Queen Elizabeth II: A pillar in the face of discontent
Elizabeth II, reigned for 70 years as Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada and the Commonwealth. When she died at 96 years old on Thursday, September 8, the long serving monarch was still wildly popular among her subjects in countries across the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific although evidence of discontent with the royals was becoming increasingly widespread. In 1532, Henry VIII made the declaration of the English empire, which went on a rampage of exploitation of colonies in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific to become one of the most powerful political entities in the history of the …