Daily News | After Queen Elizabeth’s death, an unanticipated outpouring of grief in the U.S. | Editorial
from Britain after Elizabeth became queen in 1952, including the Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Cyprus, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malta, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.immediately became King Charles III. His challenge — as titular leader of a nation that clings to the pomp and circumstance of royalty even as it questions its monarchy’s continuation — will be great.
For now, he and his family will be given time to mourn his mother, who will long be remembered not only by them but the world. At age 25, Elizabeth immediately became queen upon the death on Feb. 26, 1952, of her father, King George VI, who died in his sleep at the royal family’s Sandringham estate.
health issues associated with being 96, which prepared the public for her death. “As you can see, I can’t move,” she told visitors to Windsor Castle for her Platinum Jubilee celebration in February. She shuffled her feet while leaning on a cane. Despite her age, millions hoped Elizabeth would be with us longer. After 70 years as queen, she — more than any other person or symbol — represented what England has stood for in the world: small but mighty, a presence to be respected, an ally that can be counted on, a spirit that dares to soar when the odds are against it. Without Elizabeth, another page turns. What it will say is a mystery.
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