La Reina U-Elizabeth II, kuze kube manje inhloko yoBukhosi baseBrithani, ushonile namuhla eneminyaka engu-96, njengoba kuqinisekiswe yi-Casa Real.

Eminyakeni yakhe engaphezu kwamashumi ayisikhombisa yokubusa, u-Elizabeth II usephenduke isikhungo e-United Kingdom. Inkosi yokuqala ukugubha ijubili leplatinamu ngemuva kweminyaka engama-70 iphethe ubukhosi, ihlangabezane nezinguquko eziningi kuHulumeni kanye nenqwaba yamahlazo, amanye awo aze anyakazisa iNdlunkulu.

Ukubusa kwezinguquko

Wangena esihlalweni sobukhosi ngoFebhuwari 1952, ngemva kwalokho ukushona kukayise uGeorge VI, ngenkathi uhamba ngaphandle kwendawo yaseBrithani. Ebuntwaneni bakhe wabhekana nezenzakalo ezashintsha umlando wesintu, njengeMpi Yezwe II.

Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, usebonile ukuthi kanjani amakoloni amaningana aseBrithani azimele futhi iNyunyana Yezizwe eyayizihola yaba buthaka. Ngaphansi koBukhosi bakhe kube nezikhathi zokungezwani emigwaqweni (ngesikhathi sokugunyazwa uMargaret Thatcher, isibonelo, ngokuncipha kwemboni nokuvalwa nokudangala kwezindawo zezimayini) kanye nenhlolovo eholele ekutheni i-United Kingdom ishiye Iyuniyani yase-Europe.

Crown scandals

Kuphinde kwadingeka ukuthi abhekane nezinguquko eziningi mayelana noMndeni Wasebukhosini, okokuqala ngemuva kwesehlukaniso sendodana yakhe noDiana waseWales, futhi kamuva. ngemuva kwamahlazo namalungu omndeni wakhe njengendodana yakhe u-Andrés noma isinqumo somzukulu wakhe sokuziqhelelanisa neSikhungo.

Ukushona kukamalokazana wakhe wangaphambili, uLady Di, kwanyakazisa isithombe somphakathi soBukhosi bamaNgisi, futhi kwamphoqa ukuthi akhombise inhlonipho emphakathini kuye.

Ithuba lengane yakho

Indodana yakho, UCharles waseNgilandi ubelokhu elungiselela ukulandelana kobuKhosi amashumi eminyaka futhi ngokungangabazeki ungomunye wamalungu omphakathi wamaNgisi azoshaqeka kakhulu ngalo mzuzu, njengoba ukulahlekelwa unina kuhlangene nokuzuza okuthile abekulindile isikhathi eside.

Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, u-Isabel II wanquma ukuba nephrofayili engasebenzi kancane futhi ngaleyo ndlela enze kube lula ukuguquguquka ekuBuseni kwakhe okuzofinyelela umvuthwandaba kusukela manje kuqhubeke, kunikeze ukugqama okwengeziwe esikhundleni sakhe semvelo: indodana yakhe uCarlos kanye nomzukulu wakhe uWilliam.

Umuntu owaziwa umhlaba wonke

Isithombe sika-Elizabeth II isibe yisithonjana ekhomba ngokungananazi i-United Kingdom kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba. Kwabaningi babafundi bethu, iNdlovukazi yaseNgilandi ibilokhu ibaphelezela izikhawu phakathi nokuphila kwabo.

Okudidayo ukuthi u-Elizabeth wayengahloselwe ukuphatha uMqhele, nakuba ukwesula kukamalume wakhe u-Edward VIII ukuze ashade noWallis Simpson (waseMelika ohlukanisile) kwaholela ekuguqulweni komugqa wokulandelana okwamholela ekubeni azuze njengenhloko yoMqhele. I-Anglican Church kanye noMbuso.