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Australians are awaking to the news Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has died aged 96.
Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying she “died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon” UK time.
Prince Charles is now king of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Duchess of Cornwall is now Queen Consort.
Tributes are flowing in from around the world and flags are flying at half-mast.
As Giselle Bastin writes, despite her advanced age and the many preparations in place for this moment, it still seems incredible this woman who has been Australia’s queen for the duration of most Australians’ lives is no longer with us. Today Bastin explores the Queen’s relationship to Australia – a country she liked, and one which will be closely observing the formalities and ceremony of her passing.
Laura Clancy who researches the British Monarchy takes a look at the new Elizabethan age – from when Elizabeth took the throne in 1952, to a very different world in 2022. She says the Queen’s death is bound to prompt reflection on Britain’s past, its present and future.
And Sean Lang, lecturer in history from the UK says Elizabeth was a moderniser who steered the British monarchy into the 21st century. “Her wisdom and unceasing sense of duty meant she was widely viewed with a combination of respect, esteem, awe and affection, which transcended nations, classes and generations.”
Elizabeth reigned across multiple countries and seven decades. Australia, Britain and other parts of the world will now enter a period of reckoning with their colonial past and their national identity. What is for certain, writes Bastin, is Elizabeth II’s reign is one we are unlikely ever to see again.
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Alexandra Hansen
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Giselle Bastin, Flinders University
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Laura Clancy, Lancaster University
Britain has gone through unimaginable change culturally and politically during Elizabeth’s 70-year reign.
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Sean Lang, Anglia Ruskin University
Elizabeth II was a safe pair of hands for the British monarchy in a turbulent and changing era.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Science + Technology
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Sandra Phillips, The University of Queensland
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John Quiggin, The University of Queensland
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