The situation in the morning - The Queen, the King and the happiness of the late years

In the evening sun

With the death of

, her eldest son

automatically became king the day before yesterday.

Today he officially becomes King Charles III.

called out.

Charles has been preparing for this moment for a lifetime, he is now almost 74 years old.

The mood in London during these hours shows that the Queen has fascinated and deeply touched people - and that at least part of this

has already

.

Where this fascination lies is currently being analyzed from all possible perspectives.

One aspect among many could be this: The Queen, her husband, but also the new king, who is no longer quite young, have shown that

in life .

To be able to enjoy old age as a beautiful part of life is a blessing, a gift (and in the case of those named also a result of their privileges, the good care).

No one can count on being so lucky themselves.

But the fact that there are at least a few older people who can see this happiness is a relieving perspective for younger people.

For the Queen and her eldest son, life seemed and seems to have gotten better and better over the years.

In her middle years, the queen didn't look as radiant and relaxed as in the photos of the past twenty years.

Even in the last public photo last Tuesday, she once again showed the charming smile of her late years.

And then these great performances at a very young age: when she pretended to jump out of a helicopter with a

actor in a little film in 2012.

Or when she appeared in another little film this summer having tea with

.

Charles is also said to be much happier today than when he was young, especially since lately

, who appears to be the love of his life.

For a world that runs a

, this is surprising, and heartening, news.

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Future of the Union: at some point left behind by the Greens?

Today the

comes to an end.

Yesterday, on the first day of the meeting, the party finally pushed through to push for modernization: to

for women .

Has she thus secured a piece of the future, created the conditions for renewal?

All in all, the CDU cannot complain about a lack of

people, after all, with the Junge Union, it has the largest number of party-political youth organizations in Germany.

However, the result of a survey by the opinion research institute Civey for a special issue of SPIEGEL ("The System Crashers") points in

.

When asked who they would vote for if there were a general election on Sunday, 26 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds opted for

, the CDU and CSU are far behind in second place with just 20 percent, and the SPD comes in at 17 , the FDP to 11, the AfD to 9 and the left to 5 percent.

But no party can really triumph.

Another result of the same survey shows that

of 18 to 29-year-olds

.

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It's getting dark in the cinema

This weekend belongs to the cinema, not only because the

ends

with the awarding of the

In Germany there is a nationwide »

festival « today and tomorrow, organized by the cinema associations.

Each performance should

cost

This should also attract audiences that have not been to a movie theater for a long time.

The cinema industry has

behind it - and ahead of it.

Movie theaters were closed for months during the pandemic, after which many seats had to be vacated due to social distancing.

During this time, far too many people gave up the habit of going to the cinema at all.

The burglaries are dramatic

.

The German Federal Film Board (FFA) recently published comparative figures for 2019

Before the corona pandemic, the FFA had a total of 118.6 million cinema viewers in Germany in 2019.

In 2021 only 42.1 million tickets were sold.

The

will also have an impact on the industry.

Around 80 percent of German cinemas use gas, according to a survey by the largest cinema association in Germany, HDF KINO.

The dramas, the tragedies in the cinemas no longer only take place on the screen.

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Violence, crime ,

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also clan members.

Your 2020 book »

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Here is the current quiz of the day

The starting question today: How many presidents of the USA is Joe Biden?

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I wish you a good start into the day.

Yours, Susanne Beyer