It’s really interesting to hear from a conservative like Sullivan who clearly loves his home country. Sullivan’s tweet about Elizabeth’s character is particularly poignant. I am sure he will write something longer on the queen’s death, but for now here are some tweets by the British-American writer:
It interests me that the United States of America, a country that did not want a monarch, is fascinated with the monarchy and all of its trappings.
Queen Elizabeth II provided that constancy in the world that our changing leadership does not.
However her reign was one under a constitutional monarchy. I wonder if we would feel the same in 2022
if we lived under the absolute monarchy as it was in 1776 from which the USA gained its liberation?
Yes in a way it is fascinating to watch the Ceremonies and the attendant pomp which the British do so well in 2022.
I just want to remember that I don’t think I would do well under an absolute monarch.
I must say for seventy years Queen Elizabeth II faithfully did her duty in a dignified and admirable way. May all world leaders be as dedicated to the citizens of their countries as she was to hers.