MILLENNIAL INSTITUTION

THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.

The history of the institution goes back more than a thousand years, to the times of the Dark Ages, when the kingdoms that made up the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy fought to preserve their island against the Nordic invaders and it has witnessed and participated in how a remote kingdom from a remote island on the edge of civilization, it managed to become the main power of the world during nineteenth-century times and continues to enjoy enormous influence and power today. It is more than a millennium of existence and in a thousand years many changes and transformations take place.

In 871, Alfred of Wessex became the first King of England, going down in history as Alfred “The Great”. Since then, the monarchy has gone through many stages such as: the Norman conquest in 1066, the Angevin Empire and the Crusades, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses in the 15th century and the Glorious Revolution in the 17th century until the union with the kingdoms of Scotland and Ireland in the 18th century.

During the Middle Ages, England was a kingdom of contrasts, at times powerful and expansive but generally marginal compared to its eternal rivals, France, Castile/Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

English kings came to rule over a territory that stretched from Scotland to France, well into the mainland, but the crown also faced many challenges, such as the lack of full control of its main island due to the fierce resistance of the Scots, maintaining its continental domains and the power of the two powers that dominated the West in the limits between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age: France and Spain.

While the French, Spanish, and Portuguese battled for global supremacy overseas, in the Age of Discovery, England was underpopulated, poor, dealing with epidemics, political instability, and religious conflict.

In the 17th century, the English monarchy faced its greatest political and social crisis. King Charles I was executed in 1649 and the monarchy was abolished during the English Civil War, passing the country to Oliver Cromwell’s regime, however, after the failed and tyrannical republican experience, the monarchy was restored in 1660 with the coronation of Charles II. In 1701, the union with which the United Kingdom of Great Britain was born occurred.

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the United Kingdom became a stable and respected nation along with the declines of the Spanish Empire and France after the Napoleonic hecatomb. The United Kingdom became the largest empire in the world and the main colonial power. During the reign of Victoria, the British monarchy reached its maximum splendor and became the symbol of greatness and stability thanks to the warlike power of the Royal Navy and the commercial power of the East India Company.

In the 20th century, the monarchy faced a series of transformations due to World War I, the interwar period and World War II, where it struggled to survive the brutal onslaught of Nazi Germany and after prevailing, faced in the post war, decolonization.

Despite everything, the British nation resisted and the monarchy adapted to the social and political changes of the time.

Today, the British monarchy remains a respected institution. Elizabeth II, who reigned for 70 years, was an example of probity and a sense of duty to hold the investiture.

Over the centuries, the monarchy has faced many challenges and has survived thanks to its ability to adapt.

At present, the monarchy with CHARLES III at the head, continues to be the highest symbol of British national identity.

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DETRACTORS HAVE CREATED A NARRATIVE IN WHICH CHARLES IS A DULL, SHY AND WEAK MAN. IN FACT, THE RECENTLY CROWNED MONARCH EXCELLED IN HIGH IMPACT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS POLO, HORSE RIDING AND HIKING.

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LET THE WORLD KNOW. TELEGRAM ANNOUNCING IN NEW ZEALAND THE BIRTH OF CHARLES