The whole world was shocked by the death of the monarch most influential and recognized in the globe: Queen Elizabeth II. After more than seven decades on the throne, she represented an era that, according to The Economist, It was characterized by great challenges that, from my perspective, she knew how to face armed with duty and virtue.
Despite the queen had no political powers, her role was to provide stability to her country through leadership and her performance as head of state of the United Kingdom, especially in times as complex as those we experienced from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. Her figure, a banner of archaic virtues, became globalized as she transcended the barriers of the perspective of having been born in a golden cradle to become an icon of an entire nation.
There were unique turning points in the history of both his life and the world that contributed to developing his trajectory in a symbiotic way; for she influenced the outcome of global events that shaped her path. Next, I select some of the relevant moments, as well as the relevance of her intervention.
Second World War
During World War II, King George VI, father of Elizabeth decided to stay in Buckingham Palace despite the voices that urged him to flee the country as a prevention against possible attacks by Hitler, however, he preferred to stay and face the war with your country.
Over five years, the palace was bombed nine times, one of which came close to killing King George VI and his wife, Queen Mary. Prioritizing the hope of the people and with a brave attitude, the queen declared: “I am glad that we have been bombed. Now I can look the East End in the eye” (the East End of London was the main target of German bombers) . In response, Hitler referred to her as “the most dangerous woman in Europe.”
The poise of her parents to face the Second World War with confidence and devotion to the duty of being of the Crown was perhaps the engine for Isabel to begin to show flashes of maturity from the age of 14, when she sent a message of consolation to the children who they had to be separated from their families as a result of the war: “We know, we all know, that in the end, everything will be fine and when there is peace, remember that it will be our responsibility, that of the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow , A better place”.
Later, despite her father’s reluctance, she became the first woman of the royal family to participate as a volunteer in the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service with the position of honorary second lieutenant, where she trained as a driver and mechanic for later be promoted to honorary captain. Being the daughter of the king, with all possible indulgences and privileges for the epic, she chose altruism and work from a very young age.
Coronation
On June 2, 1953, at her coronation, an event that was avidly followed in different parts of the world, despite her youth and inexperience, the queen steeled herself with courage and determination to affirm the following: “I declare before you that my life The whole, whether long or short, will be dedicated to our service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.” She fulfilled it, throughout her life, she prioritized the duty of the British crown. She followed her work to the letter, making personal sacrifices without reproach.
Among the various demands she received were: not to use her husband’s surname, which made her husband the only man in England without his children bearing his surname, moving from their home to Buckingham Palace and, above all, everything, limit her husband in his activities and give priority to the work of the crown above all else; in short, giving up herself for the British people.
Isabel, with the determination that characterized her, was assimilating over time what it meant to wear the crown with dignity; from the personal realm of her personal life to the public sphere. In a 1992 documentary he stated the following: “In a way I didn’t have an apprenticeship, my father died too young and so it was all a very sudden assumption and trying to do the best job possible”, “It’s a matter of mature into something that one has become accustomed to doing and accept the fact that you are here and it is your destiny. It’s a job for life.”
The Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth)
According to Max Foster, and from my perspective, one of the queen’s greatest contributions is her leadership in the Commonwealth, having saved the monarchy, while several were in favor of ending an old institution that, apparently, did not have great practical utility. Isabel through hard and constant work focused on strengthening it through the support she provided to the nascent group within the community for post-colonial nations. Under her leadership the Commonwealth grew, from 8 to 56 countries that currently comprise it.
COVID-19 pandemic
Despite the fact that most of the leaders in the world did not take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously, since its inception, the queen sent a very compassionate, kind and thankful message to all the people who carried out essential work already. those who have remained at home since the pandemic began, in which he finally concluded with the following: “This time we join with all the nations of the world in a common effort, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. We will succeed, and that success will belong to each of us,” the monarch said.
a popular queen
Finally, the most watched funeral in history has been, without a doubt, even above that of Lady Di, that of Queen Elizabeth II; with more than hundreds of people in the streets and 19.2 million viewers from their homes and with a great approval of 75% according to a YouGov survey. Likewise, the British on the day of her death adorned from the smallest to the largest business with symbols and messages of farewell and thanks to the queen. Her popularity and influence in the UK reflects having been a much-loved queen and above all devotedly working for her nation for over 70 years.
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In conclusion, Queen Elizabeth II was a woman who, even before becoming queen, knew how to face her position with honor, that of representing a nation from the role of head of state giving stability to her nation, she knew how to carry Great Britain on her shoulders. despite sacrificing his own “happiness”. In her reign, she embodied what many do not understand now: that public office is being the face of thousands or millions of people. That what you do in your private life also affects your governed, through duty and virtue, which continue to be the basis of anyone who wants to serve their nation well.
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