Queen Alexandra with grandson Prince Edward. “I visited my grandmother every evening just to have a talk with her, play patience or do a jigsaw. She was always late, for dinners, church, trains and even worse, at ceremonies. The story goes that she even was late to her own coronation, and that my grandfather the King came in to her dressing room (with his watch in his hand) saying, “Dear Alix, if you’re not coming right now you’re not going to be crowned as Queen". ~The Duke
