Jimu News Reporter Song Qingying
On September 8th local time, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom passed away. In the past, the media often praised her longevity by "the flowing prime minister and the iron-beating queen". As a British monarch for 70 years, Elizabeth II has spanned multiple eras. She has experienced 15 British Prime Ministers and 14 US Presidents.
html Ascend the throne as queen at the age of 27. Until her death at the age of 96, Elizabeth experienced countless major moments of history. It can be said that she is a witness of history and a symbol of an era.Her death took away memories of a century or generation. She once left a life motto: "Goodness is better than resentment, tolerance is better than revenge, and compassion is better than anger."
unexpectedly became the heir to the throne
Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, London.
Elizabeth was carefree in her childhood, but she was still very eye-catching.
Elizabeth (first from right) (Picture source: BBC)
In April 1929, Elizabeth appeared on the cover of Time magazine as "Princess Lily Bette".
In the early months of 1929, Elizabeth's grandfather George V publicly expressed his hope that his granddaughter would one day ascend the British throne.
In the summer of 1930, a 4-year-old Princess Elizabeth riding a wax figure on a foal made her debut in Madame Tussauds' Wax Museum .
Churchill , then the Chancellor of the Finance Department, seemed to have the idea that Elizabeth might become the future queen at that time, and he later became the first prime minister after Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne. In his letter to his wife, he wrote that the young princess "has a personality. She has a self-righteous, quiet and reflective temperament, and it is surprising to appear on a little doll."
In December 1936, Elizabeth's life changed. At that time, her uncle Edward VIII decided to give up the throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American woman, which shocked the world and the entire royal family.
Elizabeth's father Prince Albert succeeded to become King George VI . As the eldest daughter, Elizabeth immediately became her father's direct heir and ranked first.
Elizabeth was only 10 years old at that time.
People gathered outside their residence in Piccadilly, London to cheer, and Elizabeth explained the noise outside to his six-year-old sister Margaret Ross: "Dad is going to be king."
"That is, you will be queen?" Margaret asked. "Yes," Elizabeth replied calmly, "I think so."
"You are so pitiful!" Her sister responded to her sister humorously at the time.
The fairy tale marriage between the prince and the princess
In April 2021, Prince Philip passed away at the age of 99. Phillip 's death ended his 73-year marriage with the queen.
This marriage begins with a fairytale love story between a young princess and her distant cousin.
The two have completely different growth experiences. Philip is handsome and strong. He was born in Greece and has lived in Paris and Germany. He spent most of his childhood separated from his parents, and during World War II he served in Mediterranean and the Pacific. But Elizabeth never left England, she spoke fluent French, her education included constitutional history and law, and was always preparing for the ascension of the throne.
Their love aroused concerns among other royal members. According to royal writer Clive Irving, "Before they got married, the court and the court were hesitating whether they were suitable."
But Elizabeth and Philip still announced their engagement in July 1947 and got married more than four months later. The future queen smiled in a photo with her newlywed husband. Like other brides after World War II, Elizabeth had to buy a wedding dress with a ration coupon.
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
In 1952, five years after Elizabeth and Philip married, Elizabeth's father died unexpectedly and his carefree life ended.
After Elizabeth ascended the throne, Philip's military career ended, and Philip had difficulty adapting to his role at the beginning.
He is often photographed standing or walking a step behind his wife, but Philip is her partner both in family life and in monarchy.
The Queen said that Prince Philip played a key supportive role in her throughout her reign.
Ascend the throne for 70 years, witnessing the vicissitudes of history
On February 6, 1952, Elizabeth was on a royal journey in Kenya , and news of his father George VI's death came.
She was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, at the age of 27.
The young queen is facing a building that will collapse British Empire . In the next 70 years of rule, she experienced the turmoil of the times: in 1974, the UK started construction three days a week due to power shortage, the surge in inflation , two general elections, and the Irish Republic 2 due to electricity shortage. Military carried out bomb attacks on the British mainland; in 1978, violence and conflicts occurred frequently in the UK, and the Queen worked hard to revive the national spirit again; in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; in 1997, Wales Princess Diana died in a car accident, the public Grief and resentment, the image of the British royal family fell to the bottom; the 2001 "9/11" terrorist attack shocked the world...
The event that had the greatest impact on the queen was the shadow of the royal family brought by Princess Diana . Princess Diana and Prince Charles had a grand wedding, but after marrying the prince, Diana was far away from the queen. She found the queen to be graceful, but frightening.
Princess Diana (first from left) (Photo source: Associated Press)
Diana has a tension with members of the royal family, including the Queen. Since then, the marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles has broken down. Diana died young when she was chased by paparazzi, pushing the British royal family to the forefront.
Six days after Diana's death, she returned to London, dressed in black mourning clothes, and delivered a live TV speech to the country.
While witnessing these huge historical leaps, the Queen also witnessed her role transformation. In the early days of the throne, there were 70 countries in the Commonwealth, but the end of the British Empire and the decline of the Commonwealth were only 15 left when Elizabeth II died.
2022, the 70th anniversary of the reign of Elizabeth II, the national celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. The Queen has become the "cornerstone of the country" over the long years.
BBC Royal affairs reporter Sean Cohran said that Elizabeth II's reign had exceeded the sum of her four predecessors' reign. The British monarch who was closest to Elizabeth II's reign was Queen Victoria , who reigned for 63 years.
Elizabeth II once expressed her eternal values of life philosophy in her speech: "Goodness is better than resentment, tolerance is better than revenge, and compassion is better than anger."
(Source: Jimu News)
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