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This BBC report of Queen Elizabeth since 1953 when she took on the leadership of an impoverished nation that was no longer an Empire, shows how she has responded to one change after another till the coronavirus. She has appeared almost as a rock of ages for Britain in the midst of upheavals. Here are some of her own words of these periods of change. "The traditional values etched across our history equip us well for this age of change." On the Commonwealth of Nations an entirely new conception in 1950's. "To that new conception of an equal partnership of nations and races I shall give myself heart and soul every day of my life." Warning of triumphalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, aware of the pitfalls of capitalism and socialism now more obvious than ever in 2022- "We, who claim to be of the free world, should examine what we really mean by freedom, and how we can ensure that, once in place, it is there to stay." On other happenings standing back from the fray, trying to filter out the "ephemeral from the enduring." "Distance can lend an extra dimension to judgement, giving it a leavening of moderation and compassion - even of wisdom - that is sometimes lacking in the reactions of those task it is in life to offer instant opinions." For Elizabeth, in the midst of all the changes what truly mattered was "the regular worthy rhythm of life." ...
This BBC report of Queen Elizabeth since 1953 when she took on the leadership of an impoverished nation that was no longer an Empire, shows how she has responded to one change after another till the coronavirus. She has appeared almost as a rock of ages for Britain in the midst of upheavals. Here are some of her own words of these periods of change. "The traditional values etched across our history equip us well for this age of change." On the Commonwealth of Nations an entirely new conception in 1950's. "To that new conception of an equal partnership of nations and races I shall give myself heart and soul every day of my life." Warning of triumphalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, aware of the pitfalls of capitalism and socialism now more obvious than ever in 2022- "We, who claim to be of the free world, should examine what we really mean by freedom, and how we can ensure that, once in place, it is there to stay." On other happenings standing back from the fray, trying to filter out the "ephemeral from the enduring." "Distance can lend an extra dimension to judgement, giving it a leavening of moderation and compassion - even of wisdom - that is sometimes lacking in the reactions of those task it is in life to offer instant opinions." For Elizabeth, in the midst of all the changes what truly mattered was "the regular worthy rhythm of life." ...
