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Queen Elizabeth’s mother, the former Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, lived to be 101, according to Metro, and so it was not inconceivable that the queen would live that long, or longer, herself. As Elizabeth drew closer to her Platinum Jubilee, talk increasingly turned to whether she would abdicate in favor of the Prince of Wales, or even, perhaps, the Duke of Cambridge. But abdication as a result of age alone was never really in the cards, nor was the appointment of a regent.
Some theorized this was an effort to minimize the length of the somewhat divisive King Charles III’s reign (via the Observer). Alternate theories abounded as well (per Marie Claire). However, not once in her reign did Queen Elizabeth ever so much as suggest she might abdicate. In fact, from the age of 21, she made abundantly clear her intention to serve until she took her last breath.
“My heart has been with you all,” she reiterated just months before her death at age 96, “and I remain committed to serving you to the best of my ability” (via CBC News).
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