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Doug’s DIARY

What a month; the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, a new Prime Minister, and for us, a second dose of Covid.

It was a sad day when the Queen died. We were in the workshop, live-streaming the Prime Minister talking about the energy crisis in the House of Commons – we’re extremely concerned about this as it has the potential to destroy our business. It became clear that something peculiar was going on. Then came the announcement that the Queen was gravely ill. Later, the news broke that she had died.

I think for some of us who have known grief in recent times, it unlocked feelings we have tried to suppress. It was about more than just the Queen

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