Little Happier: Both My Parents Made the Same Observation about Queen Elizabeth II.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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I was surprised when both my parents commented on Queen Elizabeth II’s decision to direct the Royal Family to wear mourning clothes (instead of traditional uniforms) to the funeral of her husband Prince Philip. Both my parents were impressed by the thoughtfulness and foresight of her decision. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:18.5	Recently, after my parents and I were all double vaccinated, I was able to travel to Kansas
0:24.1	City to visit.
0:25.8	It was wonderful.
0:27.3	In my whole life, I'd never gone such a long time without seeing my parents or returning
0:32.4	to my hometown.
0:34.6	By chance, I was staying with my parents on the day of the funeral of Prince Philip,
0:39.1	the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
0:41.9	As the three of us all went about our morning, we watched different parts of the ceremony
0:46.1	as it was shown live on TV.
0:48.8	I was very struck by the fact that both my parents, independently of each other, made
0:55.6	the same observation to me.
0:59.0	Some additional background about the Royal Family, if you don't follow their news closely,
1:03.8	in 2018, Prince Harry married Meghan Markle, and last year, the couple decided that they
1:09.4	would no longer be working members of the Royal Family.
1:13.1	As a consequence of this decision, among other things, Prince Harry relinquished several
1:17.5	honorary military titles so he can no longer wear a military uniform at official events
1:23.6	as he used to do.
1:26.4	Later in the day, when we were running errands together, my mother said, did you see that
1:31.0	all the men in the Royal Family were wearing civilian clothes, not military uniforms?
1:36.0	The commentator said that the Queen directed that change.
1:39.5	Now that Prince Harry gave up his honorary military titles, he can't wear the uniform
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