Queen Elizabeth II Archives - Richard M. Langworth

The Queen 70 Years On: “A Sparkling Presence at its Summit”

15 May 2022 Comments 0 Comments

"Our Island no longer holds the same authority or power that it did in the days of Queen Victoria. A vast world towers up around it and after all our victories we could not claim the rank we hold were it not for the respect for our character and good sense...and I regard it as the most direct mark of God's favour we have ever received in my long life that the whole structure of our new-formed Commonwealth has been linked and illuminated by a sparkling presence at its summit." —WSC, 1955

What Good’s a Monarchy? “To Separate Pomp from Power” -Churchill

10 May 2021 Comments 0 Comments

Excerpted from “What Good’s a Monarchy? Churchill’s Case for an Anachronism,” for the Hillsdale College Churchill Project. For the original text including endnotes please click here.

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“It is wise in human affairs, and in the government of men, to separate pomp from power.” —Winston S. Churchill1

In an age of lampooning anything which smacks of tradition, the question arises: what good is monarchy?…

HM’s Nazi Salute: Relevant to What?

18 July 2015 Comments 0 Comments

Stiff-Arm Salute: Must We Know Everything?

Claiming it is “historically relevant,” the Sun defended publication of a six-year-old Princess Elizabeth, coached by her mother the future Queen Elizabeth and her uncle the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII, still later the Duke of Windsor) raising her arm in the stiff salute now identified with the Nazi party. It’s “in the public interest,” wails the Sun.

It’s in the interest of selling newspapers. Buckingham Palace responded:

“Most people will see these pictures in their proper context and time. This is a family playing and momentarily referencing a gesture many would have seen from contemporary news reels. No…