Paul McCartney Pays Tribute To Her Majesty The Queen

“The Beatles” musician Paul McCartney is paying tribute to the late Queen.

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Queen Elizabeth II passed away at age 96 on Thursday, September 8.

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Many celebrities took to social media to remember the times they had met her.

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On his website, Paul went into detail on the “eight or nine” times they met and spoke.

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After she passed, he recalled how his “memories came flooding back.”

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“I feel privileged to have been alive during the whole of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign,” he recalled.

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He recalled watching her Coronation on a black-and-white TV set in 1953.

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“Looking back I am honoured and amazed to see that I met Her Majesty eight or nine times,” he recalled.

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He added, “each time she impressed me with her great sense of humour combined with great dignity.”

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