Elizabeth II enhanced our country’s image abroad. What will we do without her?

By Richard Steer2022-09-12T08:23:00

The UK gained so much from the Queen’s reputation as a global statesperson, let’s hope we can build on her legacy

For as long as I can recall Queen Elizabeth has been a touchstone for all that is perceived as being reliable, disciplined, and honourable about the United Kingdom. I travel widely with my work and as politicians come and go and issues from Brexit to Northern Ireland have been topics about which, as a “Brit abroad”, I have been derided, criticised or had to defend, the one thing that has been above reproach wherever or whatever I have been visiting has been Her Majesty the Queen.

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