What was Elizabeth II’s view of her historic role, and how did she reach that understanding? How did she become the most successful constitutional monarch in British history, acclaimed on her death as ‘Elizabeth the Great’, the cynosure of world leaders and fellow monarchs, universally respected, widely revered?
Matthew Dennison will explore aspects of the Queen’s life and reign, her stewardship of monarchy, her lifelong vocation of service, her deliberate, perennial visibility, her omnipresence in British life, her deep and abiding love of the Commonwealth and the role played by her position in the Commonwealth, including as queen of the Commonwealth realms, in shaping both her sovereignty and her global prominence.