We somehow imagined she could stay with us forever – an indestructible force that always bounced back from adversities both personal and national
I suspect Queen Elizabeth II’s death has struck so hard for many for two main reasons.
The first is that the Queen was a constant and rock-solid presence for almost the entire postwar era – there was a sense of certainty and strength in the values she brought to public office, in an age whose only certainty seemed to be change itself.
