Elizabeth finally ended her job

In 2022, the British spent may be the hottest summer in history. On September 6, the temperature in London had dropped below 20 degrees Celsius, and the Queen Britain opened her work as usual.

She wore glasses and pearl earrings, a gray sweater jacket and Scotland skirt, a small black leather bag, and a newly -appointed British Prime Minister Tras. This is the 15th British Prime Minister she received. Although the large bruises on the back of the right hand were clearly visible, she still kept a smile, just like the expression that appeared in the public vision in the past seventy years. Shaking hands with Tras, leaving her last work photo in this world.

Two days later, on the afternoon of September 8th in the UK time, the Queen of England died of the most relaxed Balmoles Castle, ending her 96 years of life and a 70 -year -old working career.

The Prime Minister Tras said in the mourning of her speech, "The queen has reigned in such a dignity and elegance for 70 years, and her service career even exceeds most of our life memory." She has experienced World War II and witnessed The birth of the jet era and the advent of the Internet era, human beings entered space for the first time, boarded the moon, accompanied Britain to join the European community, and left again. In her own words, "inevitable, longevity can go through many milestones, and I am no exception."

From the day she succeeded at the age of 26, she worked hard to play the symbol of the country. As the Queen of England, she has gone through 14 of the 45 presidents of the United States. British historian Simon Shama wrote in the article of Mourning Queen, "In the past seventy years, in the turbulent turbulence of wind and rain, painful split, and unpredictable turbulence, although Elizabeth was restricted to her social class and boring court ceremony In customs, but at the most important time, she became the idealized incarnation of this country. "

The price of all this was that she sacrificed her personal freedom and life. She couldn't stop her work until her body could not be loaded.

We reviewed her life, saw the gap between the British Queen and as Elizabeth, and saw her in a long life to maintain the national symbols and the decentness of the royal family.

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Symbol of the Empire

When the Tower Bridge in London opened the bridge for the royal cruise and welcomed the queen's fleet, there were heavy rain over London. In 2012, in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II, the Thames was held as the largest water celebration since the 17th century since the 17th century. During the humid and cold rainy days, at that time, Elizabeth II, the 86 -year -old, stood on the deck during the entire voyage, waved to the enthusiastic citizens on both sides of the strait.

In a sense, Elizabeth is one of the most duties of the British royal family. Just as she swears in a 21 -year -old birthday speech- "I swear to you, I want to use my life -whether it is long or short, serving you, serving you, serving our great imperial family to serve you ", Her loyalty has been tested by time than the" empire ".

"But for her, today is also a very sad day. Because her father died on this day, she ascended the throne to become the queen." Seeing the queen in the celebration event, a little girl in kindergarten faced the interview lens, Say something sad.

On February 6, 1952, the news of the death of George VI from the United Kingdom to a tree hotel built between Kenya on a huge fig branch. 26 -year -old Elizabeth is visiting his father here. A widely circulated statement is that when she climbed into the tree house, she was just a royal princess. When she climbed down, she had become the Queen of England.

In 1952, the princess Elizabeth II at the time

Elizabeth had a long time that the fate of the heirs of the throne was not completely unavoidable. When she was 10 years old, uncle Edward VIII chose to abdicate one year later to marry a American woman who had been married twice. The result of his responsibility to embrace love and freedom was that the royal family fell into a chaos, and Little Elizabeth completely bid farewell to childhood to live a carefree life in England or Scotland. His father succeeded the king and made Elizabeth the first heir of the throne. Her family homework has changed from reading the "Children's Daily" to studying the "Formation and Multiple Method of Constitution".

After Kenya learned of his father's death, Elizabeth looked "pale and restless", but did not cry. "Everything is too sudden." 40 years later, the queen recalled, "The heavy task falls on the shoulder, then I can do my best to do it, and I will get used to it slowly. Reality. This is my destiny. The inheritance of the royal family is the most important. "

One year later, Elizabeth II wore the crown of Queen Victoria of Victoria and Grandma. On her satin crowned clothing, it was decorated with symbolic accessories of the British Empire and the Commonwealth country, such as roses representing England, and even even There are also lotus and wheat symbolizing India and Pakistan. At the age of 26, she became the first monarch to be named the "British Federal Header". She automatically possessed many titles such as armed forces leaders and the Supreme Leaders of England Church.

