I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
H. M. the Queen, then HRH Princess Elizabeth, on her twenty-first birthday (1947)
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Good grief temperature in Paris is now 14 degrees. Crazy.
That last dinner in Palermo was the best I have had in twelve years. Seriously. http://ping.fm/VdXNq
My Palermo photographs are online. http://ping.fm/qHY57
A sculpture on Porta Felice, Palermo
Door knob near piazza Marinara, Palermo, Italy
Bronze door at Santa Catarina Church, Palermo
Santa Catarina Church, Palermo
Santa Catarina Church, Palermo
A sculpted lion at Piazza Pretoria, Palermo
Sculpted head in Palermo, Italy
The fountains at Quattro Canti, Palermo
Door knob near piazza Marinara, Palermo, Italy
Old fountain Piazza Sant'Andrea, Vucciria, Palermo
The ornate wrought iron at Piazza Pretoria, Palermo
Wall near Piazza Marinara, Palermo, Italy
The ornate wrought iron at Piazza Pretoria, Palermo
Santa Catarina Church, Palermo
A side alley off via Vittorio-Emmanuele, Palermo
A side street off piazza Indipendenza, Palermo
A courtyard off via Vittorio Emmanuele, Palermo
The capitals in the cloister at Monreale, Sicily
A typical façade in the Kalsa quarter, Palermo
The capitals in the cloister at Monreale, Sicily
William II offering the Monreale Cathedral to the Virgin Mary
Piazza della Maggione, Palermo
A kiosk on via Torremuzza, Kalsa, Palermo
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