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Death of Elizabeth II: “Farewell old Europe”

9/9/2022, 6:37:13 PM


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Bertrand de Saint-Vincent. The emotion is unanimous. From the anonymous to the powerful, from the leaders of Communist China to the Emperor of Japan, expressions of sympathy poured in from everywhere; one could almost speak of love. The Kenyan president has hailed a " huge icon of selfless service" . Tears flowed, sports competitions were suspended, the bells of every cathedral in the UK rang. Rock children terrible - some

The emotion is unanimous.

From the anonymous to the powerful, from the leaders of Communist China to the Emperor of Japan, expressions of sympathy poured in from everywhere;

one could almost speak of love.

The Kenyan president has hailed a "

huge icon of selfless service"

.

Tears flowed, sports competitions were suspended, the bells of every cathedral in the UK rang.

Rock children terrible - some of them ennobled - have expressed their feeling of being orphaned.

The old lady who just passed away at 96 in the twilight of Balmoral Castle was probably the most mysterious and admired personality on the planet.

What did she have that the others didn't?

She was queen and knew how to remain so until the end.

There were, however, many temptations to adopt a contemporary posture.

His own family provided many examples: betrayals, divorces, scandals, nothing was spared him.

Faced with these trials, and those...

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