Elizabeth smiled and waved to people. From that moment, she also became a symbol of the British Empire and the Commonwealth, like these flowers.

On June 2, 1953, London, the standard guardian on the day of the crown ceremony

After becoming the queen, 26 -year -old Elizabeth lost his freedom and was asked to hide his personality.

When she returned from Kenya to London and was the first time she saw her grandmother as a queen, she was reminded, "Lilbert, your skirt is too short."

From the moment her father died, she became a new spokesperson for this country. She must be elegant and noble. Her avatar was printed on the new version of the coin, and she no longer needed a passport to go abroad. Because the passport of this country will be issued in her name, including her husband and son. And she does not need to hold it again.

Just as the Prime Minister Churchill at that time, on the fifth day after her succession, he described her in a speech delivered by the House of Commons, "a beautiful and energetic person", "our traditional and honorary heirs." These words were obviously considered repeatedly, which rigorously limited her image and the significance of being the queen.

From then on, what clothes she wore and what hats she wore, all became part of their identity politics. When she appeared in the crowd, she no longer wore beige clothes. The queen once explained to her hat designer Morgan, "Because people don't know who I am." So in the 70 years of the queen, the colorful retro coat became one of her logos. Her hat must also follow a principle. The brim can block the sun, but she cannot stop the public see her face.

The queen will not wear fashionable clothes. Her dress designer Hadi Amis in the 1990s talked about her attitude. "She hopes that she looks kind and friendly. Fashionable clothes always have some cold and cruel feelings. She doesn't want to wear it. "She defines herself as" the last guardian of the standard ", and even in the occasion without many people or cameras, the queen is also wearing formal clothes.

In the UK, she is probably one of the least allowed people, because the consequences of mistakes are terrible. In 1963, when the Queen visited the capital of New Zealand's capital, Wellington, the wind blew her skirt. This moment was photographed by the photographer. When this photo appears on the newspaper, the text wrote, "Wellington with wind and rain." So during travel, her designer had to sew some lead -made small size in the queen's skirt.

Since the successor, her iconic smile runs through her 70 years. In the interpretation of outsiders, the queen's smile is facing the turbulent mild power, "the idealization of the country." Therefore, she rarely expresses her true emotions in public. Only in the year she just succeeded, in the more than 40,000 miles of crowned global journey, the "News Chronicle" recorded her anger. At the reception, she said to her accompanying person, "Governor, are you tired?" "Then take your hand out of your pocket and stand upright."

In 1963, the Queen visited the capital of New Zealand in Hui Lington

More often, she shows super emotional management ability. Royal biography writer Robert Hudman recorded such a fragment. In 1976, the queen returned from Finland after ending the state visit. She asked the ship team to remind her when she passed a famous racecourse. Horse is one of the biggest hobbies in his life. But they forgot about it. When the queen realized that she missed the horses she missed, she was "obviously angry" on the table full of officials. But soon, the queen picked up a napkin to cover her face. After putting down, "a new smile of smiles."

She rarely shows sadness in public. In 2002, the 50th anniversary of the queen's reign, the sister Margaret and the mother Elizabeth died this year, but at the Jinxi New Year's celebration held in the middle of her year, wearing an orange dress, wearing an orange hat When appearing in the crowd, there was no show in the smile that could be interpreted as gloomy emotions. At the funeral of Prince Philip, Charles, as the crown prince, kept crying, but the queen was only photographed in the car when she was in the car.

