A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night

O, now, who will behold

The royal captain of this ruin'd band

Walking from watch to watch, from tent to tent,

Let him cry 'Praise and glory on his head!'

For forth he goes and visits all his host;

Bids them good morrow with a modest smile,

And calls them brothers, friends, and countrymen.

Upon his royal face there is no note

How dread an army hath enrounded him;

Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour

Unto the weary and all-watched night;  

But freshly looks, and over-bears attaint

With cheerful semblance and sweet majesty;

That every wretch, pining and pale before,

Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks;

A largess universal, like the sun,

His liberal eye doth give to every one,

Thawing cold fear, that mean and gentle all

Behold, as may unworthiness define,

A little touch of Harry in the night.

                                                                               

                                                                           -Henry V, Act 4, Prologue

Many, my bride included, will be up early tomorrow morning watching the Royal Wedding.  If I have to explain all of that to you or what Royal Wedding I'm referring to then you've been living under a rock these past six months.   It is hard to explain America's fascination with Great Britain's Royal Family except perhaps to say how different things might have been if George III had listened a bit more sympathetically to his American subjects prior to the American Revolution. 

Both Princes William and Harry have been in the news both in England and here since before they were born.  William carries the burden of history.  Harry has always reminded me of a normal young boy and then a rambunctious young man.  Like a lot of restless young men, he found an outlet in the military and along the way grew up.  William will make a fine King when it is his turn.  Hopefully Harry will have a place along side of him as Harry has more of the common touch.  It is hard not to remember a very young Prince Harry walking behind his mother's funeral procession barely keeping it together on what had to be one of the worst days of his life.

Hopefully tomorrow will be one of his best.

Rest easy Harry as you likely reach out to touch your mother in your thoughts this night.  You have made her very proud indeed.  Somewhere in heaven she is smiling down on you this day.

Good luck, long life, a blessed wedding and God bless to you all.

Annuit Cœptis!