‘Already Elizabeth the Great’: Britain readies to party one last time for beloved monarch - Sydney Morning Herald

It would be a mistake to suggest this is simply some sort of patriot exercise in overdrive. It is an unabashed celebration not of the institution of the Crown, but the individual who wears it.

Now comfortably in the final chapter of her reign and hampered by episodic mobility problems often associated with old age, her loyal subjects around the Commonwealth have had to seriously contemplat… [+6240 chars]

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