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Duty was her watchword, and at the end of a long life of duty fulfilled, her achievements were remarkable.Ī hallmark of her reign were the many acts of conciliation and reconciliation, evidenced in her receiving President Theodor Heuss of Germany in 1958 and her important three-week visit to West Germany in 1965.

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She remained a calm presence: steadfast, with a clear vision of her role as Britain’s monarch and as Head of the Commonwealth, to both of which roles she was wholly committed.Īs Queen she knew how to represent Britain as a woman she was self-effacing, asking little for herself on a personal level.

She lived well into the 21st century: alert and well informed until the end, with only minor concessions to old age, and then only when she was in her 90s. But few could have dared to believe Richard Dimbleby’s declaration at the time of the Coronation – that “No more devoted or courageous person could carry on the monarchy, which is the lasting strength of Britain and the wonder and envy of a large part of the world” – would prove so accurate. From the moment of her accession to the throne, comparisons were made with her Tudor namesake particularly in the assumption that the country’s fortunes were, as in 1558, at a low ebb and that its one hope lay in the character of the new Queen.

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