Destiny’s child: the Queen as survivor

Whatever we’re living through now, chances are Queen Elizabeth has seen worse. Which makes her perspective priceless.

In her April 5 address, the Queen, who has a unique authority to speak about this current global catastrophe, was speaking as not just a head of state but also as a survivor, writes Lisa Van Dusen. YouTube screenshot courtesy of The Telegraph

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

April 8, 2020

The 21st century, so far, has been the era of unprecedented, avoidable catastrophes. It dawned with suicide bombers mothballing the banality of evil by committing mass murder on live television, welcomed its second decade with a contagion of corruption that collapsed the global financial...

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