Yesterday, Queen Elizabeth was final laid to rest and it is far too early to assess the true value of her life. However, this being said she did perform her duty right up to the end. Anyone viewing the photos of her appointing Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister knew that something was not right. Yet there Queen Elizabeth was doing her duty … underlining, if any more evidence was needed, the total lack of any moral backbone of the previous PM. She never had to be told what duty meant. Let us all hope this is not the case with Liz Truss – I fear the worst but for the country I hope I am wrong.

So what of the photo? Well this is one of the most busiest roads into Leicester on a normal Monday morning. Not yesterday. Instead the road was, as can be seen, almost deserted. There was a strangle silence about the place. Perhaps this says more about the late Queen than any other comment.

So for the first time in my life the monarch isn’t the one I swore allegiance to all those years ago.

The Queen is dead. Good save the King.

I guess I’ll get used to this.