Elizabeth II, 40th British sovereign after William the Conqueror, died at 96 after a reign of 70 years.
Since her accession to the throne in 1952, she has been the demanding and informed interlocutor of fifteen prime ministers, from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss.
Even when she did not wield power, she was the essence of it, which allowed her influence and influence to reach beyond the borders of the United Kingdom.
She symbolized not only the unity and continuity of her country but also the values of freedom that she knew how to embody, from the war against Nazism to the Covid epidemic, in the face of which she knew how to appeal to Blitz spirit.
It consolidated the authority and legitimacy of the monarchy while modernizing it, both in its operation, by simplifying protocol, by rationalizing its finances and subjecting them to tax, and in its relationship with citizens, in particular through the use to modern means of communication, from television to social networks
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