by snarly | Dec 26, 2013 | Historical Apologies, Personal Apologies
On Monday, Queen Elizabeth issued a royal pardon to Alan Turing, aka the father of modern computing. Turing was a mathematician whose work as a codebreaker during World War II saved the lives of countless British citizens. But he was also a gay man in an inhospitable...
by sumac | Dec 7, 2012 | Media Apologies, True Crime Apologies
Early Tuesday morning (12/4), the hospital where Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, was being treated for difficulties in pregnancy received a call, supposedly from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles. Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse who was covering the switchboard,...
by snarly | Nov 9, 2012 | Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
The ever-delightful Lindy West posted a roundup on Jezebel today of over-the-top peevish responses to the re-election of Barack Obama. One was a letter to Queen Elizabeth, posted on the web site of Free Republic by one Edwin R. Williams: Your Majesty, We, the people...