The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in Berlin yesterday for a few days. They were greeted at the airport Tegel by a 21 gun salute before making their way to Hotel Adlon where they are staying as they did in 2004. She is on her way today to a boat trip on the Spree and on Friday to Bergen- Belsen memorial camp. In her handbag she carries lipstick, a folded fiver in case she must donate in a church, reading glasses and a mobile phone. Her handbag is a means of communication with her ladies-in-waiting, if she changes it from one arm to the other that means " Get me away from here"!
This is her 5th visit to the Vaterland.

donald

Forgot to say she will not be coming to Munich this time, when here she stays in Nymphenburg Castle not too far from where I live. I could have asked her around for afternoon tea.
donald

I saw the Queen and Prince Philip (his birthday is the same date as mine) on tonight's news. She wore a beautiful ivory coloured suit with matching hat and looked very well for an old lady. I thought I would have seen you in the crowd but there were an awful lot of people there.