Just a fortnight ago, we all breathed a sigh of relief when we saw pictures of the Queen welcoming new prime minister Liz Truss to Balmoral with a huge smile on her face.
While there was upheaval in one area of public life, there was continuity and stability in another. So when the news broke two days later, on 8 September, that our beloved monarch’s health was failing, it scarcely seemed possible.Then, at 6.30pm, came the news we’d all been dreading – our Queen was dead.
Since that moment, there has been a huge outpouring of love for the woman who ruled over us for 70 years. We’ve realised – if we hadn’t before – how she was truly the backbone of the country, our strength and stay in good times and bad.
Not just ours. President Macron of France said: “To you, she was your Queen.To us, she was The Queen.” French newspaper Le Parisien had a surprisingly emotional headline, “We loved her so much.” In Brazil, they called her, “the grandmother of the world”.
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