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Queen Elizabeth II will mark 70 years on the throne Sunday, an unprecedented reign that has made her a symbol of stability as the United Kingdom navigated an age of uncertainty.From her early days as a glamorous young royal in glittering tiaras to her more recent incarnation as the nation’s grandmother, the queen has witnessed the end of the British Empire, the advent of multiculturalism, the rise of international terrorism, and the challenges posed by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. In a world of relentless change, she has been a constant — representing the U.K.’s interests abroad, applauding the nation’s successes and commiserating in its failures, and always remaining above the fray of politics.That constancy should earn Elizabeth a royal epithet like those of her predecessors such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor and Alfred the Great, said royal historian Hugo Vickers.“I’ve always thought she should be called Elizabeth the Steadfast," Vickers told The Associated Press.

We all expect the Queen to be waited on hand and foot but away from prying eyes, sources say she’s just like one of us. In years past, Her Majesty spent happy days at a five-bedroom farmhouse in Sandringham called Wood Cottage - the residence Prince Philip affectionately called ‘home’.The remote coastal property in Norfolk is described as ‘modest by royal standards’ and while staying there, the royals were modest, too.The Queen even pulled on a pair of Marigolds! Harry Mount, author of How England Made the English shared with The Telegraph: “A long-dead royal courtier once told me, ‘I was once at a shooting lunch. At the end of lunch, I heard someone say: I’ll do the washing-up.

During the Second World War, the Queen and Princess Margaret were evacuated to the countryside at Windsor Castle in order to avoid the bombings in London.

Prince Harry isn’t the first royal to step back from duties and later write a tell-all. His great-great-uncle, Edward, Duke of Windsor, produced a ghost-written biography titled "A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor" in 1951.

Nick Westrate