Queen Elizabeth II was an active queen ever since she had been crowned, but there had been lapses in her presence, especially on the highly publicized Diana and Charles divorce. Perhaps she had seen enough of the controversies involving her offspring and didn't want to meddle further on the last one. Still, she ruled the UK and other British principalities as any loyal leader would - establishing ties with other nations and overseeing the territory's military power and economic state. Generations under her rule even coined a term "Elizabethan age", following after Queen Victoria's "Victorian age".
