I was in a Zoom meeting at home when the news about the Queen broke.
“The Queen has just died”, my colleague posted in the chat.
Nobody said anything, and the meeting continued, business as usual until the chair eventually spoke up: “Did someone say the Queen has died? It’s a pity the last face she saw was Liz Truss.”
I kept re-reading his words, and for the rest of the meeting lost focus.
Maybe it was shock, the Keep Calm and Carry On British thing. I wasn’t expecting a two-minute silence but making a joke of it felt hugely disrespectful.
I had one thought running through my mind.
I don’t want to work with people who don’t respect the Queen. A wife, a mother, a woman, and a fantastic role model who served her country for 70 years – the Queen who almost wasn’t…
Just two days earlier, she was on her feet welcoming Liz Truss as our new PM – her last official duty before she died. That must have had a huge impact on Liz Truss.
Maybe she feels a sense of honour and obligation to carry that l…
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