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L’intermission—Legacy and Grace

Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy is one of grace, honor, and commitment. Her loyalty never wavered from the day she publicly dedicated her life to service on April 21, 1947, her twenty-first birthday. During her seventy years as monarch of the United Kingdom, she blended tradition with modernity. She was among the first to make royal engagements more accessible to the public through live broadcasts, which are routine today for royal tours, philanthropic events, and weddings. Despite her maintaining a sense of privacy in her personal life, what she leaves behind is no mystery; her elegance in guiding the nation into the twenty-first century is etched in time.