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In 1977, Elizabeth marked the Silver Jubilee of her accession. Parties and events took place throughout the Commonwealth, many coinciding with her associated national and Commonwealth tours. The celebrations re-affirmed Elizabeth's popularity, despite virtually coincident negative press coverage of Princess Margaret's separation from her husband, Lord Snowdon. [110] In 1978, Elizabeth endured a state visit to the United Kingdom by Romania's communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and his wife, Elena, [111] though privately she thought they had "blood on their hands". [112] The following year brought two blows: one was the unmasking of Anthony Blunt, former Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, as a communist spy; the other was the assassination of her uncle-in-law Lord Mountbatten by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. [113]
Utley, Charles (June 2017), "My grandfather wrote the Princess's speech", The Oldie, archived from the original on 31 May 2022 , retrieved 8 September 2022 On 3March 2013, Elizabeth stayed overnight at King Edward VII's Hospital as a precaution after developing symptoms of gastroenteritis. [197] A week later, she signed the new Charter of the Commonwealth. [198] Because of her age and the need for her to limit travelling, in 2013 she chose not to attend the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting for the first time in 40 years. She was represented at the summit in Sri Lanka by Prince Charles. [199] On 20April 2018, the Commonwealth heads of government announced that Charles would succeed her as Head of the Commonwealth, which she stated was her "sincere wish". [200] She underwent cataract surgery in May 2018. [201] In March 2019, she gave up driving on public roads, largely as a consequence of a car crash involving her husband two months earlier. [202] Hinton, Megan (28 February 2022), "Queen enjoys time with family after recovering from Covid", LBC, archived from the original on 5 March 2022 , retrieved 8 September 2022
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Alderson, Andrew (28 May 2007), "Revealed: Queen's dismay at Blair legacy", The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 10 January 2022 , retrieved 31 May 2010 Lee, Joseph (26 October 2021), "Queen will not attend COP26 climate change summit", BBC News, archived from the original on 1 February 2022 , retrieved 8 September 2022 VE Day: UK's streets not empty as filled with love, says Queen", BBC News, 8 May 2020, archived from the original on 9 July 2021 , retrieved 5 July 2021 With Elizabeth's accession, it seemed possible that the royal house would take her husband's name, in line with the custom for married women of the time. Lord Mountbatten advocated for House of Mountbatten, and Philip suggested House of Edinburgh, after his ducal title. [63] The British prime minister, Winston Churchill, and Elizabeth's grandmother Queen Mary favoured the retention of the House of Windsor. Elizabeth issued a declaration on 9April 1952 that the royal house would continue to be Windsor. Philip complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children." [64] In 1960, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor was adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles. [65] [66] Her daughter Amanda, a retired Ministry of Defence official, said they made the hour-long drive from Gourdon "out of loyalty to such a wonderful woman".
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Church bells tolled and flags flew at half mast in Sydney as Australians paid their respects to their Queen and head of state, writes Roger Maynard in Sydney. Event News", The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacons, archived from the original on 16 November 2018 , retrieved 28 April 2016 Walton, John (16 January 1999), "The author of political scandal", BBC News, archived from the original on 18 December 2022 , retrieved 19 November 2022
Elizabeth rarely gave interviews, and little was known of her political opinions, which she did not express explicitly in public. It is against convention to ask or reveal the monarch's views. When Times journalist Paul Routledge asked her about the miners' strike of 1984–85 during a royal tour of the newspaper's offices, she replied that it was "all about one man" (a reference to Arthur Scargill), [282] with which Routledge disagreed. [283] Routledge was widely criticised in the media for asking the question and claimed that he was unaware of the protocols. [283] After the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard saying that Elizabeth was pleased with the outcome. [284] She had arguably issued a public coded statement about the referendum by telling one woman outside Balmoral Kirk that she hoped people would think "very carefully" about the outcome. It emerged later that Cameron had specifically requested that she register her concern. [285] Shaw, Neil (8 September 2022), "Duke of York, Princess Anne and Prince Edward all called to Queen's side", Plymouth Live, archived from the original on 8 September 2022 , retrieved 8 September 2022
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