Queen Elizabeth 11: an epoch ends with many new challenges


We haven’t had a lot observe at this. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth 11 has died after 70 years on the throne and, whereas the obituaries and tributes may have been ready for years, how ought to enterprise and the media reply?

Some media channels are pulling promoting – Ocean Out of doors is now working a static tribute to the late queen on its websites together with the flagship Piccadilly Lights – and others will reply too. There’s discuss of an additional financial institution vacation to mark her funeral, anticipated in ten or so days’ time.

One of many queen’s many qualities was that she didn’t prefer to make an excessive amount of fuss of something, regardless of all of the formal trappings of royalty. That may ought to certainly be her view now: get on with issues after the required interval of mourning.

For Liz Truss’s new UK authorities it’s an additional headache though there some indicators that the British individuals, in what usually appears a really divided nation, may pull collectively as they’ve executed on necessary events up to now. An upcoming Royal Mail strike is to be cancelled.

So the queen’s loss of life on the effective previous age of 96 ought to be correctly marked however then we have to get on with issues because the UK, and different international locations after all, faces a large number of issues.

New king Charles 111, like Ms Truss and her new authorities, may hardly face extra challenges.