Maithreyi Seetharaman

70 years is a long time to lead! I cannot think of another who could elicit such grief from her people, after such a long rule. The news of the Queen’s death broke as my flight from Zurich was landing at London’s Heathrow airport. A few rows behind me, someone burst into tears, and there was audible sniffling through the plane. I’ve never experienced such a somber deplaning. It felt like each one of us had received news of a death in the family.

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