Valued for her wisdom and experience, Elizabeth II exerted profound influence without inciting a backlash

Stop all the clocks. Cut off the telephone.

For once, the opening lines of WH Auden’s poem Funeral Blues seem to fit the moment. Like it or not, much of public life will grind to a halt in the black-tied days of mourning ahead, as broadcasters suspend their schedules and a state funeral is prepared.

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