This Sunday, February 27, an anniversary edition of “Kathimerini” for your library
God willing, on May 27, 2024, at the age of 98 years and 36 days, he will surpass Louis VII of France, remaining on the throne more than any other monarch in history
Queen Elizabeth is definitely a woman who does not need recommendations – wherever she is on the planet. She is one of the most sought after figures on the planet and at the same time, a personality to whom hundreds of books, documentaries, films and series have been dedicated, with the stamp of some of the world's leading historians, while the fact that she had shown The first days of her reign that she would break watertight and glass roofs, was anything but accidental.
Turning 70 on the throne on February 6 and Elizabeth's Jubilee Platinum, whose official celebrations will culminate in the UK on the four days of June 2-5, were the occasion for the anniversary edition of the Daily “Elizabeth: 70 years Queen”.
On September 9, 2015, Queen Elizabeth II closed 63 years and 216 days at the top of the British institutional hierarchy, breaking the record of Victoria's great-aunt. It was one of the many beginnings of her reign and another stop on the long – and not always easy – road to a world-historical first, which will hardly be repeated in the future. If God wills it, on May 27, 2024, at the age of 98 years and 36 days, he will surpass Louis XI of France, remaining on the throne more than any other monarch in history. These historical events and more can be read in the 230 pages of the collector's edition that is published together with Kathimerini, the Beautiful People and the New York Times on Sunday, February 27.
Apart from these in the collector's work, there are rare references to the stages of Elizabeth's life, to Philip, to the trials she faced as well as to her legacy. In addition, the complex relations with our country, the incomparable style, the routine in the Palace, its timeless popularity, its prime ministers, the next day and the future of the monarchy are also mentioned in the book.
In the anniversary “Elizabeth: 70 years Queen” edition also reveals many unknown aspects of the queen. Here are 5 things about her that you probably do not know.
1.Motherhood in Elizabeth's life: According to “The Crown” writer and consultant Robert Lacey, the queen was never able to enjoy motherhood due to her obligations. “I do not know if you know, but only two days a year, Christmas and Easter, does not open the red box with all the official documents that reach her hands … Think that almost immediately after her coronation she left for a long tour six months, leaving behind Charles and Anna, so in the 1960s they decided with Filippos to have two more children – in my opinion, to create a 'new family', to fill the gap of the first years “Her children, in order to live what they were deprived of as parents. So her children have a right to complain. Elizabeth was not a good mother,” Robert Lacey said in the anniversary edition of Kathimerini next Sunday./p>
2.The problems in her marriage with Philip: “Was there a crisis in their marriage after her coronation in 1953? Most biographers claim this. They even find her in the decade that separates the births of their first two children and the two that followed. In those years, every Thursday, the Duke of Edinburgh was meeting friends in a private room at Wheeler's restaurant in Soho … rumors of wild parties and even orgies were never confirmed, as participants' mouths never opened. he left her in Buckingham and left for the world tour with the royal yacht Britannia. He was missing for three months “, says Tassoula Eptakoili in the chapter” The acquaintance with Filippos, the impressive marriage and the carefree years, the change that brought their relationship the coronation, the difficult balances and finally the warmth that sealed a coexistence of 73 years “.
3. Its complicated relationship with Greece: “Despite her husband's origin, Greece is one of the few countries that Elizabeth has not officially visited. Is this 'detail' enough to describe the kind of ties between Buckingham and Philip's hometown?” Kostas M. Stamatopoulos asks in the introduction of the respective chapter and makes us want to know as much as possible. It should be noted that the British monarch visited Greece only once, unofficially and more specifically, she arrived in Athens on the morning of December 6, 1950 and left on the 11th of the same month.
4. “If she were not a queen, she would become a professional horse breeder.”The chapter “Some things we know about her” edited by the editorial team “K” reveals Elizabeth's plans for her future when she was young. More specifically, it states “If she were not a queen, she would become a professional horse breeder”, as “little Lilibeth began riding the Shetland pony Peggy given to her by her grandfather George V 'at the age of four, continuing a long tradition of the Windsor “Later, she started her own career in purebred breeding and horse racing.”
5.In the realm of myth: At 96, Elizabeth has gone beyond the normal range of human perception of time and entered the realm of myth. The new metro line, the Crossrail, which connects Heathrow Airport with central London – the largest, most expensive and technically most ambitious infrastructure project in all of Europe – has already been named while it is still alive.
More details on the life of Queen Elizabeth can be found in the anniversary edition of “Elizabeth: 70 Years Queen” with Beautiful People, K and the New York Times on Sunday, February 27.
