Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will be remembered for offering the nation a sense of "calm" during turbulent times as well as being a first-rate conciliator, according to a royal biographer.Royal writer Hugo Vickers said the queen, who died Thursday at age 96, fulfilled her role with "dignity" and showed immense "steadfastness" throughout her long reign.He thinks her death will leave the nation in a "state of shock" as, for many people, she has always been on the throne.The queen was one of the world's longest-serving monarchs and was sovereign in 15 of the 56 Commonwealth countries, includin…READ FULL ARTICLE
