Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
t has been a while since the last comely blooms of the weighty garden peonies shed and withered on the ground. The remaining stems absorbed their sunlight (perhaps too much this summer, but we shouldn’t complain) and were cut back, which marked the end of summer and renewed preparations for blustery conditions and hopefully some snow. We Londoners are made to beg for snow. Yorkshire squires are always WhatsApping me to show off their Capability Brown gardens laden with the stuff, while the capital has that crusty, polluted air, too warm for anything
