TALLINN - Usually considered a nation of introverts and disciplinarians, "We skipped school but we couldn't stay away," a group of teenage girls enthused after catching a glimpse of the queen during a royal walkabout in Tallinn's medieval City Hall Square. "Prince Philip asked us whether we were supposed to be at school," MaaritMaasoo, in her final year of high school, giggled. "We said that, yes, we were, but seeing the queen was more important!
" to Estonia, the royal couple's last port of call on a landmark trip - the Baltic state's trademark choral concerts, performed by 700 youngsters from able to practice speaking with the queen herself, "Maasoo said, adding an exclamatory "Wow!" as she hopped from one foot to the other to keep warm in the chilly, overcast October weather. Just before the concert, the queen mingled with the crowd and chatted to a few lucky early birds, who had nabbed the best places in the square.
Her pale pink outfit stood out in the sea of red, white and blue Union Jacks and Estonian blue, black and white tricolour banners. "I was so keen to see her," 67-year-old Marju said, a British flag nestled side by side Charles in 2001, so how could I stay at home today?" "And I can now brag to my daughter, who is studying in Manchester, that I've seen the queen.
She lives in Britain and she hasn't!" Marju said. With one exception, the songs performed to the queen were by Estonian "It was so inspiring to see the crowds singing along all the time, as if they were also on stage," said Kadri Valner, who has worked in the past for the Estonian Song and Dance Festival Foundation.
"This is a real singing nation, and I'm so pleased we could show this to the queen." song festival, in 2004, by British composer Bob Chilcott. nations, irrespective of how people communicate.
As the queen was whisked away from the square after the concert, people dispersed slowly in the narrow streets of the old town, still humming the "I feel super," 14-year-old Christ Marlin Tunger said.
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