Being English: celebrating my heritage

I had thoughts recently about my family heritage - the ¾ English part.

I watched Chasing Churchill on my local PBS station. His granddaughter was going back to places in his life - it was quite interesting. She showed places that he had painted. Now his paintings sell for quite a lot of money. He had some talent in that department and he found it to be relaxing.

Then I watched part of a DVD series - Churchill: the Wilderness Years - 1929 to 1939. That was also interesting to learn more about the situation on Britain and Europe leading up to World War II.

I watched some Youtube videos from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo which is held every year in August. One of the tunes was “I vow to thee my country.“

I was reminded of this tune in another context as I thought about Princess Diana who died on August 31, 1997. This song was sung at her funeral. Then I went looking for “Candle in the wind” by Elton John which I also found on Youtube.

Diana’s two sons are quite grown up now and getting on with their lives. Is a wedding coming up for William?