Mourning the Queen, welcoming the King
Amanpour
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The Coronation and Elizabeth the Second - A Memoir of a Queen
As a princess, elizabeth was an embodiment of history. She embodied the state. That's what the coronation is about. As she became one of the divine human agents and embodied a nation,. And so they were fascinated by it. I also think they probably envied, to some extent, some one who could be in the public arena and not get a kicked around all the time.
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