QUEEN ELISABETH II

The ultimate monarch died. It is far too early to say if an other Elizabethan era ended as did the Victorian and Edwardian eras before.

The Queen was her own manager of joys and sorrows, a cypher almost, who saw her realm shrink, but never at the cost of the respect she continued to earn.

It is far too early to arrive at a serene appreciation of a personality who remained covered by too many drapes, which ended up hiding her both from view and from a more agnostic appreciation.