The reign of “rock” Elizabeth II and its aftermath seen by the Swiss press – rts.ch

The newspapers had been getting ready for it for some time and but one reads stupor on Friday. Elizabeth II, determine of permanence, is not any extra. “She was due to this fact mortal, ArcInfo and Le Nouvelliste are astonished. We had ended up forgetting her within the face of the longevity of her reign. This summer time, throughout her platinum jubilee, she had proven indicators of weak point, nevertheless it was the queen, what the hell.”

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Certainly, this queen who appeared everlasting can have marked the spirits by her presence and her serenity. “The queen served her nation till her final breath”, be aware the Tribune de Genève and 24 Hours. She remained ‘devoted to the oath she took on the age of 21: ‘to dedicate my life, whether or not lengthy or brief, to your service and to the service of the good Imperial household’ […] His sense of responsibility has remained as absolute as on the primary day. Nonetheless giving him the energy to enthrone, on Tuesday at Balmoral, the fifteenth Prime Minister of his reign. A queen at work, within the closing moments of her existence.”

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“The queen liked folks, accompanied them by way of crises and scandals,” writes the Blick. “Her promise was: collectively we’ll make it. That’s what made her the rock of destabilized and hopeless folks. She was admired and revered around the globe for her steadfastness and likewise for her 70 years of service of the British crown. What a protracted tenure!”

Nothing can be like earlier than

Reine is a job for all times, and life goes on. As she expires, Elizabeth II provides up her place on the throne to her eldest son, now referred to as Charles III. Quite than continuity, this speedy handover is a turning level, even a rupture, notes the Swiss press.

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“There isn’t a doubt that the demise of the monarch represents a profound caesura and a check for the UK, shaken by the results of Brexit and the makes an attempt to separate”, say the Luzerner Zeitung and the Aargauer Zeitung.

For the NZZ, “Britain goes by way of a profound upheaval […] Queen Elizabeth II having symbolized the monarchy for generations of Britons, lots of them can’t and don’t need to think about a world with out the Queen […] The queen has at all times identified the right way to hold her calm, thus responding to the wants for stability and continuity in an period the place little appears to have the ability to final. For a lot of of her topics she had develop into a projection upon which mirrored their very own unrealizable wishes for dignity and correct conduct of life.”

“The demise of Elizabeth II opens an enormous chasm for Nice Britain”, notes Le Temps. It “not solely takes with it an enormous chunk of British and world historical past. It’s going to little question drive Britain to mourn as soon as and for all its previous greatness as nicely.”

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