Congratulations to Her Majesty on attaining the history-book-entry
milestone of becoming the longest reigning British Monarch. Probably forever, assuming the Monarchy lasts
forever, and presently it looks certain, for the next couple of centuries at
least. It is possible future generations
that are born into a constantly changing world of infinite diversity will come
to appreciate the long-term stability and certainty of Monarchy.
There are repeated comparisons to Her Imperial Majesty Queen
Victoria. We all know The Queen through
her lifetime, even more so recently with all the retrospective photographs,
including Her Majesty when a very young queen.
Queen Victoria is best remembered as she was in later life and it is
only recently that historians and writers have revived the young Queen
Victoria. History’s Queen Victoria was
defined by the last decade of her reign.
At a mere ninety, The Queen is very probably going to reign over us for
at least another decade, as I am sure that privately our queen will want to
outlive her own mother, Her Imperial Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen
Mother.
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