Nellie escribió:
I did not think the accident was as severe as your story - simply that the car was tipped on its side.
You could be right, Nellie. I read it in a biography of the period, of Queen Mary. It's got one of those ugly pink covers which stands out, so common at the time, but I couldn't find it just now when I had a look-see in my library. Bios of that period often exaggerated stuff to put their subjects in a better light.
It had that photo of the Queen in the humble dining room of a Londoner. Her face has a look of shock mixed with relief -- as can be imagined. I would even go so far as to say her eyes look moist, as if she'd had a cry (probably the shards of glasses). Her diary entries the next few days made frequent mentions of being achy and a bit shell-shocked. From memory, I think she did use the words in her diary, "I could've been killed" or similar.
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Anyway, it would not be travelling at a very high speed. Sedate I would think.
If you can factor in her age, the fact that she had to be pulled out of the wreckage with glass flying all about her, with the car on one side on the road, and everyone on the street peering in to see the FAMOUS Queen Mary in obvious distress, well, it beggars the mind. Just imagine the Queen today, in a similar incident.
P.S.: Hehe, Sabba. Great photos! That's the dread Marion Crawford, the betrayer of trust, "Crawfie" next to the Princesses...
Here's one of Carlos, as I'm forced to call him on Dinastías, now.
You know, I think his mum had the better toy car!
You know, thinking about it, it's kind of creepy that a 70-something woman survived a horrible car accident, largely unscathed except for a few bruised ribs and an eyesore, whereas a 30-something woman like Princess Diana died on scene.
He's certainly come on in the world.
