May 9th. One date, one more, for the long list of records broken by Elizabeth II. This Monday, the 96-year-old Briton once again breached his own measure and became the third longest-serving monarch on the throne. His 70 years and 92 days of reign contemplated him, thereby enabling him to surpass Juan II of Liechtenstein in time and earn a bronze medal in such a predicament. Beaten only by two kings: Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, who died in 2016, and L…

May 9th. One date, one more, for the long list of records broken by Elizabeth II. This Monday, the 96-year-old Briton once again breached his own measure and became the third longest-serving monarch on the throne. His 70 years and 92 days of reign contemplated him, thereby enabling him to surpass Juan II of Liechtenstein in time and earn a bronze medal in such a predicament. Only two monarchs have surpassed him: Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, who died in 2016, and the famous Louis XIV of France. In the first, Elizabeth II will follow on the right in a matter of weeks: she reigned for 70 years and 126 days, so that in just a month Elizabeth II could earn a silver medal. The fact of reaching the podium will be even more complex, because it is famous Sun King He ruled in the 17th century for 72 years and just over three months. To reach that date, the queen must rule until the end of May 2024 and therefore be 98 years old.

The bottom line is that His Majesty’s health condition is not at its best. His mobility is greatly reduced; in fact, there has been almost no moving footage of her in recent months, only her arriving at the funeral of her husband, Philip of Edinburgh, held at Westminster Abbey in late March, where she is seen wielding a cane. Other than that, it’s all photos. The Queen has refused to participate in the famous party the royal family gives at Buckingham Park in late spring to raise funds for charitable causes; Carlos and Camila, along with Guillermo and Kate Middleton, will host the ceremony. His mobility has been so reduced that, according to a statement issued by Buckingham, he will not be attending the always solemn opening of the British Parliament on Tuesday. The formal act he had given up years ago was wearing the heavy crown he was used to wearing. But from there it’s gone there’s a big difference: it’s only gone twice and for more than six decades. That was in 1959 and 1963, pregnant with his two young children, Andrés and Eduardo.

It is precisely his fragile health that will be part of his Platinum Jubilee celebrations, 70 years on the throne, which will be held in early June. The queen isn’t out for a walk in the Commonwealth of Nations, but she isn’t even out for visiting the countries of England. That’s why he placed his descendants in destinations that were important to visit. On the long weekend from June 2 to 5, William of England and his wife Kate will head to Wales; his eldest daughter, Anne of England, will be in Scotland; and his youngest son, the wise and much respected Edward of Wessex, and his wife, Sofia, will be visiting Northern Ireland.

These visits reinforce the message that in festivities, as in families, the participants are a closed circle, more and more. On Friday it became known that neither the queen’s third son, Andrés, was disowned because of his relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, nor England’s Henry and his wife, Meghan Markle, would be present at the golden moment of celebration, greetings from Buckingham. balcony. Only active members and their children and, if necessary, grandchildren will attend. After two years of tumultuous reorganization of the Windsor house, the palace wants to protect all presences that reek of scandal or waste of money (especially after millionaire Andrés’ pact with his victim, which is kept secret; or after Enrique and Meghan’s costly reforms for a house they never used) . For this reason, it has been emphasized that “after careful consideration”, the decision was to limit this act on the 2nd to “a member of the royal family carrying out official public commitments on behalf of the queen”.

Neither Andrés nor the Sussexes will be in Buckingham, but that does not exclude that they appear in London, or that they are attending one of the Jubilee events. Or that was the message Enrique and Meghan wanted to send, that their possible presence at the celebrations was something that, more so than Elizabeth II, would place the focus on them and their children: Archie had not set foot in Great Britain since infancy and Lilibet one year old has never been to his father’s home country. All along, however, what the country was looking for was to lower the level of drama over these two years—both generally because of the pandemic and within its royal family, with so many changes and deaths—and celebrate what would become its record high. monarchy, one who against all expectations has far surpassed her great-grandmother Victoria, making the Elizabethan period the longest in the history of Great Britain.