In a moment, but you need to understand what it is like, for everyone living in Britain's rule. I don't tell you these things to move your heart with pity, pity is pointless. I need you to understand that - I was not no one, I was a Queen, who was respected for my position, was equal to England's rulers in terms of rank. One who had pride, honour, respect, to consider, for myself and for those around me.
[ She takes in a deep, long breath and fixes it there. ]
And I wrote to anyone, anyone at all, who could help. I wrote the Knights of Her Majesty, I wrote to the British Parliament, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, to all of them. I begged, Kitty, I begged for their help because I never thought it would be their government itself that would be at the heart of it.
[ And the conclusion, the conclusion came to it. ] Nothing, nothing ever came back. Not even when I begged on behalf of innocent people that they could take everything else off me if they would only save them. Instead, the British Government decided that I had to pay a debt owed by the state of Jhansi. They had only given me so much money to live on, and I still had - those great many people, as I said, that depended on me and me alone for their livelihood.
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Date: 2019-01-16 02:40 pm (UTC)[ She takes in a deep, long breath and fixes it there. ]
And I wrote to anyone, anyone at all, who could help. I wrote the Knights of Her Majesty, I wrote to the British Parliament, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, to all of them. I begged, Kitty, I begged for their help because I never thought it would be their government itself that would be at the heart of it.
[ And the conclusion, the conclusion came to it. ] Nothing, nothing ever came back. Not even when I begged on behalf of innocent people that they could take everything else off me if they would only save them. Instead, the British Government decided that I had to pay a debt owed by the state of Jhansi. They had only given me so much money to live on, and I still had - those great many people, as I said, that depended on me and me alone for their livelihood.