Elizabeth II, sovereign of the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland and the other Commonwealth realms, ended his long and busy life in Balmoral Castle. The news, unfortunately expected at any moment, rebounded a few minutes ago on all the world media, arousing consternation and deep emotion.
The Queen
Lilibeth, as she was affectionately called by her husband Prince Philip of Edinburgh, had already retired to Balmoral, her summer residence, for several weeks. Here her physical condition worsened day by day, so much so that it aroused great concern among the subjects. A few days ago the sovereign showed herself in public, standing but fragile, in her beloved Scottish residence in Balmoral for the handover at the helm of the British government between Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, premier number 15 of her 70 years of reign. Last June the 96 year old Queen Elizabeth he had participated, together with the royal family, in the various initiatives concerning the celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee. An extraordinary celebration for his equally extraordinary 70 years of reign. A a goal never reached by anyone in the centuries-old history of the British monarchy. For the occasion, Elizabeth seemed in great shape even if she had to lean on a stick to be able to walk.
Elisabetta II
Elizabeth alexandra mary was born in London on April 21, 1926. Elder daughter of the Duke of York, who later became king with the name of George VI; and his wife Elizabeth, first Duchess of York and then queen consort. After serving the Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second Word War, in 1947 she married Prince Philip Mountbatten with whom she had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess Royal, Andrew, Duke of York, and Edward, Earl of Wessex. She became queen at the age of twenty-five, on the death of her father on 6 February 1952. The coronation was held on 2 June 1953 in Westminster Abbey.
During his reign he witnessed important changes including the devolution of power in the United Kingdom, the affair of the repatriation of the Canadian constitution and the decolonization in Africa with the strengthening of the Commonwealth. To date, her reign is the longest in British history, having surpassed the previous record held by her great-great-grandmother Victoria of 9 years, 2015 months and 63 days on 7 September 2. Her 70 years on her throne are still her longest reign ever for a queen. A record in second place in the ranking of the longest reigns in history, behind only the reign of Louis XIV of France, the Sun King.
A queen with 150 million subjects
Elizabeth II is also Queen of Antigua Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada. Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. She is Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lady of the Isle of Man and Sovereign of Jersey and Guernsey. About 150 million people around the world are her subjects. With her goes a figure of woman and monarch who has no equal in history. A strong woman who has survived the family storms and the political, economic and social events of almost an entire century.
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