The Queen is dead, long live the King.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II brings Britain’s second Elizabethan Age to an end. In the modern age, no monarch has been the equal of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, in dignity and long reign. The nation’s outpouring of grief is not only for the loss of their queen, but the loss of the truths and principles to which she had dedicated her long and historic reign.

There will not be another like her, at least for a long time. 
 
Elizabeth was only 25 years old when she became queen in 1952. Her service was long, indeed the second-longest of any known monarch in history. Her Christmas messages often revealed her explicit affirmation of Christian truth.

She reigned through 15 British prime ministers—her first was Winston Churchill—and she, in herself, was the continuity of government. 

Duty fell to her at such an early age—and she carried it so well, for so long, on behalf of so many.

May God now guide Britain’s new king and his nation.