By: OC Vince
Faithfully, i served the Queen Elizabeth Regina ll and the country and she honoured me with an Award of Excellence for my service.
On one hand, she was loved by millions of English nationals and across the World over.
One the other, she was NOT loved by millions of English nationals.
In my frontline experiences, I have witnessed protests against her reign, at a location next to London Bridge.
I commiserate with her immediate family, the nation and the commonwealth on her passing. She was a Queen to the world and she was our Queen.
She is not perfect as most human beings are not and her mistakes and or alledged mistakes can be corrected by HRM King Charles lll.
There is an opportunity to share in the experiences of those that suffered in any way, shape or form from her mistakes or alleged mistakes while on the Throne.
There are many claimed mistakes and alleged mistakes that need to be verified and confirmed for reparations to commence.
These issues have now become a global topic and eye opener to World Leaders.
We cannot hush or forcefully shut down anyone, persons, ethnicities or educate them on how to shade their tears of bitterness, show their pains because they know their history, their pains, their deaths and their feelings.
Though, we can state our feelings of her alleged mistakes in ways that would not seem that we are mocking the dead or wishing them bad as God Almighty is compassionate to us all. Such will resonate wrongly on the minds and thoughts of his family, loyalists, subjects and to the realm.
Professor Uju Anya, is a wordsmith, a person of letters who speaks diverse global languages. One creative challenge about such calibre of linguistic experts is that when they write, they compress so many world languages and meanings together to express their feelings, emotions and thoughts in their art of communication. Those that speak only one world language, could easily misrepresent, misinterprete and misunderstand the literary points such linguistic professionals are making, forming, creating and communicating.
Queen Elizabeth Regina ll, ran her race very well and lived her life fully in life, while Prof Uju Anya, has launched herself into life for the living to live.
The English legendary authour Sir. William Shakepare, once stated and inspired that none should be afraid of Greatness; because some were born Great, while some achieved Greatness on their own, though some had Greatness entrusted upon them. In the light of the above, where do you picture and or place this discuss, the key players, the audience and you?
One thing Queen Elizabeth ll, preached during her last appearance at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), was the need for world to come together to identify, to share and to solve world challenges. Those this discuss fall within the above context? Yes, in my opinion, though you have your own opinion.
We need not wish away the feelings, emotions, cries and deaths of anyone and everyone who lost loved ones to massacres across the world due to the actions and inactions of world leaders. The ongoing Russia/Ukrine crisis is staring us on our faces. When would world leaders, realms and nations; holistically intervene to quickly reduce, avoid and Stop the ongoing human suffering? Tomorrow survivors might make stinging statements and ask tough questions on where were world leaders, realms and nations while they were suffering and dieing?
It was an Igbo, Nigerian and African author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who once wrote, “While we died, the world looked on”. Was the above statement similar to what Prof Uju Anya is stating, though both used different words and styles all directed in the same direction?
This subject matter has now created a golden opportunity for healing to commence, especially with the words of King Charles lll on 9th September 2022, “I will serve you with Loyalty, Respect and Love”. In my opinion, the “You” could be the World, the Commonwealth of nations and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
There is hope for corrections to be made, atonement to be implemented, for such human catastrophe never to be allowed to repeat itself and for wordsmiths to be cautious on their use of words, which could positively and or negatively influence people across the world.
Bearing in mind that speech is silver, while silence is gold. The reason many choose to keep mute and silent on this mattee, while many choose to speak and be heard is a matter of choice and how the allegations directly or indirectly affected ones life, family, community, ethnicity, traditions, race and generation. Afterall, you will die if you speak and you will die if you do not speak. So what difference does it really make? The choice to speak or to be silent on your stance on this matter is literally yours to make.
King Charles lll, promised to serve with Loyalty, Respect and Love on his 1st speech on Friday, 9th September 2022. He was sworn into the Royal Throne on Saturday, 10th September 2022 by the The Ascension Commission as HRM KING CHARLES III. I pray for his long and peaceful and great reign to identify, share, solve and resolve such highly sensitive matters. Amen
Thank you
Vince Onyekwelu, a Corporate Governance, National Security Risk Strategist, is a Fellow of The London City and Guilds and can be reached via Tel.+234- 813-333-6442; Twitter: @VinceLink; email: ocvince@gmail.com.
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