Queen Elizabeth's reign: Golden age, or last embers of a bygone era? QueenElizabeth RoyalFamily
Some commentators describe her reign as a “golden age” reminiscent of that of her namesake Elizabeth I, who ruled England 400 years ago during a period of growing power and cultural flourishing.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“None of the other imperial powers have achieved that … and in Britain, huge social and economic changes have been carried through on the whole peacefully and consensually,” said Professor Vernon Bogdanor, an expert in British constitutional history. “That’s very remarkable.
“She has done and said nothing that anybody will remember. She will not give her name to her age. Or, I suspect, to anything else,” he wrote in 2015. The queen’s determination to perform her role as well as she could and restraint from voicing any views that might cause offense gave her a moral authority beyond anything she commanded merely through her position as queen, some say.
While above the political fray herself, she still meets the prime minister for a private weekly audience.
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