Queen Elizabeth’s mysterious handwritten letter is hidden in a vault – and can only be opened in 2085

Queen Elizabeth’s mysterious handwritten letter is hidden in a vault – and can only be opened in 2085

 

The late Queen Elizabeth forged unique ties with Australia and its people during her lengthy 70-year reign.

2 years after her coronation, she made her first trip to the continent. She reportedly visited there fifteen more times while in power, and she eagerly anticipated each of those trips.

As a constitutional monarch, the Queen fulfilled significant ceremonial and symbolic duties, one of which has now been handed down to her heir, King Charles the Third. However, she was not involved in the day-to-day operations of the Australian Government.

Australians had the opportunity to vote in a referendum in 1999 on whether or not they wanted the Queen to continue serving as their head of state. Ultimately, 55% of voters chose to maintain the monarchy, largely because they were worried about what the model of a future republic would resemble.

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who held office from 2015 to 2018, has in the past called Australians “Elizabethans.” In 2016, he addressed a large crowd gathering in Sydney University’s Great Hall and remarked, “The vast majority of Australians have never known any other head of state except the Queen.

Few people today, whether monarchists or republicans, can claim that they are not Elizabethans since she is so revered and respected.

Numerous influential individuals, including politicians, visited Britain prior to the referendum and met with the Queen.

Patrick Lionel Djargun Dobson, a Yawuru elder, was one among those individuals. In 1999, he met Her Majesty alongside a delegation of Aboriginal people.

NEW YORK – JULY 06: Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitors book as she tours UN Headquarters on July 6, 2010 in New York City. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh have just completed an eight day tour of Canada and the visit to New York is final day before the royal couple head back to the UK. After paying a historic visit to the United Nations they will visit ground zero and the British Memorial Garden. The Queen last addressed the United Nations in 1957 and it will be the first time she has visited ground zero. (Photo by Chris Jackson-Pool/Getty Images)

Dobson described how the Queen greeted the Indigenous leaders with respect and dignity “for the first time in our life” in the ABC documentary The Queen and Us. Dobson became overcome with emotion while he was discussing the encounter with her.

Figure:  On July 6, 2010, in New York City, Queen Elizabeth II visits the UN headquarters and autographs the visitor’s book. Following an eight-day tour to Canada, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will spend one final day in New York before returning to the UK. They will tour ground zero and the British Memorial Garden following their historic visit to the UN. It will be the first time the Queen has visited ground zero; she last spoke to the UN in 1957.

 

He was quoted as saying, “It’s an odd thing, to get a bit sentimental about it because Queen was so nice. She also thanked us for attending. I believe we were given proper treatment for the first time in our lives. She treated us like actual people.

The late Queen Elizabeth II wrote a letter to the citizens of Sydney in November 1986, which was 36 years ago. The Queen Victoria Building, one of Australia’s oldest structures, houses a vault where the letter is currently hidden and won’t be opened for another 63 years.

The Queen’s signature appears on a letter that is addressed to the “Right & Honorable Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia.” It has been locked away in a glass case inside a confined space in its dome ever since it was written.

“Greetings. Please open this letter and deliver my message to the people of SYDNEY on an appropriate day to be determined by you by the year 2085 A.D., read the Queen’s order.

Except for the Queen, no one else has ever seen the letter’s contents.

Peace and love

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