On the morning of February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth, 25, was visiting Treetop Park in Kenya's newly built Albert National Park, when she happily climbed a huge fig tree when she was told that her father had died. What does everything that follows mean to Elizabeth!
At a critical moment in her life, in the heart of Africa, she went from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth.
She is the same age as many of the founding fathers of post-colonial countries such as Tanzania and Zambia. Former Commonwealth Secretary Sonny Sir Lampar said: "She is a generation that has witnessed the growth of the Commonwealth. She really became a treetop player. She is also a commonwealth child! ”
When Elizabeth II ascended the throne, many countries did not yet exist, in the wave of national independence and anti-colonialism in the world during World War II. In the process of transforming the British Empire system into the Commonwealth, the Queen gave full play to her charm, won the trust of politicians, and balanced the relationship between Britain and other countries.
In 1947, when she was a princess, on her first trip to South Africa, she met the great Victorian explorer David Scott. Dr. Livingstone's 78-year-old nephew.
On her first trip to Australia, the Queen received a veteran of the Boer War who served in Sudan in 1885.
On her first trip to Canada in 1951, she received a veteran, Benjamin M. Mansell, who served in Afghanistan, later met Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V and George VI. So the Queen became the only one who had heard both about the Anglo-Afghan War of 1878 and the 21st-century Afghan war against the Taliban.
In any case, her life experience and ruling experience have built a huge treasure trove.
Lord Owen said: "I don't believe in hereditary system, nor am I a monarchist, but if the monarchy is suitable for the country, then there is a monarchy. Seeing how well she handles it, you know that this is a great skill. "
Integrated into europe and separated from Europe, Elizabeth completely experienced two painful transformations in British-European relations. The UK joined the European Community in 1973 and the UK left the EU through a referendum in 2020. Each time, the Queen used her detached political position to do her best to prevent the rift and balance the relationship between the parties.
During her 70-year reign, which set a record for a living monarch, she must carefully strike a balance between the head of the family and the monarch of a country, the fictitious head of state and the leader with great political influence, the Queen of England and the head of state of the Commonwealth.
This unruly, calm and kind, elegant Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, after meeting with the new British Prime Minister Truss, after performing the Queen's official duties, died peacefully at the age of 96.
She was britain's longest-reigning monarch and a memory of an era.
She has lived through World War II, met 13 U.S. presidents, and appointed 15 British prime ministers.
This divine and human, ordinary and extraordinary, the Queen left. Looking back on her life, it is a testimony to the history of mankind, and I wish her all the best.
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