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An interesting fact on the radio. She knew 15 Prime Ministers and 13 Presidents, that shows the experience that she had.
I expect Australia, NZ and much of the Caribbean will vote to become Republics before the end of 2023.
I'm no fan of royalty, but I do respect her devotion to duty. My sympathies to the Britons and Commonwealthers here.
Weird to see it happen, despite being only 24.
There have been people who were born and then married, had families, retired and died, and she was still there on the goverment office portraits...
I feel bad for the elderly, this will be a massive loss and to lose a comforting and familiar figure, who was there despite all the changes and "progress" we've had over the last 70 years.
The first Prime Minister she appointed was Winston Churchill who was born in 1874 while the last she appointed (just 2 days ago) was Liz Truss who was born in 1975, a separation of Prime Ministerial birth years spanning 101 years.
Quite remarkable.
Churchill was already PM (elected 1951) when she became Queen in 1952.
All MPs swear an oath of allegiance (there are now many versions based on faith or lack of) With a new monarch all MPs do the same with the new Monarch. Elizabeth was lucky with Churchill, he was old enough to be her grandfather and a very experienced MP and former PM. He mentored her in the role and they both enjoyed each others company.Yes, but the PM still leads the Government on behalf of the monarch so there would need to be a re-appointing, albeit perhaps informal, once the Queen ascended to the throne. The PM serves at the pleasure of the monarch, which could only come from the living Queen rather than her deceased father. At least that's my understanding of the nuances....not that it matters much.
This is why I have great respect for President Zelensky.My only respect for her (and very very very few other "Politians and heads of states" - useless people, IMHO - is only for her service in Military, either as a volunteer, or forced to do just for shows and photographs, at least she had balls to do the things that many, failed to do. While many young men and women were torn into pieces, many of those useless living fossils, even didn't dare to pay a visit to real front lines!!!
Either being Hitler, The King, Stalin, The Emperor or any one else, anywhere around the world, they even didn't dare to leave their strongholds and palaces, just sitting there and Filling their pockets by taxes, under the name of country, religion, god and other useless shits.
That thought just blows me away.I also remember her coronation. A piece on TV yesterday about her long service pointed out that she had been alive for 30% of the time the USA had been a country.
Nothing would be jeopardised.Britain and NZ have just signed an FTA, why jeopardise that?