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Queen Elizabeth the Second, Part 2 of 2 (Repeat)

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The Crisis of the Queen's Relationship With the Public

The death of Princess Diana in 1997 dealt such a blow to the monarchy that people predicted it would be the end. The Queen remains hundreds of miles away in Scotland, where she helped to consult Diana's young sons. Though the Queen has by now returned to Buckingham Palace and spoken publicly of her grief, for many mourners, it's too little too late. And when the Queen remains a bam moral to care for her bereaved grandsons in private, she is criticised for her silence. Is it possible for one monarch to give all that?

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