"Even the Queen" is a short story by Connie Willis. A humor story involving the future of gynecological science, it won the 1993Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945) is an American science fiction writer. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Winners of the Hugo Award for best Short Story. ...
During nomination the editor of Asimov's allegedly gave it the punning description of being "a period piece." The story involves the future of menstruation. Asimovs Science Fiction is a science fiction magazine. ...
Queen Elizabeth II was 70 on April 21, 1996 and has reigned for 44 of those years.
The schedule was so energetic that the Queen lost quite a few pounds in weight and a number of her outfits, which had become too loose, had to be altered en route.
Her red boxes of state papers follow her everywhere, even on holiday, and very often the last light seen burning at night in Buckingham Palace is that in the Queen's apartment as she works on them.
Duty was important to the Queen Mother and despite illness and various operations she was still one of the hardest-working royals, carrying out 130 engagements in her 80th year.
The Queen Mother also was to offer support and comfort to her great-grandchildren William and Harry after the death of their mother, Diana, in a Paris car crash in 1997.
A fun-loving royal, the Queen Mother was known as a congenial and sometimes feisty character with a love for salmon fishing, only outstripped by her passion for horse racing.
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