Queen Elizabeth is dead – Will not see her body again

Queen Elizabeth is dead – Will not see her body again
Queen Elizabeth is dead – Will not see her body again
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In one of the few insights from Queen Elizabeth’s many conversations with British Prime Ministers, David Cameron was able to narrowly reveal what happened when he called Buckingham Palace about the result of the Scottish referendum in 2014. He described it as the very definition of relief when he could tell the British head of state that the Scots had voted to stay in the Union. Queen Elizabeth literally painted with joy at the other end, according to Cameron.

During his more than 70 years on the throne, the monarch’s realm has shrunk considerably. She was still head of state for 14 countries outside the UK at the time of her death, but the empire she took over in 1952 has long since dissolved. In part, she herself contributed to independence and liberation struggles. Elizabeth was far more political than her contemporaries knew.

But in one place, the limit was reached even for a queen who, almost without exception, managed to follow the mood waves of the time before the sea of ​​destruction came. Her beloved Balmoral could not leave her kingdom.

He is the problem

Historians debate which event marking the end of the British Empire. Was it already during the Suez crisis in 1956, at the very start of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, or was it in the Falklands War in 1982, or as late as 1 July 1997 when the British handed over Hong Kong to China?

Many Britons will still feel that the Queen’s death marks the end of Britain’s old glory days. It has stuck with her through every anniversary, every state visit. The nearly 100-year-old queen was the last link to a bygone era, not just in years, but in form and content, pomp and splendour. She was the embodiment of the British motto “Keep calm and carry on”, someone who never loses her composure even when the world is raging around you. And so did Elizabeth’s world at regular intervals and increasingly frequently in the last decades.

Hellish chaos

Conservative Liz Truss stayed her last and 15th prime minister. Admittedly, the conservative party has closed the door on her in recent years, but it is still an impressive and unbeatable number. Her first prime minister, when she suddenly had to take over the throne after her father’s early death in 1952, was Winston Churchill himself, who was born in 1874. The old warrior thought Elizabeth was far too young and inexperienced (and also a woman), but he quickly changed his mind and will have said: “If the world’s film people looked all over the globe, they wouldn’t find a better fit for the role.”

Little did Churchill know that some of Britain’s leading actors would portray her on film and in series a few decades later with such a striking resemblance that audiences felt they got to know her in a way they never did with the original. But even in fiction, “Elizabeth” strangely managed to escape responsibility for a dysfunctional family, scandals and tragedies. It was the hard-nosed Prince Philip who banished a sensitive little son to a private school with cadaverous discipline, and who then insisted that the heir to the throne marry a woman he did not love. It was Margaret who was unreasonable and out of control, and the press had to take the blame for Diana’s unhappy fate. It wasn’t Elizabeth’s fault that favorite son Andrew grew up to be an insufferable snob who hung out with Jeffrey Epstein and had to be rescued from charges of rape of a minor.

A new iron lady

The list of conflicts, The excesses and outrageous royal behavior are endless. In the midst of this battlefield of human suffering, Elizabeth emerged as a blameless saint to the end.

To the extent that Elizabeth erred, as after Diana’s death when it took several days for her to fly the flag over Buckingham Palace at half-mast, it was still because of everything the British loved about her that she was a queen of the old school, one who followed protocol and never showed emotion in public. There are things that indicate that there was a lack of feelings in private too, except when it came to the great love for the beautiful and rowdy Philip who demanded to be a housewife at home.

The royal family refer to themselves as “The Firm”, but Elizabeth could obviously have needed an HR department the size of the Titanic.

It was easier to be queen before the paparazzi started following the royal family. But Elizabeth also escaped that persecution. Until recently, she had over 300 assignments a year, regularly traveled around the world on state visits and had weekly audiences with prime ministers. She visited her relatives in Norway three times, one visit to each king. She explained the workload by saying that “I have to be seen to be believed”. People have to see me to believe I exist. Even Elizabeth had to believe that the world smelled freshly painted. It was not often that she moved out into the world without being thoroughly prepared for the visit and the photographers at an appropriate distance.

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The legacy of Elizabeth will not, in the light of history, be about scandals, even if they also stir up the legacy of former monarchs. Supporters of the monarchy might say that she was someone who held Britain together through changing times, an immutable bulwark when things fell apart. But as more information comes to light about her role in historical shifts, she appears to be far more political than contemporaries perceived and the role suggests. She was a supporter and ally in the fight against apartheid and took the unusual step of a loyal monarch to actively oppose then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who did not want sanctions against South Africa. She supported her subjects in the Commonwealth of Nations. She also chastised the Conservatives during the same period for not having enough empathy for the working class and understanding of diversity in Britain. Nelson Mandela called her “my dear friend Elizabeth”. She had a close relationship with Labor Party stalwart and Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who reportedly treated her as if she were part of the government.

After her death surely more such stories will emerge about a queen who reigned in the sunset of the empire and in the awakening of a new age. By virtue of her long time on the throne and the upheavals that occurred during her time, she will go down in history as a significant monarch. The world will never see her like again. King Charles can look forward to a life as a parent.

The article is in Norwegian

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