We All Could Have Been Queens

But some were born from different wombs.

Photo by the author, a very old magazine from 1957 that I have with me

I am Portuguese. Here, we have been republicans since 1910. Nonetheless, I turn on the TV, and, as if it were our queen, Elizabeth II it’s everywhere.

There are several ways to approach my thoughts and react to them. The easiest is the typical "whataboutism" and getting angry about the strange life forms we all witness…