{"id":18241,"date":"2022-09-09T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/?p=18241"},"modified":"2022-09-09T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T11:43:00","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-1926-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/queen-elizabeth-ii-1926-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of the usual blog post this week, we wanted to make space to remember and honour Queen Elizabeth II:<\/p>\n<p>The President,\u00a0Council,\u00a0members and\u00a0staff of the Royal Asiatic Society are greatly saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen who was patron of our Society from 1952 to 2000. Her reign served\u00a0as the lynchpin for the people of the United Kingdom in the 20th and early 21st centuries.\u00a0Her life devoted to the common good in the service of her people will stand as a source of inspiration for generations to come.\u00a0\u00a0We send our sincere condolences to His Majesty the King, our present patron, and the Royal Family at this very\u00a0sad time.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18238\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18238\" src=\"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-710x800.jpg 710w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-768x865.jpg 768w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-806x908.jpg 806w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-558x629.jpg 558w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-655x738.jpg 655w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204-909x1024.jpg 909w, https:\/\/royalasiaticsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC05204.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Elizabeth II attending a reception for the Society&#8217;s sesquicentenary in 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of the usual blog post this week, we wanted to make space to remember and honour Queen Elizabeth II: The President,\u00a0Council,\u00a0members and\u00a0staff of the Royal Asiatic Society are greatly saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen who was patron of our Society from 1952 to 2000. 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