Before she passed away at the age of 95 due to health reasons, Queen Elizabeth II circumnavigated the globe 42 times and attended hundreds of events, inaugurations, receptions and medal ceremonies each year.
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A busy constitutional monarch, head of state, head of the Commonwealth, she has a strictly apolitical and largely ceremonial role, although officially the Prime Minister in the UK is appointed by the Queen, usually the majority leader in the ecclesiastical chamber.
During her reign she confirmed nearly 4,000 bills by granting “royal assent” – no royal assent had been refused since 1708 – and countless official appointments.
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During her 70-year reign, she also inaugurated every year – with three exceptions – the annual session of Parliament, a solemn event with centuries-old splendor.
Seated on her throne, she read in a monotone an undrafted government legislative program.
Almost every week she also received the Prime Minister who came to inform her of the latest developments. She may “encourage and admonish him”, but never oppose his decisions. She knows 15 people from Winston Churchill to Liz Truss.
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She is also the Chief of Armies and Supreme Governor of the Anglican Church.
A tireless globetrotter in the service of the last planetary sovereign, the British crown, she traveled to more than 110 countries and made more than 150 visits to the Commonwealth of Nations, a free association of 54 states, with which she was closely associated.
She has circled the Earth at least 42 times, the Daily Telegraph has calculated, estimating that she has traveled at least 1,661,668 km outside the UK.
His last foreign visit was in November 2015 at the age of 89. She then asked her son Charles to represent her.
It has hosted a large number of foreign dignitaries with 112 state visits to the United Kingdom.
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Before COVID-19, its 2020-2021 financial report said the garden received an average of 139,000 people each year between parties, receptions, banquets and medal ceremonies. According to Buckingham Palace, she received more than 21,000 engagements during her reign.
It sent 300,000 birthday letters to centenarians and more than 900,000 congratulatory messages to couples celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary (60 years).
And she is especially attached to the traditional Christmas message that has been televised since 1957, which she wrote in large part.
His normal daily life is regulated like clockwork: alarm clock at 7:30 am, breakfast at 8:30 am, study of government files – transmitted in the famous red boxes – from 9:30 am, and then personal inquiries at the end of the morning.
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She has been living at Windsor Castle in west London since the Covid-19 pandemic, but continues to prefer the royal residence of Sandringham for summer parties and Balmoral Castle (Scotland).
According to the historian of the monarchy Bob Morris its most important role is “impartiality”.
Her uncompromising impartiality, never allowing the least opinion, combined with her sense of duty made her immensely popular till the end.
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