The Queen of England Elizabeth II died today, Thursday 8 September 2022, at the age of 96. Buckingham Palace communicated it through a post on Instagram: “The queen died peacefully in Balmoral this afternoon. The king and queen consort will stay at Balmoral tonight and return to London tomorrow ”.
Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926 in London, eldest daughter of King George VI. She belongs to the Windsors, a ruling house in Great Britain. Initially her hopes of her accession to the throne seem slim, but after the abdication of her uncle Edoardo in 1936 and the accession of her father to the throne, she becomes the most likely heir to her throne.
Despite the title of “His Royal Highness” due to her by birth, the probability of Elizabeth’s accession to the throne is initially considered low, being the third in line of succession after her uncle Edward and her father. In the meantime, Elizabeth’s childhood spends in the homonymous Windsor Castle, the traditional residence of the British sovereigns, where she and her sister are educated thanks to the use of first-rate tutors, in particular the history of the kingdom and languages .
At the end of the Second World War, Elizabeth II, barely twenty, decides to make public her engagement to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. The two young people have known each other since 1934, but only in July 1947 did the news of their relationship become known. A few months later, on November 20, 1947, the wedding was celebrated, followed by the birth of the first child, Prince Charles, just one year after the wedding. The couple will have three other children between 1950 and 1964, Anna, Andrea and Edoardo. Philip of Edinburgh, born in 1921, passed away at the age of 99 on 9 April 2021.
Extremely popular queen, she does not spare her presence in public, with a devotion to the “cause” truly commendable and much appreciated by her subjects. In terms of travel and travel, she beats all the records of the previous holders of the throne of England. Furthermore, always in line with what has been said before, the curiosity and sounding of which the ruling family is the object on the one hand is as if it had demystified a distant and unapproachable universe, on the other, however, it obtains the beneficial effect of bringing the family considerably closer. real to ordinary people, able in this way to follow their deeds, loves and behaviors.
With the beginning of the 90s the climate of approval around the monarchy instead changed significantly, with Elizabeth II and her family more and more often the subject of open criticism from public opinion and the world press. In particular, the news of betrayals and secret relationships within the royal family became a constant topic of scandalistic gossip, also due to the two sensational separations consumed within a few months, between March and December 1992, between the children of Elisabetta Andrea and Carlo and their respective wives Sarah Ferguson and Diana Spencer.
The Queen’s hats
Since her accession to the throne 70 years ago, Queen Elizabeth has worn over five thousand hats of various shapes, styles and colors, which have never failed to fit perfectly with the monarch’s bright outfits. And over the decades, they have garnered attention in countless events, from Royal Weddings to Christmas walks at Sandringham and Trooping The Color.
The collection is cataloged daily by Angela Kelly, Queen Elizabeth’s dresser and confidant. Kelly makes sure that she knows the exact location of each hat, organizing care and maintenance for each one. And she made their protection her mission: if a museum wants to borrow them for an eventual exhibition, it is necessary to ask for permission years before the event and to present impeccable references.
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