Most of us have never known another monarch

Queen Elizabeth had always been there for the vast majority of the Canadians. Most of us have never known another monarch.
Queen Elizabeth, who reigned for 70 years, died on Sept. 8 in Balmoral, Scotland. While Elizabeth wasn’t perfect—she reputedly had a direct line to God, but was simply human at the end of the day—she put forward an image of someone who didn’t quit, who toughed it out, and who did things on her terms.

Take it for granted. That’s what I do when I see the statue of Queen Elizabeth II on horseback outside Rideau Hall on my weekly morning runs. She’s always there on the roundabout, sitting larger than life, serving as a landmark during my sisyphean quest for fitness. ...

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