Found object

The things you find on the net. Here's Sir Eric, who built our house (his bedroom is our den), showing Her Madge how a paper mill works.

The photo is undated, but it was probably 1959, when she came across on the Britannia to open the St. Lawrence Seaway.

In another closer-than-six-degrees event, one of the enterprising old-school reporters I worked with got headlines for a supposed "exclusive" interview with her when she reached Chicago. As the legend goes, he'd taken a small boat out to the yacht, reportedly saw her on deck and shouted, "Hey, Your Majesty! How are ya?"

She is said to have waved and said, "Hello."

End of interview, but it made Page One.