One always had the impression of having already seen Elizabeth II in a wax museum like at Madam Tussauds in London. She is a true queen, as former French president François Mitterrand once declared admiratively. The monarch excels at this role: appearing at once accessible and inaccessible. Conversation is limited to two banal questions. She looks her guest up and down with the faintest hint of a smile. Her handshake is limp and her voice nasal, the ends of her sentences trailing off. The sovereign is smaller than you might imagine. In Harare, the capital of Zimbabawe, at the end of a Commonwealth summit, Elizabeth II appears in the marquee on the lawn of the British High Commission. Revered by the British public, she was an unemotional sovereign who left a lasting imprint on the monarchy. ObituaryThe 96-year-old monarch acceded to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25. Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years of an extraordinary reign By Marc Roche Published on September 8, 2022, at 7:33 pm (Paris), updated on September 9, 2022, at 11:58 pm
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