Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of England (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Kingdom of Wales) celebrated her 70-year coronation yesterday, becoming the longest-reigning monarch recorded in human history. Recall that when she ascended the throne for 62 years, there were many reports that she had surpassed China's two longest-reigning emperors, Kangxi (61 years) and grandson Qianlong (60 years), becoming the longest-reigning monarch in the world.
Kangxi ascended the throne for a long time, because he ascended the throne at the age of eight, and his uncle Dou Erjuan was the regent for six years and pro-government at the age of fourteen; he ascended the throne for 60 years, and his son Yongzheng was already forty-five years old, and he reigned for only thirteen years, perhaps because he died of smallpox, at the age of fifty-eight.
Qianlong reigned for 60 years, and when he abdicated, he was still in good health, eighty-five years old, but in order not to miss the reign of the great Kangxi Emperor, he decided to abdicate and became emperor for four years.
China's long-reigning monarchs are not the same as the nominal monarchs of today's constitutional monarchies. The king of the Qing Dynasty of China got up at five o'clock and took advantage of every opportunity; it is said that the diligent and dedicated Yongzheng fell ill because he worked day and night and his resistance was reduced, so he was infected by his cousin and died of a violent illness.
The Queen of England, by nature, as the daughter of a duke, had no chance of becoming queen; who expected that the king's uncle who supported the Nazis abdicated under the pressure of parliament, and he had no children, and the throne was left to his younger brother, George, Grand Duke of York York; the eldest daughter Elizabeth became the first heir to the throne. For this reason, the Queen's mother, the duchess of the past, was furious, because what had been a light life turned into a great responsibility, and the inability to do so by King George, and even the stuttering Duke, had to become the king idol of the British, along with the parliamentary resistance faction, to lead Britain and its allies and colonial countries, defeat the Nazis, and protect british national territories and interests around the world.
After the difficult times of World War II, Elizabeth II, who lived in peace, was the best constitutional monarch, never interfering in parliament, influencing parliament, except to obey the interests of the state and contribute himself to the country. Unlike her son, Prince Charles, who never had personal political opinions, nor did she, her husband, the Grand Duke of Edinburgh, never openly attacked, satirized, and provoked irritation. When she met with various awardees, she had to issue medals one by one, and she had no words to say, and listening to my friends, she would send some very silly comments, because what she knew every day was not the political and domestic strikes in various countries, the subway price increases, etc., but the results of horse racing everywhere. So in modern society, she has become the best monarch in people's hearts. The royal family under her leadership has also become a hard-working state worker, fairy tale figures, appearing in every place where the image of the British nation is needed, new hospitals of great significance, new schools, new churches, orphanages, Invalides, new dramas, sports meetings, all kinds of institutions and colonies left by the feudal system in the past few hundred years need the symbolic support of the state, the royal family will appear, this is the status of the royal family after the constitutional monarchy - not involved in politics, dressed beautifully, behave properly, Become a role model for the British and the people of the colonial countries.
I wish the Queen of England a long life. She looked very young on the viewing platform, not like she was 96 years old.