These self -discipline and rigorous maintenance of the royal family also made her experience the spiritual force of a country in the turbulence of war, modern reform, economic crisis, and terrorist attacks in Britain. On the website of Buckingham Palace, the queen is described as "the spring of honor." On her drilling Jubilee Day, Buckingham Palace has announced a set of data. In 60 years, she a total of 40,4500 titles and rewards were awarded, and more than 1.5 million people received at the garden party. She once said, "People sometimes need to praise and encourage, otherwise the world is too dark."

The "constant" of the world

Back to the 1950s, shortly after the crowning ceremony, Elizabeth began a five -and -a -half -month global trip, becoming the first British monarch to travel around the world. From east to west, the Queen walked more than 43,000 miles, most of which were walking on the sea. According to statistics, on the way, she delivered a total of 157 speeches, listened to other people's speeches 276 times, 13213 handshake, and received 6770 times of flexion (bowing without records), listening to "Queen of God" 508 times, equivalent to listening a day on average daily. 3 times.

Robert Hudman recorded in the book that the Queen visited at least 126 countries and regions. No one knows her journey length. The voyage of the Royal Yacht has reached more than 1 million nautical miles in more than 40 years, and the Royal flight is much more. The number of visitors to visit is also difficult to accurately statistics, because the names and status of many countries have changed during different visits of the Queen. For Elizabeth individuals, in her world full of rituals and rules, although the long journey is tired, she can also provide her with the happiness and freedom of ordinary people. Robert Hudman wrote that the Royal Yacht "British Nia" may be the place closest to Elizabeth's "own" home. The other palaces and castles were inherited by her, and the furniture and equipment were determined by her previous more than 40 kings. Only in the "British Nia", from the lamps to the carpet, Elizabeth can practice his own design and ideas.

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In 1997, the Royal Yacht "British Nia", who has been serving for more than 40 years, retired under the witness of the queen. When the Royal Marines' band queen out of the military parade, they played "Friendship Land". Someone saw that the queen shed tears that day.

The Queen's visit to the UK's soft diplomatic power is self -evident. Former Labor Foreign Minister Jack Stera said, "She can promote the improvement of Britain, far exceeding any politician. Diplomacy is still a projection of power." Many people think that without the support of the queen, the Commonwealth will not continue to do so for many years.

Perhaps more importantly, the visits day after day in the past 70 years have made Queen Elizabeth the common political and cultural memories of the people of the world. She met with 13 Presidents in the United States, close to one -third of all presidents since the founding of the United States. For most people living in the world now, the queen has been there since memory. In the words of Matthew Basun, she is like the "constant" of this world.

"My life, she is there. I can't imagine that she is not there. I just can't do it." Said Actress, Sumi Smith Smith. At least at the moment when she thought of her classic shape and smile, the people of the world became a community briefly and preciously.

Elizabeth II is with Mexican children.

Change carefully

In the 1990s, the advent of the mass media era allowed more people to see the details of the royal life. The rules of the royal family and the development of "modern Britain" are constantly showing gaps.

The most representative of these is the controversy caused by whether the queen wants to pay personal income tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Queen did not need to pay taxes, but in 1991, 70%of British thought she needed.

The outside world guess her income and wealth. "Fortune" magazine estimated that the Queen's daily income may reach $ 3 million. But the Buckingham Palace later clarified that the number was "exaggerated."

Until 1992, the marriage scandal and crisis of the three children's three children were publicly public in a very decent way. Among them, the most popular is the story of Charles and Diana. A few days after the Queen's reign of the 40th anniversary this year, Diana's biography "Diana: Her Real Life" was published, her blobborn disease, Charles and Cami Pulling relationships are vividly presented in front of everyone.

The younger son Andrew's wife, Sarah, was photographed with a wealthy businessman in Morocco. Her daughter Princess Annie also divorced this year. The editor of the Sunday Thames editor Delu Neil wrote an article that "the state spending money on some royal family members is a waste" and once again called on the queen to pay taxes on her private income.

Royal Biography writer Robert Hudman has explained that in fact, since 1986, the queen has begun comprehensive reforms on the royal family's fiscal affairs, but "the change of the royal family is always gradual, there must be a very sufficient reason." In 1992, a series of incidents, including the fire of Windsor Castle, finally accelerated the implementation of the Queen's income tax plan.

