I was just reading some replies to a post asking why there seems to be a huge outpouring of grief from people you wouldn’t expect it from. A few of my friends who were no fans of the monarchy have surprised themselves by feeling it, too, and time and time again people used phrases like ‘it just felt like she would always be there’ or ‘she was a constant’. I wonder if it isn’t partly because in recently years things have just felt so UNSTABLE, that the U.K. is going into some kind of death wobble like when a spinning top loses momentum. The prime minister and cabinet seem to change constantly, Brexit has taken us further away from an international community and it has created a huge division of belief, there is a cost of living crisis, a pandemic where the rules and actions were in constant flux, access to affordable food is dropping daily, and above all that the figurehead that was the queen has just always been there, for our entire lives. Could it be that it’s not necessarily that they feel sadness at the passing of this 96 year old woman, but it’s somehow still a shock when you find another broken wheel on an already wobbly cart that’s careering down a hill.