Yes, Queen

There is much to say about the death and extremely long and eventful life of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the last remaining head of state who had served in the Second World War. She was on the cover of Time magazine in 1929. Her 70 years on the throne spanned from prime minister Winston Churchill — who was born in 1874, served in the British Army under Queen Victoria, and was in the Cabinet at the outbreak of the First World War — to Liz Truss, who was born in 1975 (when the Queen was 49 years old) and whom the Queen met publicly two days ago, standing and smiling to greet her new prime minister. She was a model of duty and restraint and a great friend of the United States. Only Louis XIV’s reign exceeded hers in length among the world’s known monarchs, and Louis XIV was a child under a regency for over a decade. Read Full Article »