Another challenge of the Queen took place 3 years later, the TV interview with the princess Diana, which set a record for 23 million viewers to watch. During the interview, Diana described the misfortune of marriage and the attitude of the royal family members to her. Diana's freedom and rebellion won more recognition, and became an ancient and conservative control.

The interview made the queen re -consider the marriage between Charles and Diana. After discussing with Prime Minister John Meijie and Bishop George Kaili, the Queen wrote a letter to Charles and Diana respectively. In the name of the queen, it can be said that they "ask" their "the best interest in the country to consider the best interests of the country. "Divorce as soon as possible."

The Queen and the newly engaged Prince Charles and Princess Diana

What is not known to outsiders is that after this incident, the Queen established a committee responsible for reviewing the royal life inside the royal family. In the description of the royal biographical writer Robert Hudman, the work scope of this committee is mainly "those who cannot control those who cannot control The question, such as whether the eldest son can continue to enjoy the right to inheritance. " However, the speed of the royal family reform could not catch up with the changes in the times. In 1997, Diana's death once again brought a serious crisis to the royal family. The Queen issued a brief statement in accordance with the convention, "The Queen and Prince of Wales were deeply shocked and sad about this bad news."

But in the eyes of the public, they are regarded as the indifference of the royal family. Correspondingly, 3 days after Diana died, the people signed on the hanging book reached 750,000. "Independence" wrote in an article, "How good it would be good if the royal family could cry with the people."

Some people even asked Buckingham Palace to drop half a flag for Diana's departure. However, in the rules of the royal family, the royal banner did not fall half of the flag even after the death of the monarch, because after the monarch's death, the princes succeeded, and there was always a monarch on the throne.

The title of the British newspaper began to become "Let's see if you care about?" "Where is the queen? Where is the king banner?" The "Daily Mirror" wrote, " What are you ordered, Mrs.? "

The emotions of the people and the previous diaphragm of the royal family forced the Queen to make changes again. A week later, when she went to the Diana funeral, the Buckingham Palace descended for the first time. The break of this rule has also become a convention. When the 911 incident, the seven -seven explosion case caused by 56 people caused by London, and the death of Elizabeth's mother, Buckingham Palace symbolized the royal banner of the monarch, all expressed condolences in the form of a half -flag.

While maintaining the Royal Rules, the Queen carefully made a change. She subsequently published a speech in the form of TV live. The background was the crowd outside the window. She wore a black dress and glasses. She praised Diana as a "outstanding and talented person". Still adversity, smile never disappeared from her face, and her tenderness and kindness always inspired others. "

Under the suggestion of Prime Minister Blair, she expressed her as a grandmother in this speech. She acknowledged that "expression of loss is not easy, because the initial shock is often accompanied by other emotions: doubt, unconcerned, anger, and care for the living of life."

Elizabeth II and Princess Diana

The veil that cannot be opened completely

Diana's departure is the turning point of the royal family facing the media attitude.

In this matter, the queen's attitude has always been cautious. The traditional concept believes that the British royal family should have a certain degree of mystery, "cannot open the mysterious veil." Salley Bidel Smith wrote in the queen's biography that when preparing the crown ceremony in 1953, Elizabeth and then Prime Minister Churchill thought that the lights and shots of the TV station's broadcast should not disturb the sacred this sacred this sacred ceremony.

However, when the news of TV broadcasting is prohibited, the radio and television companies and the general public have strong protests on being excluded outside the ceremony. The final solution was that the Queen made a cautious concession and promised to live a live broadcast on the crowning ceremony for the first time in history. According to media reports, this decision has promoted the surge in sales of televisions, and many viewers buy televisions specifically for this.

The 70 years ruled by Queen Elizabeth are also 70 years of rapid changes in media and social methods. The Queen launched her personal website in 1997, and in 2009, the British royal family registered Twitter. In 2019, the 92 -year -old Queen Elizabeth published her first photo on Instagram.

