With the death of Elizabeth II, the chapter of a century in which no stone has been left unturned has finally been closed. The queen rested with iron discipline as the rock in the surf. Her world was yesterday’s world. What will happen to her successor Charles.
When she was born, her father was still the Emperor of India. While she was at school, German bombs fell on Buckingham Palace and V2 rockets hit London. When she was a princess, duty called for the first time, and she followed it all her life: barely 18, Elizabeth enlisted in the army, serving as a driver and auto mechanic. Riding briskly across the high plateaus of Scotland was always a great pleasure for the last head of state of the war generation.
In 1952, during a visit to the Crown Colony of Kenya, she was called to the throne. There was the first of their 15 prime ministers war hero Winston Churchill. It’s more than symbolic that the appointment of Liz Truss was her last official act, as if she were dealing with an urgent task before the big farewell.
Monarchy becomes less glamorous
In her time, Britain joined and left the EU. The Queen made up for the lack of power with majestic dignity and submission to complicated state protocol. This rigid service “on behalf of the crown” almost cost her the love of the people during the Diana crisis. Only with the help of Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair was the royal family lifted from self-isolation and opened up to the people. Charles III is now expected to further modernize the monarchy. She’s getting slimmer, less glamorous.
As a remnant of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth wore 14 additional crowns. In addition, she was the honorary head of 56 Commonwealth states, the community of ex-colonies.
Separation of the crown was taboo – until now
King Charles III will find it difficult to keep the remnants of the empire under the rule of the British monarchy. In Australia and Canada, for example, Republican tendencies are increasing. Saying goodbye to the crown used to be taboo, just out of respect for the queen, who didn’t mean to offend you. The same goes for Scotland.
70 years in the waiting room
On Charles III. could bear the burden of the executor in settling his mother’s estate. He had been heir to the throne since 1952 – that too was a world record. His 70 years in the waiting room earned him a lot of ridicule, including the title: “England’s Most Prominent Unworkers”.
Charles will help the maturity of old age to be the anchor of stability, just like his mother. Its two namesakes, King Charles I and King Charles II, are linked to an extremely tumultuous era in British history. Charles I was sentenced to death and beheaded by parliament in 1649 for his authoritarian tendencies. His son Charles II, known as “The Merry Monarch”, was brought back from exile in France in 1660 because the British ultimately disliked Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan republic.
Source: Krone
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