In an interview with CNN This Thursday (8), experts on the royal family spoke about the scenario of the British monarchy after the announcement of concern for the health of Queen Elizabeth II and the confirmation of her death this afternoon.
Members of the royal family rushed to Elizabeth II’s side after professionals said they were concerned about the 96-year-old British monarch’s health on Thursday, saying she should remain under medical supervision.
Scenario is preparation for the end of a long reign, says historian
For Francisco Vieira, historian and expert on the royal family, said that “at the moment it was announced by parliament [o estado de saúde da rainha]is in some way a preparation for the end of a long reign.”
“The fact that the entire royal family is gathered at Balmoral Castle is an indication that the Queen’s condition is worrying,” he said in an interview with CNN .
According to the historian, the United Kingdom is a country “of a professionalism of many hundreds of years that knows this procedure, that nothing will be done on the spur of the moment. The public should not mix with the private”, said Vieira.
Elizabeth II represents UK unity, says professor
Elizabeth II has been queen of the United Kingdom and more than a dozen other countries since 1952, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In 2022, the monarch celebrated her 70th year on the throne.
In an interview with CNN Professor of International Relations Roberto Uebel, from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), analyzed the importance of Queen Elizabeth II to the United Kingdom.
“Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of the United Kingdom. In the constitution, it does not have a de facto political power, although it has the responsibility to open the Parliament, to receive the new prime ministers, as at the beginning of this week”, said the professor.
“She is a very important political figure for the unity of the United Kingdom, which is a territorially small country if we compare it to Brazil, for example, but which has a very large geopolitical, economic and commercial expression for the international system”, completed. The expert assesses that the monarch also represents an internal political unit with an image of the United Kingdom in the 20th century.
“All the great geopolitical events from the Second World War until today have been witnessed by the reign of Elizabeth II, which always had this element of unity. She already assumes that power and British head of state in the government of [Winston] Churchill, considered by the British a great statesman”, he says.
Uebel explains that Elizabeth comes to the throne after the death of her father, George VI, who took over the British Crown when her brother, Edward VIII, abdicated.
“She already took on this great responsibility, 70 years ago, to unify the United Kingdom with several political issues, including a republican feeling in part of the country, which will mark her reign”, says the expert.
“She manages to create through her governments – from the prime ministers, and through her own personal performance, this feeling of unity with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland”, he adds.
(Posted by Lucas Rocha and Ingrid Oliveira of CNN; produced by Isabella Galvão and Thiago Felix of CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
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