09-08-2022 05:57 PM - edited 09-08-2022 07:25 PM
09-11-2022 10:15 AM
Being an American, I can only look at the monarchy and royals from the distance of the Atlantic Ocean. I do admire the Queen and ponder all that she had witnessed and even endured during her reign. What appalls me is the negative that has reared its ugly head in recent days. She has lived under a microscope all her life. During WWII, she didn't take advantage of her status but, of all things, worked as a truck mechanic. Charles III has his work cut out for him by the Queen's legacy.
09-11-2022 01:51 PM
Thanks for your contribution! I have not seen much reaction from your side of the pond, but generally the UK press (and here in the antipodes) seems to focus on the good Elizabeth as a person did to hold things together and improve relations with her soft power of non-political diplomacy and personality. Yes, Charles III has some big shoes to fill, and he is not young (the oldest to ascend to the throne in history).
I think for me, more than anything else, it was the more significant because it was the loss of one element in my life (however remote) that was always there: for others, it might be the death of a singer or actor they have always known to be there.
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