If you could be the Queen for one day, what would you do differently?
Sing God save the King.
Jennifer Horat, Lengwil, Switzerland
• Remove Charles and Camilla from the pecking order.
Edward Black, Church Point, NSW, Australia
• Retire immediately and let the next generation have a go.
Ursula Nixon, Bodalla, NSW, Australia
• Hide.
Gillian Shenfield, Sydney, Australia
• Abdicate.
John Benseman, Auckland, New Zealand
• I would let people touch me.
Donna Samoyloff, Toronto, Canada
• Act like Helen Mirren.
Gillian Cottray, Fosses, France
• There’d be no more corgis for Bess.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• Replace the corgis with scotties.
Joan Dawson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Before I left the Palace, I would put on a pair of comfortable shoes, put some cash in my pocket and lose the handbag, plus leave the hat on the peg. Sunglasses on, I would stroll down the Mall and ask a tourist to show me the way to Buckingham Palace. Just for the fun of it all.
Doreen Forney, Pownal, Vermont, US
• Have a Tea Party and only invite ourself – and perhaps a doormouse.
David Turner, Bellevue Heights, South Australia
• First, I’d create the Buckingham Palace Museum to display the royal art collection, endow it from crown funds and give it to the nation, together with the new Buckingham Park.
I’d then abolish the monarchy. A busy day.
Nicholas Houghton, Folkestone, UK
• Box all my hats and send them back.
Jim Dewar, Gosford, NSW, Australia
It’s really quite enjoyable
What methods does the devil use ‘to make me do it’?
Encourages me to believe that it is the right and proper thing to do.
Philip Stigger, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• Can’t blame the devil – with freedom of choice we decide for ourselves. I do it all the time, with the help and advice of my good friend Lucifer.
Jennifer Rathbone, Toronto, Canada
• He tricks you into thinking that you can shirk the responsibility for your actions.
Stuart Williams, Kampala, Uganda
• Aggressive sales methods.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• He makes it fun.
Elizabeth Keating, Orcemont, France
So what’s for dinner?
What is the most powerful skill of humankind?
Cooking. We are what we eat.
Anthony Walter, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• Innovating collectively, using our heads and our hands.
Reuven Kitai, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• It is the skill to distil alcohol from anything with a trace of starch or sugar in it. And the end result is sometimes rather powerful, too.
Gabor Lovei, Slagelse, Denmark
As long as I have my kitty
What is the best way to age? What is the worst?
With books, a pet cat and a pen to write with is my ticket, but having too few or too many expectations would be purgatory.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Any answers?
How is one supposed to imagine the unimaginable?
Bill Finn, St Paul, Alberta, Canada
Should others see things from your point of view?
E Slack, L’Isle Jourdain, France
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