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The reluctant monarch: Remembering Queen Elizabeth II Aaron Elliott | aelliott@dailyegyptian.com
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8, 2022. She had reigned since the age of 25, when she ascended the throne in 1952. At the time her commonwealth included the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). As Britain’s longest reigning monarch, she shied away from political controversy, but embraced the role of ceremonial head of state. She was known for her brightly colored outfits, large hats and beloved corgis. Below, columnist Aaron Elliott share’s his personal memories and life-long love of the queen: Sitting in the brown and pink polkadot child size recliner at the bottom of my parents bed, I remember asking, “Who is that?” while pointing to the box television in the wall. “The Queen,” my mother said while applying her makeup in a little hand mirror. I was no more than five or six years old, at home sick from school and watching the news coverage of the State Open of Parliament. My eyes fixated on the sight before me as I peered into a world of grandeur that my little self had only ever imagined as fairy tales. This was a glimpse into an almost forgotten world of impressive pomp and circumstance, and I was immediately enthralled by it. The lifestyle, the clothing, but most of all Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Born as Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor to the Duke and Duchess of York, later known as King George VI and The Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother), she was never meant to bear the weight of the crown and was born a princess, third in line to the throne. After the death of her grandfather George V, Queen Elizabeth’s uncle was next in line. Not even a year later, Edward VIII abdicated from the throne without a coronation, triggering a constitutional crisis. The intricacies of this crisis are not
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relevant here but the overall impact of it on both Elizabeth and her father is. His wife, the future Queen Mother, believed that the crisis and pressures of the crown are what contributed to George VI’s early death in 1952. At the time, Elizabeth was 25 years old and far from home on a royal tour in Kenya as princess, but by the time the plane touched down on English soil, she was Queen. Fourteen months later, the Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey in London. Millions of people tuned in to watch the first televised coronation in history, with some even buying their first television sets to watch the event. While this would imply that response to her reign was universally positive, sources from other countries that might
have criticized her or the monarchy are few and far between. It is impossible to really know the true feelings of British subjects outside of the United Kingdom because the contemporary sources are all from a pro-monarchist perspective. And therein lies the problem of her legacy. Some might argue that Elizabeth II did everything that was expected of her by carrying on long standing traditions, while also ushering in a new age of monarchy. As the first Queen Regnant since her greatgreat-grandmother, Victoria, her reign brought a new sense of progressivism to a historically male institution, shining a light into the haze of post-war Britain. With the growth of tabloids, a rather ordinary but lucky woman was propelled to a type of global celebrity that a British Monarch had never seen before. From an
English perspective, her reign has been considered to be long and peaceful. Since the role of Monarch is more of a public figurehead instead of a real head of state in modern times, Her Majesty was well received by the English public. Outside of the United Kingdom, she contributed to the long standing legacy of English colonialism. The Mau Mau rebellion for example, was an uprising against the British government in Kenya from 1952 to 1960 that ended with thousands of Kenyans being detained in concentration camps, not all of whom were involved in the rebellion. Queen Elizabeth stood back and remained silent, breaking a declaration of service to Kenya she had made in her 21st birthday speech years earlier. This is only one of many examples. Please see QUEEN | 10
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