Take care of that bust of Churchill for us, won’t you? We’ll be reclaiming it shortly. :-)
My best to Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of her 60th. I’m hoping she’ll pass Queen Victoria.
As far as I know the bust is still American property. Recall reading a stub article that it is now in the US Embassy here in London, but that was a while back and I may be wrong.
I do think she will step down once she passes Queen Victoria’s term - a little innocent vanity is forgivable, but by abdicating she can short circuit the succession debates that the Dianistas will bring up.
She is getting tired, you can tell, and the Prince Consort’s increasingly bad health is taking a toll too.
She reads every piece of legislation before signing it, and, as most people forget, she has the right to refuse to sign something into law - think your presidential veto option. It would create a constitutional crisis if she did so, but there is an advantage in not having a written constitution.