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LIVE- Death of Elizabeth II: follow minute by minute reactions to the death of the Queen of England
In what may seem like an agreed eulogy, the American president summed up in a few words what makes all the strength of the reign of Elizabeth II.
“
She embodied an era
,” he said.
Depending on where you take it from, the compliment can be flattering or condescending.
A bygone era, we can hear, and therefore not modernity.
However, Elizabeth II's great achievement is to have managed to bring the monarchy through seven tumultuous decades intact.
It could have sunk, dissolved, disappeared.
Three words further, Joe Biden may have given the key to this success.
She was "
of incomparable dignity and constancy
," he said of the sovereign.
So fair, and too little shared among the greats of this world.
After all the family fuss over the past few decades, it is quite remarkable to see that the monarchy remains strong (...) thanks to the skill of the queen
Marc Roche, journalist
Even if she embodies an era, the queen seems to have gone through several.
In seventy years, the United Kingdom has been so upset that it seemed to reign over a country other than the one of which it had become sovereign in 1952. On the geopolitical side...
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