Queen Elizabeth II is really gone. She has been on the throne for 70 years and has witnessed the rise of Western civilization to its decline.
The British royal family was once prominent, when it was not just a propaganda product of the media, but actually governed the country.
After the constitutional monarchy, the United Kingdom has become strong and the British state has become prosperous, but the entire British meritocracy has declined in the past few decades.
This downward trend is part of consumerism.
The people of Hong Kong have a feeling for the Queen of England, the "grandmother of things". Of course, these feelings have a lot to do with Sir MacLehose's strong political and anti-corruption efforts after he came to Hong Kong.
They have brought Hong Kong into a modern society, which consists of building the subway, developing education, developing medical care, and building housing.
History is so interesting, if it wasn't for her uncle Edward VIII who didn't love the country and the beauty, gave up the throne, and let Elizabeth II's father George VI be king, Queen Elizabeth II might have lived a different life. Life.
As for the British royal family, if it hadn't been for Queen Elizabeth II to become queen, it might not have been able to hold on to the past seventy years.
After the Second World War, with the rise of the British left, it was a natural thing to abolish the royal family.
The royal family is only a ceremonial symbol, the most iconic of which is Lord Mountbatten, a true royal soldier with no successor.
The British royal family just eats, drinks, and does some national etiquette.
In the past, the generals of the European royal family knew how to fight and defended the country with their own lives. Now the royal family has become a consumer product described by the media, and has become a playboy who eats, drinks and plays. It was normal for members of the royal family to join the military and politics, because this is their social responsibility , the so-called kingship is now relegated to a ceremonial symbol.
The British royal family is fortunate to have the Queen. She has established soft power through herself, through different public relations methods, and through private support to stabilize the royal family.
And the royal family invested in a proper way and built up a lot of wealth.
Therefore, no matter what the future direction of the British royal family is, their descendants can also live a good life;
The Queen of England is a part of British soft power, but in recent years, British soft power has declined and lagged behind.
In fact, last year's James Bond film "007: No Time to Die", the funny plot of James Bond's final bombing, has already symbolized the decline of Britain.
James Bond, previously played by Sean Connery, is a gentle, gentleman-type spy, capable of both civility and martial arts, and a sense of humor.
Recently, this James Bond Daniel Craig (Daniel Craig) has gone so far that he is more like the Jason Bourne of America than James Bond.
The distortion of British gentlemen and secret agents is also a global trend towards functionalism.
The Queen's 70-year reign has also witnessed a trend in Western popular culture from people-dominated to violence-dominated.
Social media, which has become prevalent with the advancement of technology, has not further improved the spirit of the humanities. Soft porn violence has spread throughout the world, and news has become an emotional consumption.
The Queen of England also witnessed the tragic phenomenon of Western civilization's decline from the humanistic spirit of the 1980s to today's decline.
The Queen is well aware that her role is to serve as the British diplomatic ambassador.
As a woman, she used feminine tactics to make her useful to the world and the British nation.
The British royal family used to be generals fighting wars, but now it has become a symbol of soft power.
It is a pity that since Princess Diana left the royal family in 1996, the British royal family has also moved towards a scene of being consumed and controlled by the media.
This scene eroded the royal family. The public saw that many members of the royal family were drinking, and the Queen's second son Andrew was also involved in a sex party scandal.
Being a member of the royal family is certainly not easy, facing constraints and controls on all sides.
In the past, they could be soldiers, they could die in battle, or they could be engaged in politics. To a certain extent, they all had a kind of freedom.
But now royals have largely become objects of social consumption.
They want you to have scandals, they want you to get divorced, they want you to drink heavily, they want tragedy to happen to you so the masses can consume.
Princess Diana is a living example.
Playing with this kind of image project and playing with this feeling of dominance is just a reflection of today's emotional society.
The Queen has gone with her husband, Prince Philip, and we should take comfort in them.
They are arguably the epitome of Western cultural elegance.
Prince Philip is humorous, well-spoken, and has a military background, with an upright and decent Western gentleman's demeanor.
Compared with today's KOLs who pretend to be ghosts and horses, Prince Philip is closer to the image model of a Western gentleman.
But Western gentlemen have declined in the real world, and the example of a husband and wife like Prince Philip and the Queen of England is impossible to appear in the real world.
It's just that the media won't let you know, because today's media always exaggerate human nature and push it to extreme ugliness or deification, rather than restoring a normal life.
Everyone seeks spiritual stimulation, so this society is increasingly seeking stimulation.
When it comes to consuming the British royal family, American society has the most means, and it may consume more of the British royal family than any other society.
The U.S. and the U.K. themselves are two-in-one, and Brexit also seems to be “merging” with the U.S.
Culturally, since the United Kingdom left the European Union, American media consortia such as Disney have invested heavily in London, England.
In fact, the United Kingdom and the United States are originally a strategic alliance, and the Queen of England may be called the first generation of KOLs in the West. Earlier than Madonna and Lady Gaga, it became a pop culture symbol that demonstrates the soft power of the West. It is capable of cultural penetration and play. A soft power man of cultural influence.
The Queen is gone, and Charles III succeeds.
Charles has the characteristics of Charles, he doesn't have the kind of mother-in-law ability like his mother, he gives the impression that he will be a bit withdrawn monarch.
What will happen to the two sons born to Princess Diana?
Will the British royal family continue to exist in the future?
These issues are cause for concern.
They are about political soft power, but they also affect political hard power.
Western politics has been on the decline in recent years, and the emergence of Donald Trump is an example.
In the UK, Liz Truss just became prime minister and the Queen of England left. Is this a good sign?
The British see it, and they should feel it.
Zhuo Huisi spent one trillion Hong Kong dollars to solve the energy problem, and the benefits are all big companies, and ordinary citizens should not pay such expensive energy bills.
The question is, why is this happening?
Because Britain originally had a socialist left-wing force, but Mrs Thatcher's reforms turned Britain into an oligopolistic society, and the Queen of England used her soft power to make the people feel good, and many emotional problems could be solved by having a royal family in the United Kingdom.
This is the dilemma and situation that Western culture is currently facing. The reality under the media package is that politicians are becoming more and more influential, and faceless companies are becoming more and more influential, and even fall into a state of loss of control.
The Queen of England is gone, and the image packaging of Western elegance and civilization is gone too.
The author Hu Enwei is a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Political Consultative Conference, and Zuni.
Icosahedron United Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer.
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