Breaking news: Queen Elizabeth II passed away

UK and worldwide is in mourning. Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96 in Balmoral. After several months of limited mobility curtailing his royal duties, he has passed away after more than seventy years of reign. He came to power on February 6, 1952 after the death of his father, King George VI, from lung cancer. The sovereign is considered to be the sixth woman to reach the British throne and the longest in this power. The reigning record was held by his great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who ruled for 63 years and 216 days.

The British Royal Family is going through one of the most complicated moments in its entire history. The ongoing tensions between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the rest of the members of the Crown have eased a tension that lasted until the day the sovereign died. Since the end of 2019, the situation with Prince Andrew and the Epstein case has caused a serious setback for Elizabeth II, who continued to act as the perfect head of state in one of the most cramped moments of the well-known La Firma, also taking into account what the death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997.

Elizabeth II not only had the specific role of monarch of the United Kingdom in life, she was also Supreme Governor of the Church of England. His political role covered several constitutional areas. In addition, he acted as the focus of British national unity and as his nation’s representative in the world.

Before she became queen, as a princess, Elizabeth prepared herself for what the rest of her life would expect. Since her father became king in 1936, she was the designated heir. It was during World War II that she became known among the city and its people, as she participated in radio programs encouraging children who had sought refuge outside London and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, a women’s branch of the military where she specifically in sat. charged with nursing duties. Gradually, George VI’s health began to deteriorate. So much so that one of his lungs was removed. From 1949, he delegated his official duties to Princess Elizabeth and her husband Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with whom he had said ‘yes, I do’ in 1947.

By 1951, Queen Elizabeth’s father had already fallen into disrepair, to the point that the traditional Christmas message was taken in parts and later went through an editing process. On January 31 of the following year, the monarch accompanied the princess and Philip from Edinburgh to the airport as they were to begin an official trip to Kenya and Australia. Six days after that farewell, on the morning of February 6, he died in his sleep. News that whoever would be the future Queen of the United Kingdom at the time found out during that royal escape.

The late King’s coffin remained in the Church of St Magdalene in Sandringham for 48 hours and the state funeral took place on February 15, presided over by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, along with her sister, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother. Isabel Bowes Lyon. It was then that the coronation protocol was activated and Elizabeth II’s life changed forever. This coronation took place fourteen months later, as the death of a sovereign is preceded by a long period of official mourning, so that the ceremony could not take place until after it was over. The date chosen was June 2, 1953, a few months earlier the Queen Mother Mary, grandmother of Elizabeth and wife of King George V, had died, but as one of her last wishes she stated in the will that the coronation of her daughter was not postponed in case she died earlier.

This would be the first time a royal coronation would be televised in full, at the express wish of Elizabeth II (at her father’s coronation, the cameras did not enter Westminster Abbey, where the ceremony itself took place), so there were new ones. logistical considerations to take into account; in addition, it was also the first time that it would be filmed in color. There were many more people who owned a television and there were even those who rented it especially for the big day. The coronation was broadcast in its entirety for the first time in history, at the express wish of Elizabeth II. The ceremony began with a procession that included several heads of state and nobles, both British and foreign, departing Buckingham Palace and through the streets of London to Westminster Abbey, where the coronation ceremony was to take place. This was the start of a long journey, as Queen Elizabeth II has been in power for seventy years.