By Ashe O Washington on September 11, : The UK began a period of mourning for the Queen Elizabeth II who died at 96, in the US mourned the loss of more than 3,000 people on the 11th of September in 2001 in the deadliest terror attack in American time.
The two great democracies were in mourning on Sunday, when US President Joe Biden went to the British Embassy to write a long and powerful memorial to the loss of the Queen who been in contact with no as many as thirteen of the 14 US Presidents during her 70-year reign.
Then, on the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks, President took part in an eerie wreath-laying ceremony held at the Pentagon that was held under a steady drizzle and paid tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their lives in one of the darkest days in the history of the United States.
The ceremony took place just over one year since Biden ended the costly and long-running conflict in Afghanistan which the US and its allies began in an effort to stop the attacks.
Britain is in mourning of Queen Elizabeth II, which is accompanied by an opulence that only a few alive have ever witnessed, considering the duration of the reign of her.Churches rang their bells and thousands of guns were fired.The best English soccer league delayed its weekend games and the majority of the shows on TV were about her.Her funeral, which is scheduled for September 19th is a national day off.
Mark Landler, The New York Times’s London bureau chief, stated that there were visible signs of mourning.”The Queen’s face can be seen on every bus stop in London.She’s looking at us from Piccadilly Circus, and many other places.However, Britons are generally a bit of shy.You experience it more as a sorrowful undercurrent rather than as a visible dramatic display of sorrow.And it’s not the dramatic display of grief that you witnessed following the passing of Diana in 1997.”
“This number of being a commonplace for nearly every person in the country has no longer there.You can hear it in shops, in post offices, and even on the tube: something that Brits used to take for granted is no more.” On the gap between those of different age groups and their reactions to the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, he said that part of the gap is the result of the passage of time.
“Over the years the monarchy has gained more fame for scandals rather than the institution itself.If you’re a young man you might be more likely to think of Harry and Meghan than the queen when thinking of the royal family.” The New York Times quoted the author as saying.
Landler said that this type of mourning is different from any other we’ve ever seen even if it’s suitable for the longest-ruling monarch of Britain, Landler said that one important event will be when the Queen’s casket is brought back to London.She will be laid to rest in the state in Westminster Hall, where she’ll be seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
A couple of days later, she’ll be having an official funeral – the first since Winston Churchill’s former prime ministership in 1965.
“Britain has experienced quite a turbulent time.
There were four prime ministers in six years, and the storms of Brexit aren’t over yet.The function of the monarchy during this time was vital.As Britain was unable to connect with Europe It really needed to regain the sense of the nation’s identity.The Queen provided this.
The monarch is the anchor of stability beneath the rotatable casting of Prime Ministers, and the inevitable chaos of an democratic system.
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