How the death of Elizabeth II has affected Britain
The crowds of mourners aren’t a good guide
Half a dozen middle-aged and old women are loitering after the end of an Anglican church service in Steeple Bumpstead, a village in Essex. All of them are feeling rather shaky. They have just sung the national anthem, with the unfamiliar line “God save the king,” and it brought them up short. Besides, the death of Queen Elizabeth II has changed Britain in some way, says Edna Jackson: “There’s something floating around in the ether that’s completely different.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Something in the ether”
Britain September 17th 2022
- How the death of Elizabeth II has affected Britain
- The queen helped effect a change in Anglo-Irish relations
- What sort of king will Charles III be?
- Britain’s longest-serving ruler strengthened the monarchy
- How Britain has changed since Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953
- Will Charles III keep the Commonwealth going?
- An official’s defenestration rattles the Treasury
- The monarchy’s secret weapon: insincerity
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