Why is queen elizabeth the 2nd so loved? She did nothing while presiding over Britain’s decline
@whatifalthist She was a symbol, of better times and of a gentle matriarch. Not a soul who knew her speaks ill of her character. When madmen would sneak into her bedchambers, she spoke to them directly.
@whatifalthist She was the last link Britain had to its ancestral routes. When she died I said to some buddies of mine in the far right that Britain as we have come to know it was in its last decade of life.
@whatifalthist All constitutional monarchies preside over fairer nations. UN stats. A little bit of magic happening there that politicians don't/can't bring to the mix. Irish extracts are phobidden from writing Queen Elizabeth II? Degenerates to the end of times.
@whatifalthist Well, the rest of the “elite” has mostly been actively bringing that decline about. So, on a relative basis, QE2 is one of the best performing people involved in the governance of the UK in the Post-War era.
The thing is, •many• Western industrialized countries declined during this same era, not merely Britain. Can we look into an alternate reality, in which Queen Elizabeth never became Queen, AND, as a consequence, Britain suffered no decline? If not, then maybe a pause is warranted before evaluating her reign as Queen in this way. It is likely that if Elizabeth had never become Queen, then Britain's decline would have happened anyway, along with a having a series of less capable, less personally inspiring people in the role of Britain's head-of-State.
@whatifalthist She defined what a constitutional monarch is in the modern world and in a modern democracy, in fact, was the face of it. Her likeability was instrumental in the preservation of the Commonwealth of Nations and what remains of Britain's wealth and prestige.
@whatifalthist It's all most people have ever known, plus years and years of being told how great she was. The truth is we don't know these people at all; it's all PR and spin.
@whatifalthist She was a last visible tie to the old world.