British-born New Yorkers mourn Queen Elizabeth
British-born New Yorkers flocked to the England-themed grocery Myers of Keswick within the West Village Thursday to mourn Queen Elizabeth and pay tribute to a matriarch who “epitomized stoicism, calmness and fortitude.”
“I simply wished a sausage roll to really feel higher in order that’s what I’m doing,” mentioned Stevie Bowen, 26, an Higher East Sider who was born in Luton, England.
“She appears like residence, and her passing is quite a lot of nostalgia,” mentioned Bowen, who was holding a bag of British goodies. “She jogs my memory of my nan, my grandma, only a era that has been by way of a lot.”
Mourners left lilies and pink carnations exterior the shop, which sells every thing from meat pies to marmalade on Hudson and Jane streets.
“She was 96, so I knew it was imminent, however on the one hand I felt like she was everlasting, like she would stay perpetually,” mentioned retailer proprietor Jennifer Myers-Pulidore, 44. “I didn’t assume it will occur so quickly.”
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She mentioned enterprise had been booming for the reason that Queen’s loss of life was introduced Thursday afternoon. “It’s very busy. Folks wanting flags, folks wanting the remainder of the commemorative memorabilia we have now,” mentioned Myers-Pulidore, who’s a twin citizen.
A whiff of shepherd’s pie lingered within the air on the grocery retailer, the place a stay broadcast of BBC radio performed and a framed {photograph} of younger Queen Elizabeth sat in a window.
Outdoors, Maggie B., who’s initially from Leicester, England mentioned, “The factor that astounded me was that til the final day she did her responsibility.”
Sadly, she mentioned, the Queen’s successor, King Charles, is royally boring.
“He’s simply boring. Actually, I’m sorry. It’s not his fault. He’s simply not inspiring to me,” she mentioned.
Claudia Morse, who purchased a container of sizzling mustard, later confessed to a cashier, “It’s so unhappy concerning the queen.”
“I simply assume she epitomized stoicism, calmness, fortitude. By no means complained. She labored actually arduous in her lifetime. She was a very good instance of somebody who did her greatest,” she mentioned.
