End of Second Elizabethan Age

Coronation Queen Elizabeth II

We are no longer Elizabethans. This view is one of my first memories, from sitting on my father’s shoulders as the golden state coach paraded along the Mall after the Coronation. A symbol has passed that lent a sense of security and continuity. Whither are we bound now?

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