The incredible speed of the world’s media has skyrocketed with a story that has unified world opinion in an amazing way; in Queen Isabella II she died, and with her the era of modern history. His death caused a wave of solidarity in all corners of our planet.
How to explain this phenomenon? The simple answer is that he was a symbolic figure of the television, cinematography, and series that span the entertainment platforms today; this would be an incomplete answer. There was something else, this was not a mere decorative figure of British politics, but a woman who knew how to remain discreet in the face of political issues, to position herself as the true head of state of more than 15 nations, well, we should add to Wales, Ireland, England and the land that saw her death, Scotland.
He maintained an active prudence, and it is safe to say that during his lifetime the greatest scientific, technological, and political changes in history took place; from television, the discovery of the universe, the human genome and the extraordinary development of cybernetics and robotics. Another world.
She witnessed World War II and was later crowned; he was touched by the vicissitudes of the Cold War, the conflicts around the Suez Canal, anti-colonial uprisings in Asia and Africa, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the disappearance of the Soviet Union, internal wars, for example, in Northern and Southern Ireland; international wars, like the one that Great Britain waged against Argentina, for the Falkland Islands; The epic of Mandela in South Africa, among others.
He starred in the changes of the world economy; first with post-war Keynesianism, and 40 years later with prime minister-sponsored neoliberalism, Margaret Thatcher.
Of course he visited Mexico where he was able to adapt to President Echeverría’s republican style with a smile and an open and supportive attitude; he also did it with Miguel de la Madrid.
Scandals within the royal family hit the world news, his estrangement with Princess Diana being one of the few setbacks to his popularity; Despite everything, Elizabeth II was a character who overcame scandals and diatribes with genuine royal dignity.
In the religious aspect, she was the head of the Anglican Church, which was able and able to maintain excellent relations with the Vatican. Monarch, sovereign, head of state, an incomparable character who is also an anachronism of monarchies that, despite being constitutional and democratic, have become an anachronism.
The era and time die with her, she will be remembered for her outlandish colored dresses and her incomparable smile, but, above all, for her human qualities and her political greatness, which should not be traded in the decorative role assigned by the monarchies. , our time.
He is dying in the midst of one of the biggest crises in the UK, with Brexit, the pandemic, double-digit inflation, a domestic crisis caused by the bad government of Boris Johnson and the arrival of a new prime minister. , Liz Truss.
The queen is dead, long live the king.
ALFREDO RIOS CAMARENA
PROFESSOR, UNAM LAW SCHOOL
PRESIDENT OF THE LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY FRONT (1958-1962)
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MEXICAN SOCIETY OF GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS
Source: Heraldo De Mexico
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