Is the death of Elizabeth II is the beginning of the Commonwealth disintegration?

Elephant reporter Wu Bin/Compilation

Elizabeth II died on September 8th in the Balmoles Castle in the Scottish Highland on September 8th at the age of 96. During the 70 years, she tried to support the shrinking empire and the increasingly dilemma of the monarchy. Under her leadership, Britain has stablely experienced war, Northern Ireland turmoil, technological leap, economic crisis, Brexit, extreme right -wing nationalist politics, new crown virus outbreaks, and once possible imperial disintegrations. Four -fifths of the people living in the UK were born after the Queen's ascension, and Queen Elizabeth is the only monarch that most people know.

Brooknman, a historian of the Federal University of Virginia, said that Elizabeth was widely welcomed in the UK because of the surge in colonial nostalgia in the United Kingdom in recent years. A few years before Elizabeth's birth, the British Empire reached its heyday and occupied about a quarter of the land on the planet. European colonists, including slavers, merchants, investors, and royal members, through slavery in Africa and local indigenous people, and the plundering of colonial resources to make themselves rich.

Throughout the 20th century, the anti -colonial movement swept the British Empire. From India to Kenya, many countries successfully separated from British independence. When the ancestor's empire collapsed, Elizabeth devoted himself to maintaining the Commonwealth and the monarchy. She is the British monarch with the most visits. She has visited the former British colonies by boat, train, car, and aircraft to use her diplomats and the identity of British symbols to emphasize the importance of unity between the former colony.

Elizabeth once said, "In our era, it can be said that the British Empire saved the world first, and now it is time to save ourselves. If we go forward with unwavering convictions, lofty courage and a quiet heart, We can build this ancient federal construction that we love is more free, more prosperous, happier, and can bring greater well -being to the world. "

Newman said that since 1952, Elizabeth has basically padded the Commonwealth through her personal strength. However, the leading position of Britain in world politics has weakened today, and the end of the Elizabeth era may trigger a new wave of anti -colonialism in the former British colony.

Without Elizabeth's careful management, the future of the Commonwealth is at stake. The position of Elizabeth's "Federal Headers" for many years is not hereditary, and it will not automatically transfer to her successor, the new upper Charles.

Former Commonwealth member State Barbados got rid of the monarchy as the Republic in December 2021, but it is still part of the Commonwealth.

目前14 个继续承认英国王室为其正式元首的国家包括：澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰、图瓦卢、安提瓜和巴布达、巴哈马、伯利兹、格林纳达、牙买加、巴布亚新几内亚、圣卢西亚、 The Solomon Islands, St. Kitz and Nivis, San Vincet and Greennin. Whether these countries will swore loyalty to the new monarch Charles, or if the Queen's death will follow Barbadus, it remains to be observed.

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