British-born New Yorkers flocked to the England-themed grocery Myers of Keswick within the West Village Thursday to mourn Queen Elizabeth and pay tribute to a matriarch who “epitomized stoicism, calmness and fortitude.”
“I simply wished a sausage roll to really feel higher in order that’s what I’m doing,” stated Stevie Bowen, 26, an Higher East Sider who was born in Luton, England.
“She seems like dwelling, and her passing is a number of nostalgia,” stated Bowen, who was holding a bag of British goodies. “She jogs my memory of my nan, my grandma, only a era that has been by way of a lot.”
Mourners left lilies and pink carnations outdoors the shop, which sells the whole lot from meat pies to marmalade on Hudson and Jane streets.
“She was 96, so I knew it was imminent, however on the one hand I felt like she was everlasting, like she would reside perpetually,” stated retailer proprietor Jennifer Myers-Pulidore, 44. “I didn't assume it will occur so quickly.”
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She stated enterprise had been booming for the reason that Queen’s demise was introduced Thursday afternoon. “It’s very busy. Individuals wanting flags, folks wanting the remainder of the commemorative memorabilia we now have,” stated Myers-Pulidore, who's a twin citizen.
A whiff of shepherd’s pie lingered within the air on the grocery retailer, the place a reside broadcast of BBC radio performed and a framed photograph of younger Queen Elizabeth sat in a window.
Exterior, Maggie B., who's initially from Leicester, England stated, “The factor that astounded me was that til the final day she did her obligation.”
Sadly, she stated, the Queen’s successor, King Charles, is royally uninteresting.
“He’s simply boring. Actually, I’m sorry. It’s not his fault. He’s simply not inspiring to me,” she stated.
Claudia Morse, who purchased a container of sizzling mustard, later confessed to a cashier, “It’s so unhappy concerning the queen.”
“I simply assume she epitomized stoicism, calmness, fortitude. By no means complained. She labored actually arduous in her lifetime. She was a very good instance of somebody who did her greatest,” she stated.
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