As a child, whether in politics or physics, I learned one thing: stillness is relative, and change is eternal.
With age, people's knowledge does not increase much, but they have a deeper appreciation for the memory of the past.
Queen of England, how admirable and fascinated this is. Ordinary people like us, if we were to be the head of state of such an old capitalist country, it would be a good thing that we never dared to imagine.
But it was the Queen of England who suffered during the week she faced Diana's unexpected death.
The Queen is not wrong. The United Kingdom has had deep royal etiquette for 400 years. Even if the Queen herself dies, there is no practice of flying the flag at half-mast. It is not only inappropriate for the Queen to fly the flag at half-mast for Diana, the former princess, but also insults the royal family.
Everyone knows that although Diana was brilliant in front of the public, her relationship with the royal family after marriage was in crisis. When a mother-in-law thinks her daughter-in-law is not good, it is very difficult for her to express her deep condolences in front of the whole world for the death of her former daughter-in-law.
But none of this seems to be up to the Queen to have the final say. The public's emotions are infinitely magnified by the media. When the constitutional monarchy is in jeopardy, the Queen can no longer abide by the rules of the royal family and is forced to make compromises.
Think 400 years ago, the British monarchy was precarious in the face of revolution. In the nick of time, the royal family agreed to the reforms, the monarch stepped back to become the nominal head of state, and the parliament took the lead in the affairs of the state. Britain became the world's first constitutional monarchy, and one of the most successful. After 100 years, watching the head of the king of France move, the British monarch may feel lucky that it is his own compromise that preserves the dignity of the royal family.
Although each person's status and identity are different, their experiences are similar. Today is not an era of following the rules. There are serious problems in the American economy. Obama became the president of the United States under the brand of CHANGE. Some of the systems that I lead have also been seriously challenged in the surrounding areas. I complain that the government is not trustworthy, and the policy changes as soon as it is changed, but the cost of the change is passed on to others. But when she actually faces these changes, she may only choose to compromise and abandon her dignity like the queen. If you don't play the CHANGE card, maybe this will also be eliminated.
Once upon a time, I was a follower of CHANGE, but now I am a vested interests and conservative, do not want to change. Maybe every generation is like this.
However, the Queen of England can change, what can't you do?
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