A symbol of stability, having crossed eras and crises imperturbably, she had rubbed shoulders, since the death of her father George VI in 1952, when she was only 25, with Nehru, Charles de Gaulle and Mandela who called her “my friend “.
During her reign, she witnessed the construction and then the fall of the Berlin Wall, and met 12 American presidents. She had just appointed her 15th Prime Minister, Liz Truss, on Tuesday, the occasion for a last photo, frail, leaning on a cane and with bruises on her hand.
Throughout her 70 year reign, the longest in British history, she fulfilled her role with an unwavering sense of duty. She had been able to keep over the crises crossed by her kingdom and royalty, massive support from the British, who came by the tens of thousands to see her for a few minutes on the balcony of Buckingham Palace last June for her platinum jubilee, celebrations of his 70 years of reign to the tunes of farewell.
His eldest son Charles, Prince of Wales, will succeed him at the age of 73. He officially becomes King Charles III, as was quickly revealed by Liz Truss.