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Queen Elizabeth II dies

2022-09-08 19:41:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Queen Elizabeth II dies
Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen of Great Britain, Elizabeth II, has passed away at the age of 96.

The Queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

Elizabeth II is the longest-serving monarch in the United Kingdom, reigning for 70 years.

All members of the royal family gathered at Balmoral Castle in an emergency this afternoon, after the Royal Palace officially announced the deterioration of Elizabeth II's health.

With her death, the country will be led in mourning by her eldest son, the former Prince of Wales, Charles, who will be the new King and head of state for the 14 Commonwealth realms.

Who was Elizabeth II

In the history of the English monarchy, she has held the throne longer than anyone else. She was born in a time of great change and experienced a devastating world war for her country, learned to adapt to the age of television and managed to preserve the English monarchy in a time of rapid change and democratization.

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of York was born on April 21, 1926, in Mayfair, London. The family affectionately called Lilibet, as she called herself when she was little, since she could not pronounce her own name.

Elizabeth was the eldest child of Prince Albert and the Duchess of York, and the last in a line of British royal children to be educated at home.

When she was born, she was third in line to the throne, behind her uncle Prince Edward and her father Albert, Duke of York, so it was not expected that she would one day ascend the throne. But history had other plans for Elizabeth.

In December 1936, the crown prince, her uncle Edward, announced that he was abdicating the throne to marry the woman he loved, an American divorcee who, under the rules of royal succession, was ineligible as a wife for a king. upcoming.

Elizabeth's father became King George VI, with Elizabeth automatically the first contender in the line of succession.

Lawrence Goldman, professor of history in London, says this was a landmark moment in her life: "From a young age I think she realized that one day she would be an important figure in the royal family, but she couldn't think of it. herself as queen. When all of a sudden the uncle abdicates the throne, the father becomes the king and she is the heir".

She was still young when London was attacked by German planes in World War II. But despite the danger, the royal family did not leave the capital. Elizabeth was involved in various forms in helping the country. She was 14 when she gave her first speech of comfort and encouragement to British children who had been separated from their parents during the bombings.

In early 1942, she was appointed colonel of the Grenadier Guards. On the day she turned 16, she performed her first royal duty, inspecting the troops.

"Many people admired him for his sense of duty, seriousness and respect for the mission he had," says historian Goldman.

After the war she married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and great-grandson of Queen Victoria.

On November 14, 1948, the Queen's eldest son, Prince Charles, was born, then Princess Anne was born.

On February 6, 1952, Elizabeth's father died suddenly at the age of 56. Elizabeth was 25 years old when she succeeded her father to the throne. She was in Kenya when she got the news and immediately returned from vacation.

Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey, becoming the 40th Queen of England and the sixth woman to rule the country in 900 years. For the first time a coronation ceremony was recorded by cameras and the whole world had the opportunity to see the arrival of the new English monarch to the throne.

"This was the first event that everyone, or almost everyone, got to see on the small black-and-white screen, gathered together to watch the coronation," explains historian Goldman.

She came to the throne while the country had not yet recovered from the war. The English still received tea, the traditional drink of the country, with the ration. It was a historic moment that signaled a new era in the lives of monarchs, when their every move in public would be followed by cameras, when people close to their private lives would leak unsavory details to the press, when every deviation of small could cause scandal for the monarchy.


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