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End of the 2nd Elisabethan era

1. What do you know about Queen Elizabeth II?
   
2. When you think of her, what images come to mind?
   
3. What major events in history did her seven-decade reign over Britain include?
   

Who is who?

Who is who

Who is who

1. What stood out for you in this video? What images or lines particularly resonated?

2. What did you learn that you didn’t know before? Did anything surprise you?

She is famous for her speeches to her nation. What does this tell you about her and what she finds important?

Give examples of “the royals understood the power of imagery"

At what point, according to the film, did Queen Elizabeth “almost lose public sympathy irrevocably”?

How did the “junior members” of the monarchy make it difficult for the royal family to sustain unity?

Why is the monarchy “central to Britain’s sense of itself.”?

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Do you think Belgians would respond similarly if King Philip passed away?

YES!

NO!

Some people

Vocabulary

Tekst

Vocabulary

een figuur op afstand

plechtig beloven

een nalatenschap

to usher someone = iem. begeleiden/aanmoedigen om

kroning

"chronologically out of place"

een bewind, heerschappij

de kern

een verwijt

onherroepelijk

afstandelijk

een beschuldiging, verwijt

zuinig, spaarzaam

afzondering

"having simultaneous + contradictory  feelings towards"

een tijdperk