{"id":9803,"date":"2022-09-08T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9803"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T10:59:12","slug":"a-huge-moment-in-history-a-great-loss-for-a-nation-and-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/a-huge-moment-in-history-a-great-loss-for-a-nation-and-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A Huge Moment in History, a Great Loss for a Nation and the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I was born in 1961, and I’ve never known any other monarch than Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what does that mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if you live in England as I do, you are confronted with the queens’ image on every stamp, every coin and every pound note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But whatever you think about the monarch, the UK is steeped in history with stories of Kings and Queens, wars, the troubles with wives, church and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a little boy, I lived near Wythenshawe Park in South Manchester, where in the winter of 1643-44, Wythenshawe Hall was caught up in the hostilities of the English Civil War. Robert Tatton, the former owner of the house and land, was a Royalist when the house was besieged by Parliamentarian forces and seized. After the Restoration of the monarchy, Wythenshawe Hall was returned to the Tatton Family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is stories like this that lead to questions about the monarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England is steeped in traditions and historical anecdotes that set out how the monarchy, the church and the people interacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Queen represented more than history and traditions. She was the sovereign who oversaw that she was above politics, that her figurehead represented a free caring society around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never has one person given so much of her life to so many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Charles III has much to do in his remaining years if he is to leave a legacy of anything close to that void left by Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you gave was priceless.
What we received was immeasurable.
What you left will be treasured.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Majesty, thank you for your service to your people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rest in Peace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You set the highest bar for others to follow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As written by the author of this blog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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