Elizabeth II’s long life has defined the modern monarchy. But a modern conversation approximately the ever-changing constitutional concordat ought to open nowThere has never been,and there may never be again, a British monarch quite like Queen Elizabeth II, and who celebrates her 90th birthday on Thursday. She owes most of her uniqueness to a single cause: her longevity on the throne. This queen has now ruled for longer than any of her predecessors. This queen is now older than any previous monarch. This queen has been married longer. What is more,as she reaches her tenth decade, this queen also looks good for several more milestones yet.nowadays’s monarchy can appear profoundly rooted in history and tradition. But that can be misleading. In our day, or this is partly because Elizabeth II is the only monarch most of us maintain ever known,just as Prince Philip is the only consort and Prince Charles the only heir. None of this has changed since 1952, an increasingly immense span in an era in which political leaders and cultural icons rarely stay more than a decade at the top.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com