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OUR FILE - Elizabeth II, a rock and a symbol for England
A whole country sails between the past and the future, between written history and that which is about to be made.
Between the homage to the deceased queen and the observation of the first steps of her son.
Beyond the emotion, the tears and the memories, the British are all asking the same question: what kind of king will Charles III be?
They may have had the first elements of an answer on Friday evening.
Twenty-four hours almost exactly after the announcement of the death of Elizabeth II, the new sovereign delivered his first televised address.
A delicate exercise for a man tested by the loss and who knew he was scrutinized, awaited with great skepticism.
Charles was there.
The one who was for a long time the unloved prince, misunderstood at least, caricatured and mocked, lived up to these great circumstances.
The press was unanimous in saying that Charles III had done without fault.
That he had struck a blow from the start, modifying his image and rallying to him...
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