The queen was always the most discreet of monarchs. She knew that to take a position on anything which might endear her to one group of her subjects would very likely alienate her from another group of them. Her role, in her eyes, was to unify her country, not to divide it. On those occasions when she did get involved in politics publicly, it was only to heal and to unify. But during the pandemic, when the nation needed bringing together again, at a time when it was quite literally kept apart, she was there. While we may have more still to endure, better days will return. And britain just realy got lucky. It got

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