re: "Loss of a great monarch" (BP, Editorial, September 19, 2022)
Dear editor,
The Bangkok Post rightly quotes my late queen's honest wisdom that "There can be no doubt, of course, that criticism is good for people and institutions that are part of public life. No institution -- city, monarchy, whatever -- should expect to be free from the scrutiny of those who give it their loyalty and support, not to mention those who don't." Bluntly and unequivocally well said Queen Elizabeth II.
Nor need more be said, save perhaps that Queen Elizabeth welcomed the benefit of knowing to a percentage point the publicly varying degree of her own personal popularity and that of the institution which she graciously headed for seven decades. Could any prefer ignorance to such highly pertinent knowledge of reality?
It is fitting that the world's nations send their heads of state, irrespective of their own varying political systems and opinions, to show respect for her achievement as leader of the monarchy she worked to keep honestly open to a world rapidly evolving both domestically and globally throughout her long life.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on September 20, 2022, under the title "Gracious wisdom" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2395733/gracious-wisdom
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