Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest reigning monarch, has died after 70 years on the throne

at the age of 96.

And it is somehow even sadder than a lot of us thought it would be.

So sad that I had to come back on and do a bonus segment.

I've already done my show for the day.

I'll have another show tomorrow.

But this is world historic news and news that people not just in the United Kingdom,

but people all around the world can't take their eyes off of the fact that this very nice,

very aged German lady, actually, of German extraction, and although she was the Queen of England,

that she died at a ripe old age is leaving people so sad.

And it's not, I think, just because she was a very nice lady who did a very nice job

for a very, very long time.

I don't even think it's just because she lived such an extraordinary life.

The first prime minister over whom she reigned was Winston Churchill.

The first American president whom she met as Queen of England was Harry Truman.

That's not even that, I think, as why.

I think the reason why people are so affected by her death is because it feels as though

she was the last one, the last connection to Western civilization at its height, the last

connection to a generation that is gone, a generation that puts service above personal

interest and a generation that valued and exemplified and put into their very lives the heights

of Western culture and civilization.

That's what it feels like to me at least.

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