'it wasn’t simply the queen’s travels, but the technology of her reign that allowed her to be this very well known figure, and this figure of stability during changing times.'
So we see Elizabeth II making a broadcast to the nation during the Covid-19 pandemic from Windsor Castle, which is where she made her very first broadcast at the age of 14, to the children of the Commonwealth during World War II, so we see that continuity in terms of Elizabeth II’s role during these moments of national and international crisis.
Of course that changes with the abdication crisis when Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, and it seemed clear there weren’t going to be any more children after Elizabeth and Margaret. In a post-war visit to South Africa in 1947 Elizabeth II gave her famous 21st birthday address that she’d be devoting her whole life, whether it was long or short, to the service of her people.
Richard III was portrayed negatively in his time – but nowadays people are trying to paint a fairer picture When we look at popularity in the past, popular monarchs are those who are seen as following the customs of the country, having military victories, providing stability, and following the established legal precedence.The standards were often quite different in terms of how they were judged by the public over time, so it can be very difficult to make a direct comparison, especially when there are monarchs hundreds of years ago who were being viewed very differently.
We look back at the Victorian era and have particular images of what the 19th century was like, with railways and industrialisation and the British Empire at that time.
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