Royal biographer Sarah Gristwood says world leaders coming together to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II shows how she had become an “icon of stability”.
“I think it’s very interesting how, if you like, the ceremonials and the hard business tie into each other,” Ms Gristwood told Sky News Australia.
“Because, of course, while all these world leaders were coming to pay their respects to her both as a sovereign and a woman … it was a very unusual chance for all these people to get together and to do it in London.“So I think, yes, it really did show the degree to which the Queen had become not just for the British Isles, but globally, an icon of stability.”
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