And the excitement that went through the crowd when a bustle of activity suggested the queen was on her way, only to be deflated when it turned out to be a troop of attendants with carpet sweepers tidying the way for her majesty.īut the climax for Wilkinson was when the Archbishop of Canterbury raised St. The lords and ladies in fur-trimmed state robes, some of whom stashed miniature bottles of whisky and brandy under their caps to fortify them as they waited. There was the ham sandwich, apple and hard candy each boy was given to keep his stomach from growling after the choir filed into the Abbey early in the morning, then waited for the ceremony to begin at 11:15 a.m. James Wilkinson knew he, too, was part of something extraordinary, so the future BBC journalist recorded everything he saw, in a looping script on the now-yellowed pages of his diary. nothingglitter Sparkle your way toward success. Nothing seems to be glittering right now. Wishing you a very merry and sparkling Christmas I believe in unicorns, magic, and all things sparkly Making my own kind of sparkle. And I’m willing to celebrate it with my neighbors and friends.” Your presence is enough to sparkle up any dull moment. God bless you and do a good job.’ Because that’s the system we have until we can come up with something better, that's where we are. “All told, I am pleased to be able to say, ‘Charles, you are king. And despite the country’s problems, he plans to watch the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. The government was forced to apologize and pay compensation for what became known as the Windrush Scandal, named after the ship that brought the first Caribbean migrants to Britain in 1948.īut Toussaint blames Britain’s elected government for the scandal, not the monarchy. Thousands of people from the Caribbean were caught up in a government crackdown on immigration, with many losing jobs, housing and benefits if they were unable to produce documents proving their right to be in the country.
government forced Toussaint and his wife to apply for British citizenship, dashing the illusions of the child who once sang about “our queen.” It was only later, when he moved to Preston in northern England to work in the city’s textile mills, that Toussaint learned about racism.
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