He ascended the throne at the age of 26 and leaves, after reigning for seven decades, turned into a world emblem
He received the crown almost by accident and leaves, 70 years after taking up the throne of the British monarchy, which has become an emblem of worldwide projection. Queen Elizabeth II of England passed away today at the age of 96. “Lilibet,” as they called her privately, talked to 15 prime ministers. His last public appearance was in fact to receive Liz Truss on September 6, the third ‘Prime Minister’ to occupy 10 Downing Street after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. The story of the woman who shaped her country’s history in the middle of two centuries begins in 1926, when the throne seemed very distant to the eldest daughter of the then Dukes of York, George and Elizabeth.
In 1951, King George VI’s health began to fail. It wasn’t until a year later, at the end of a tour that had taken Isabel and Felipe to Australia, New Zealand and Kenya, that they heard the fateful news. A call in which someone probably slipped into a “Hyde Park Corner”, the code to announce that the monarch had passed away.
The following years of his reign marked changes in European monarchies. It was an opening moment when the Queen set aside the rides in carriages and royal cars and started walking to greet the citizens. It was the prelude to the time when two women – she and Thatcher – would be given command of the United Kingdom for the first time in history.
Difficult times soon followed. Elizabeth II herself described 1992 as “annus horribilis”. The truth is that after the troubles of those twelve months, there would be a few more blows…
The postponement came well into the turn of the millennium. The Queen attended the weddings of the heirs to the throne, William and Henry. Life made another dent at Buckingham Palace.
‘Lilibeth’ had already had more than six decades of reign, with no sign of relinquishing in favor of her son Carlos. He did not and was confronted from the throne with the major change of course with his country in the lead, which plunged the European Union into the traumatic ‘Brexit’ in 2020, as well as the new turbulence in the royal family. Enrique and Meghan moved their residence to the United States. This exit spelled a sudden crisis for the British monarchy and spattered the image of Elizabeth II rebuilt after Lady Di’s death.
Source: La Verdad
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