Philip Larkin, poem for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, 1978
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In times when nothing stood but worsened, or grew strange, there was one constant good: she did not change.
— Philip Larkin
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Elizabeth II" (Quotes about Elizabeth II: [[File:Ford B0576 NLGRF photo contact sheet (1976-07-07)(Gerald Ford Library).jpg|thumb|Wouldn't let that family near me with a sharp stick, let alone a sword. ~
Keith Richards]])
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About Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She was head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She was succeeded by Charles III, her eldest son, and preceded by her father, George VI.
About Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She was head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She was succeeded by Charles III, her eldest son, and preceded by her father, George VI.
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