At the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, Elizabeth may find the most humorous and disruptive way to play. With the help of a substitute actor and editing, she seemed to be a parachute with Agent 007 into the stadium. Some commented that under Elizabeth, the monarchy found a new way to connect to the public, showing the life behind the door of the palace.

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Queen Elizabeth even accepted a documentary shooting very close to private life. This documentary entitled "The British royal family" began filming in 1968. It lasted for nearly a year and left 43 hours of materials in 172 occasions in the world.

Not all royal members support the queen's decision. Their daughter Princess Annie said later that shooting "The British royal family" was a "bad idea". "Since childhood, there have been so much attention, and no matter how much it is. Know the roots. "Even one of the producers of this film, BBC's David Etenberg also acknowledged that the film would stifle the image of the royal family, because" the royal family is like the mysterious tent where the tribe leads, if there are tribal members seeing it, When the real situation in the tent, the operating system of the entire tribe will be destroyed and eventually leads to the collapse of the tribe. "

But the fact is that the number of audiences in the British royal family reached 40 million, and the audience was deeply attracted by the "ordinary life" of the Queen's family. Since the 1970s, this documentary has not been publicized again.

It is also this change that let everyone see the Queen as a man. There was even a small episode in the middle. When the queen and husband Philip visited Australia, the photographer squatted at a unexpected moment outside their holiday house. There seemed to be some disputes in the couple in the cottage. When the Duke rushed out of the house, he followed the flying pair of tennis shoes and a pair of tennis rackets, and then the angry queen, shouting to let him come back. When she found that she was exposed to the camera, she quickly "dragged" the Duke into the house. After this incident, the Queen recovered the photographer's videotape and explained to him deliberately, "I am sorry for this episode, but you also know that all marriage is like this."

Such a story obviously brought closer the distance between the queen and the people. Harvard political scientist Joseph Nayi wrote in 2013, "In the information age, power not only has the function of winning the army, but also the function of winning the story. The 15 -minute glory is much longer. "But the royal family seemed to regret the shooting of the documentary. Since the 1970s, at the request of Buckingham Palace, this documentary has not been publicized again.

In 70 years of governing career, Queen Elizabeth is the provider of the story and the controller and protector of the story. After doing my best, she described the story of the British royal family as a model of elegance and nobleness, reflecting the classical glory of order and rationality. However, now, the story she provides may come to an end.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

end

In April 2021, Prince Philip, 99, died quietly in Windsor Castle, and Queen Elizabeth spent his last time with him. Their son Prince Andrew said that after the death of her husband, Queen Elizabeth often fell into thought. She described Prince Philip's departure "like a huge empty hole in life."

Prior to this, Queen Elizabeth's sister Princess Margaret died in February 2002 due to the heart problems brought by the second stroke. She was warm and chic throughout her life, and was the first woman to divorce the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth attended her funeral. It is said that Mrs. Sachel, who had a cold relationship with the queen, died in 2013; the former Prime Minister Churchill, who was deeply affectionate with the queen, died in 1965.

After 2018, Queen Elizabeth no longer arranges overseas schedule, but she has always insisted on performing various royal duties in China. In April 2020, she delivered a special TV speech on the increasingly severe new crown epidemic in the UK at that time. This was her fifth special speech since the throne. On the eve of the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997, and a statement of military operations in Iraq in 1991.

At the end of the special TV speech of the new crown epidemic in 2020, Queen Elizabeth said: "We should feel comforting, although we have to endure a lot of suffering, but the beautiful days will come back, we will gather with our friends, we will accompany our family again, we Definitely reunite. "

Now, Elizabeth has finally ended her long and arduous work.

Play photos of Queen on the streets on the streets of London

references:

"Elizabeth II: Queen's Journey", Robert Hudman, Cultural Development Press

"Queen Elizabeth" Sali Bidel Smith, Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.

Documentary "Our Queen"

Thames "Elizabeth II"

New York Times Elizabeth II's death series report

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