The Second Elizabethan Age Ends
As an American, I don’t have to care about Elizabeth II, but I choose to.
Thrust into a role she was not meant to have and did not want, she served in that role flawlessly for seventy years, dying, not abdicating as other monarchs do. She was not born to be Queen but became it and, pledging to serve her whole life in that role, kept her world.
She’s not just a model public servant. She’s a model Christian, serving that which is greater than herself and doing so without complaint.
There’s a reason more than a billion people watched her funeral, and millions turned out into the streets in tears to say goodbye. We shouldn’t be dismissive of that because of republican sentiment.
Exactly right. Add to that, she was a very young woman in a very male-dominated time in a very patriarchal system. Yet, she stepped forward, rose up and stood firm and unwavering in her vow to lead Britannia through anything and everything come what may. She neutralized and converted doubters and became quite a force with which to reckon. She remained that way for longer than any of her heralded predecessors. What she did not do was to attempt be a feminist’s role model. Ironically, she’s done that exceedingly well also.
"She's not just a model public servant." Oh, if only our politicians could replicate 1/10 her example as a public servant, this county would be in far better shape.