Greetings from London in a Stylish Manner

@Inlemay (17712)
South Africa
May 6, 2016 8:15am CST
Oh how wonderful when the letterbox delivers not just one postcard on a day, but FOUR!! One from a new postcrossing listing and three from a good friend here on mylot, that sent me the wonderful HRH Queen Elizabeth II postcards with stunning stamps. Thank you @ison1 I am watching the BBC - "Royals" programs being shown weekly on the ITV Choice channel and just loving all the History being told. Prince Philip being of Greek birthright is especially interesting as I have quite a fascination with the Greeks. So today is a shout out to Prince Philip on this Greek Friday celebration. "The husband of a queen is known as a Prince consort and does not become King. Queen Victoria's husband was Prince Albert, and Queen Elizabeth's husband is Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh. The wife of a king is a Queen consort and does take the title Queen although she does not rule as the monarch." Cheers!!
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
6 May 16
That was so sweet of John.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
it was truly - you are all so kind to me - you send so many greetings to this little old lady down in SA! Love you all for it
Anne Johnston
@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
6 May 16
What a nice thing to receive. I always like to see things about the Royal family.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
6 May 16
Despite being English I have not seen any of the 90th Birthday stamps so far. I often wonder whether these are sold for postage use or just as collector issues.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
postage use would be a good thing as I got my postcards through the post?
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John King
@ison_1 (1240)
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7 May 16
you are most welcome.
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John King
@ison_1 (1240)
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9 May 16
@Inlemay Big smile on my face reading that
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
They were the talk of my tea on mothers day - thank you
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
@ison_1 Cheshire Cat
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 May 16
I have to admit, I LOVE black and whites, so lovely. Odd they use prince but not princess. I'd rather be a princess than a queen, not sure why
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 May 16
@Inlemay good point! or so it seems to me too.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
I think a princess could probably get away with more mischief too! dont you thinK?
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Fleur
@Fleura (34927)
• United Kingdom
6 May 16
That's right, because if the Queen's husband became King he would rule over her, which would obviously be wrong (and would be a very strong disincentive to marriage - but even in today's liberal times I can't see the monarch being an unmarried mother, not quite yet).
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
who knows - times change
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Jeanne Marie
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
7 May 16
How fun! The stamps are beautiful! I had a surprise in my mailbox today! Yes, a beautiful postcard from you! Thank you so much! I was absolutely delighted!
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
6 May 16
I like the stamp with the vintage photo of the queen with her two small children.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
9 May 16
they are all apparently her priceless moments - these are but a few