I saw the Queen today! One of the girls in my program had heard there was going to be a processional for the Queen and the President of Mexico. Since I don’t have classes in the morning, I had some time to kill and me, Kendall, Dawn, April, Angela, and Joy went down to St. James’s Park and as we came out of the tube stop, we saw her motorcade. Some of us noticed her sitting in the car, but others were too busy trying to get their cameras out. We walked/ran to where the motorcade was headed and saw the processional all lined up and waiting for the Queen and the President. We asked a nearby bobby the best way to see her and the entire processional and he said we needed to go through the park and get to the “mall” towards Buckingham Palace. We ran completely through the park and got to the mall. There was hardly anyone behind the barricades. Either this wasn’t highly publicized or people don’t care about these types of things anymore. Regardless, we had an amazing view of the carriages and the entire processional. We saw the Queen again as she passed by and I really wanted to try a regal wave to see if she noticed me, but I thought that might be too much. Haha. It was really a great experience. Not many people can say they’ve seen the queen and I’m glad I got to experience it while I’m here.
After that incredible experience, I had a class field trip to the Linley Sambourne house here in Kensington. Linley Sambourne was a famous illustrator during the Victorian period here in London. He illustrated the book Water Babies and did many satirical illustrations for Punch Magazine back then. His home has been preserved completely and still contains all of the family’s possessions. This is unique because Sambourne was middle class, not aristocratic and middle class homes were rarely preserved. The field trip was so interesting and the guide was incredibly knowledgeable on the Sambourne family.
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