Good Thursday evening. This is Daniel Allott with The Hill's Top Opinions. Queen Elizabeth II has died. Great Britain's longest-serving monarch, Elizabeth reigned for seven decades during a time of immense economic, political and social upheaval.
She was viewed by many as a stabilizing influence both within the royal family and the British nation. From the aftermath of World War II and the waning of the British empire through Brexit and COVID-19, she was the British people's anchor.
Americans have always been fascinated with the royal family, writes Tara Sonenshine. But most polls "suggest we are royally ambivalent about them. On the one hand, we love royal romances and the pomp and circumstance of royalty. On the other hand, we bristle at the notion of royalty ruling over us."
Sonenshine, the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, writes that "the coming days and weeks will reveal how deeply the queen was loved by her nation and by so many people across the globe."
"At a time when the British – like so much of the world – are divided over so much, perhaps the queen's death will unite the nation."
Read Sonenshine's op-ed here.
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