New Yorkers with ties to the United Kingdom are struggling to come to terms with the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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“I can still feel the vibrations of that, you know, I’m still kind of reeling from this, trying to process the whole thing,” Donnelly told amNewYorkMetro. “I will never forget this, it’s huge, absolutely huge.”Donnelly was born in Dublin, Ireland but moved to New York after she married a Brooklynite in 2006. Working in Myers of Keswick gives her sense of comfort now that she lives far from her place of birth.
Flocks of New Yorkers with ties to Great Britain descended on the modest store to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth. Workers decorated the windows with portraits of the Queen and the royal family as passersby stopped to snap photos.Although Elizabeth Ferrell is an American, the news hit her particularly hard, causing her to sob. Ferrell lived in London for several years during the early 2000s with her husband and two daughters, a time she described as amazing.
Friends Lil O’Brien, Rylie Morgan, Molly Doncaster, and Annie Gee also banded together to pay their respects to the woman who had reigned over 70 years. Having lived in England for a brief spell, Doncaster and Gee decided to purchase some of their favorite snacks and hold a toast to the Queen.“We were devastated,” Morgan said. “It’s like one of those times that you’ll know where you were when you heard about the queen. It’s a moment in history, no matter what country you’re from,” O’Brien added.
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