MICHAEL WOOD ON…
THE FUNERAL OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
WATCHING THE DRAMA OF THE QUEEN'S funeral unfold, I had a strong sense that future historians will see this moment as the end of the postwar world.
The funeral was an epic piece of theatre. Though its rituals were largely invented in the 20th century, their emotional power came from a still-shared belief in the values and stories dramatised in the ceremony. We commemorated and paid respect to