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The new queen was a subversive model for American women of the 1950s, and many traveled to London for her coronation. Their daughters and granddaughters will be among those mourning the monarch’s death.
Queen Elizabeth adjusted with aplomb and good grace – personally and as monarch – as countries achieved their independence from Britain.
An Accession Council will form as soon as possible to make it official but Charles is already the sovereign.
Rulers have used portraits on coinage to celebrate and reinforce their rule for centuries.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley will fly to London for events marking the passing of Queen Elizabeth, culminating in her funeral at Westminster Abbey. Next week’s sitting…
Grieving the queen’s passing can be different to grieving the loss of someone we were close to. It’s also complicated by politics, colonialism and the contest about who she really was.
Legally, there does not need to be anything done in Australia to result in the change from queen to king. That happens automatically.
Over the 70 years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II has been part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s living history, touching everything from the role of women to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son has waited a long time to be king. Now, he is charged with holding the popular imagination after the death of his beloved mother.
The queen’s visits to Australia from 1954 to 2011 offer a snapshot of the changing relationship Australians have had with their sovereign and with the monarchy.
Britain has gone through unimaginable change culturally and politically during Elizabeth’s 70-year reign.
Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
Elizabeth II was a safe pair of hands for the British monarchy in a turbulent and changing era.
Johnson will remain prime minister until a new party leader is chosen - which could take months.
The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
Succession has long been the weak link in the system of hereditary monarchy. Perhaps it may be time for Australia to reconsider the place of the monarchy in our own political system.
The Platinum Jubilee serves as an opportunity to reflect on the complex interactions and historical evolution of the British monarchy and the transformations in sport, politics and society.
The UK is set to spend four days celebrating the very long monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II. But as the Platinum Jubilee is marked, why do so many Americans also fawn over the British royal family?
Scrapbooks on the Royal Family are more meaningful objects for our families, and our own communities, than we might first expect.
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Senior Lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Associate Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor emerita, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of British Politics and Government & Founder of the Constitution Unit, UCL
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Emeritus Professor, Monash University
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Professor of History, Boston University
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Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Law, Bangor University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University
