Just months before her death, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne
Long may she reign
Long-reigning monarchs can abdicate the throne, though it’s rare. In 2014, Spain’s King Juan Carlos handed over the throne to his son Felipe VI after 39 years, following. But British monarchs don’t often abdicate. That’s because of the type of coronation ceremony they participate in, Harris argues. “For Felipe VI, that was a secular installation of a head of state rather than a religious coronation. For Queen Elizabeth, it was a religious coronation ceremony, and so that very clearly married her to the role for life,” says Harris. “So we have seen abdications elsewhere—in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain and Qatar, as well in the Middle East—but it’s not something we’re likely to see in the United Kingdom.”so he could marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson.
To Harris, Queen Elizabeth II reaching her Platinum Jubilee highlighted the stability of the British monarchy—she has witnessed
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