The secrets of her success, from Lincoln royal author and historian Tracy Borman
These past few days, since Queen Elizabeth II’s death was announced on 8 September, have been a time like no other. There has been a sense of profound sadness felt by people not just in Britain but across the globe at the passing of this much-loved monarch, whose dedication to duty never once wavered during a reign that spanned seven decades.
Early in the reign of Elizabeth II’s father, George VI, The Times predicted that a monarch’s success would depend on ‘the moral qualities of steadiness, staying power and self-sacrifice.’ During a reign that witnessed an almost unimaginable scale of change, the Queen acted as ‘an anchor for our age’, as one statesman put it.
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