With the disappearance of Elizabeth II ends the longest reign in the history of England.
More than three quarters of his subjects never knew another monarch.
Forty-third sovereign since William the Conqueror in 1066, Elizabeth II was also the first to become a planetary celebrity, crowned at the start of the television era.
His reign was publicized like none before.
However, the personality of one of the most famous women in the world remains almost that of an unknown.
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Elizabeth Windsor's life was full of paradoxes.
She gave thousands of speeches that she did not write.
She was the head of state of one of the greatest powers of her century, yet she never held any power.
She was the representative of one of the oldest democracies in the world, but never voted.
Her portrait adorns banknotes and coins, but she has never used cash.
She went around several times...
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