So much has been said about Queen Elizabeth II's stability, her family troubles, her long life, but I go deeper to this woman's ministry of reconciliation. In watching the German TV DW news, I learned of her five visits to Germany, more than to most other nations. Elizabeth suffered through WW II and also joined the war effort as a mechanic in the military. She began her reign during the food shortages after the war. However, only a short time after the War she traveled to Germany. She cared about the suffering in Germany, too. After unification, she traveled to Dresden, which had been bombed to the ground by Allied forces. Although booed by some, she persisted, and personally led an effort to restore a church.
Fall some say she presided over a falling British monarchy, she persisted in building the Commonwealth of nations, not to rule over, but to reconcile. She was against apartheid in South Africa and Namibia. More nations a part of the Commonwealth now than ever before. The picture of her and Angela Merkel is priceless. Queen Elizabeth II was no a conquering monarch but a servant, a faithful minister of reconciliation.
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