep 8 with 994 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
a few times through my sport photography, mainly at Ascot and Epsom.
At Ascot, the press room comes out into the Royal Enclosure and as such for a few years I passed regularly within about 8ft of her as she talked to her jockeys and I made my way out to the photographers stands by the track.
Obviously, (and sadly), I never got to talk to her, but a couple of things were clear, firstly how friendly and approachable she was, she always seemed to be laughing whenever I saw her and secondly how even getting that close to her seemed perfectly acceptable to her, (I can't say the same of Princess Anne).
The first time I saw her up close, I think it took me six months to get over how incredibly short she was.
I feel surprisingly sad tonight.
The Queen is dead. Long live the King. |  |
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| I got to cross paths with The Queen on 19:36 - Sep 8 with 918 views | factual_blue |
I was on the island halfway across Northumberland Avenue (the Trafalgar Square end) once about 30 years ago and she drove past. I gave a small wave and got a large smile in return. |  |
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| I got to cross paths with The Queen on 08:26 - Sep 9 with 711 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| I got to cross paths with The Queen on 19:36 - Sep 8 by factual_blue |
I was on the island halfway across Northumberland Avenue (the Trafalgar Square end) once about 30 years ago and she drove past. I gave a small wave and got a large smile in return. |
I was half way across Charing Cross Road when I had the same experience. A motor cycle cop stopped and told me not to move. Strangely before I could cross the road Bill Wyman and that child he married stopped right next to me in a red Mercedes convertible at the lights. Real AND Rock royalty in one road crossing. That’s life at the sharp end. |  |
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| I got to cross paths with The Queen on 09:17 - Sep 9 with 604 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Me too during her silver jubilee trip down the Thames. I was wearing a cub scout uniform. She stopped to ask me if I was in the cubs! |  |
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| I got to cross paths with The Queen on 09:28 - Sep 9 with 558 views | Radlett_blue |
Mrs Radlett nearly mowed down the Queen with a push chair at a jumps meeting at Ascot in 1993. |  |
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