Empress of Everything

believes in Equality and Noble Rule 💅🏻 ✨

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@lostsuperfan Ok I got back up when the you tube hits come on ! So good !

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@zarrysbieber Sobbing ! This is so good 💙💙💙

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@Kface2610 No but it’s so good !!! Loving it

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@stariety Ok I will watch LiB reunion first then get back to you 😎

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@aSteezyTaughtMe Playing Miley Cyrus ‘Flowers’ at the end was epic 👏👏

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@NlCOLEROWLEY I’m really loving it too 🧡

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

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@MoshMoses Haha I just heard it and had to come on here to see if he’s reacted 😂

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@RealDMitchell @Channel4 You two together always make me laugh ! ❤️

[crazydita @TheQueenOfPopm]

🚨Madonna is officially the best-selling female artist in history, with over 400 million records sold worldwide throughout her 40-year career, according to Guinness World Records (updated on September 15, 2023)

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@DanLeachDTM Yes could listen to them 3 banter all day!!

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@Leo_Puglisi6 Me !! Freo in the West rising up !! 💜💜

[Fremantle Dockers @freodockers]

sparkling footy.

⚓️ 70 🔵 59

#foreverfreo #AFLFreoBlues

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Get it today Dockers!

[Fremantle Dockers @freodockers]

QT | slow start in wet & windy conditions.

⚓️ 2.0 (12) 🔵 5.0 (30)

#foreverfreo #AFLFreoBlues

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Hey Daniel Johns !!!!! We hear you , we love you - thank you for your Australian music we love too 🇦🇺🫡🎶🔥❤️#australianhottest100songs

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Vale Margaret Urlich, what a voice ! #horses #australianhottest100songs

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That was a great little history lesson for all you young gens !!! Treaty hit like🔥🔥 #hottest100ofaustraliansongs

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@beckecek So good 🔥🔥🔥

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Hunters and Gatherers make Aussie Top 100 hey @triplej haha love the girls calling in - partying and competing with our Aussie best on 🎶🔥#hottest100ofaustraliansongs