The Imperial Crown features three striking jewels: the black dauphin ruby (spinel) in the middle of the obverse, the Star of Africa II below the obverse, and a sapphire from the Stuart family of Scotland on the reverse.
When Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1953, the shadows of the kingdom, knighthood and aristocracy were washed away by time, and Britain was no longer a British Empire, just a small island country sandwiched between Uncle Sam and polar bears. Although the royal family is no longer the royal family it once was, looking around, there are not many royal families left in Europe that was once full of royal families and aristocrats. During the ceremony, she did not listen to the opinions of the people around her, but insisted on wearing St. Edward's crown to enthrone. However, when taking official enthronement promotional photos, she also wore the imperial crown photo.
The jewels in the crown, the attention of everyone. Its value comes from luster and texture, from rarity and glory, from association and desire. But it is valued for another reason. Jewelry cannot be reforged, it is linked to its owner, leaving a mark. It is the witness of the owner's life.
When Queen Elizabeth II wears the Edwardian crown, holds the imperial staff, and holds the golden ball to be crowned, will she remember the king who was also crowned here in Westminster and bears the weight of the crown and the country? Like Elizabeth I.
Elizabeth II is like the afterglow of the empire, Victoria represents the imposing momentum of the empire, and Elizabeth I is the beginning of the rise of the empire. However, even so, judging from the situation at the time, Elizabeth I's situation was full of dangers.
Assassination. Countless monarchs in Europe and the Near East have been assassinated, including those of great and promising talent, bringing their lives and nations to an abrupt end. If you have enough power, you can isolate yourself from the surrounding, and you can limit the freedom of others to prevent assassination. But Europe has always been a decentralized place, and no one can do that. People are separated from each other. Even when a person is powerful, he can use power and punishment to make others fear, but there is no way to see the smiling faces and the real thoughts of others under the water. power struggle. Whether at home or abroad, everyone uses various banners to fight for their own interests. France and Spain, for example, want to take advantage of Britain in the name of God. Create a favorable image, see clearly the strengths and weaknesses, desires and fears, positions and thoughts, characters and feelings of various people, and then use appropriate postures, such as being strong at the right time and weak at the right time, to take advantage of others and defeat them opponent. But the king is also human. Tired and fearful of the uncertainty of the future.
Admire Drake. Needless to say, his heroic deeds, in the Atlantic Ocean, in the Drake Passage, and on the coast of Spain, he created one miracle after another. His courage and loyalty to the Queen were respected by the nation. He talked about fear, about being in the vast sea, seeing nothing, not knowing what was ahead, he talked about courage, if today is the last day, then why worry about tomorrow. The more desperate, the more I want to live. So, the queen likes him. I believe that the Queen liked him not only because he needed him, not only because of the wealth he could bring from robbing Spanish ships, but also because of the attractiveness of his nature and situation.
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