BONUS | Nile Gardiner on Queen Elizabeth II and Future of British Monarchy

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🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Queen Elizabeth II passed away Sept. 8, 2022. She was 96-years-old. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in British history, serving as the sovereign of the nation for 70 years. Nile Gardiner, The Heritage Foundation’s director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, and a foreign policy researcher for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, says he was shocked when he learned of the queen’s passing. Gardiner joins The Daily Signal Podcast to share his experience of meeting the queen, the legacy she leaves behind, and to explain what happens next in Britain as Prince Charles becomes King Charles. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a daily signal podcast, bonus episode for Thursday, September 8th.
0:11.5	I'm Fredin Allen.
0:13.2	Queen Elizabeth II has just passed away, and here with us to explain what we know about
0:19.0	the Queen's passing on her legacy and discuss the future of the British monarch is the Heritage
0:25.4	Foundation's Director of the Margaret Fatcher Center for Freedom, Nile Gardner.
0:30.4	Nile also served as a foreign policy researcher for former British Prime Minister Margaret
0:36.2	Fatcher.
0:37.2	Nile, thank you so much for being here today.
0:38.7	It's my pleasure.
0:39.7	Thank you very much.
0:40.7	I'll be on the show.
0:41.7	Queen Elizabeth passed away on Thursday at the age of 96.
0:45.4	Nile, what do we know about her passing?
0:48.3	Well, of course, today is incredibly a sad day, not only for the British people, but I
0:52.6	think for the people of the United States and across the commonwealth and across the
0:57.6	free world.
0:59.7	She was an incredibly inspiring leader, and I have to say that her passing away today
1:11.5	was very sudden, really, and she has had a number of health scares in the past.
1:20.2	And I think that the British people did not want to believe in any way that the Queen could
1:26.2	pass away.
1:27.2	And I cannot imagine actually a world without the Queen at the helm, actually.
1:35.2	She was the British monarch for 70 years.
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