Flags in official buildings have again waved high on a day when a major clean-up operation has been launched and the strike call has resumed
The flags of Britain’s official buildings flew at half-mast on Tuesday after 12 days for the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, aged 96, at her Scottish residence in Balmoral. It was the most obvious symbol of the return to normalcy after nearly two weeks of national mourning. In London, where the so-called ‘funeral of the century’ was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday, with nearly a million people on the streets, police estimates say that cleaning services have been striving to leave everything behind as usual in a gigantic operation.
While the British royal family will mourn for seven more days, the end of the government-declared mourning has also brought back a spirit of vengeance over the crisis the country is going through, driven mainly by high energy prices. It was not in vain that the popular emotion for the death of the monarch had put social discontent on the back burner. However, the strikes have returned. Among them is the one train drivers will resume next week under the threat of throwing the country into chaos from October 1-5.
Back to reality after the pompous ceremonies Elizabeth II held in London and the Scottish capital Edinburgh, many questions now arise. Among them, the cost of the grand state funeral and the changes Carlos III will make to the monarchy and its finances, less popular than his mother but determined to modernize the institution.
Source: La Verdad
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