Pada masa pengambilalihan Landsarchief oleh pemerintah Republik Indonesia Serikat,

masih In the summer of 1951 the health of King George VI entered into a serious
decline, and Princess Elizabeth represented him at the Trooping the Colour and on
various other state occasions. On October 7 she and her husband set out on a highly
successful tour of Canada and Washington, D.C. After Christmas in England she and
the duke set out in January 1952 for a tour of Australia and New Zealand, but en
route, at Sagana, Kenya, news reached them of the king’s death on February 6, 1952.
Elizabeth, now queen, at once flew back to England. The first three months of her
reign, the period of full mourning for her father, were passed in comparative
seclusion. But in the summer, after she had moved from Clarence House to Buckingham
Palace, she undertook the routine duties of
mother. This tale of Enrique’s perilous journey is not for the faint of heart, but
it is an
Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton is not only the inspiration for a hit Broadway
musical, but also a work of creative genius itself. This massive undertaking of
over
Albert Einstein, (born March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany—died April 18,
1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.), German-born physicist who developed the special
and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for
his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the
most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Para cendekiawan India telah menulis tentang Dwipantara atau kerajaan Hindu Jawa
Dwipa di Pulau Jawa dan Sumatra atau Swarna Dwipa sekitar 200 SM.
Moekhlis Paeni (mantan Deputi Konservasi ANRI dan mantan Kepala ANRI Wilayah Ujung
Pandang).Menurutnya, sejarah merupakan catatan dari apa yang telah dipikirkan,
diperbuat, dan dikatakan manusia.
During his stay at the Patent Office, and in his spare time, he produced much of
his remarkable work and in 1908 he was appointed Privatdozent in Berne. In 1909 he
became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich, in 1911 Professor of Theoretical Physics
at Prague, returning to Zurich in the following year to fill a similar post. In
1914 he was appointed Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute and
Professor in the University of Berlin. He became a German citizen in 1914 and
remained in Berlin until 1933 when he renounced his citizenship for political
reasons and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical
Physics at Princeton*. He became a United States citizen in 1940 and retired from
his post in 1945.
20. As Jokowi entered the presidency, he identified clamping-down on corruption as
among his top priorities and as a necessary step to attract more foreign direct
investment to the country. He also pushed a nine-point plan for Indonesia that
emphasized helping the poor by improving public services, implementing land
reforms, and developing more-affordable housing, among other measures.
erdasarkan SK menteri PP dan K nomor69626/a/s nama Arsip Negara berganti menjadi
Arsip Nasional. Perubahan ini berlaku surut semenjak 1 Januari 1959.
pengembalian lembaga-lembaga pemerintah. Sebagaimana tahun1945-1947, landsarchief
ditempatkan kembali di bawah Kementerian Pendidikan Pengajaran dan Kebudayaan (PP
dan K).
In 2014 the PDI-P selected Jokowi to be its candidate for the Indonesian
presidential election, which was held on July 9. He was swept to victory with more
than 53 percent of the popular vote, defeating former general Prabowo Subianto.
Though Subianto alleged that there had been widespread vote rigging and formally
challenged the election result, the country’s Constitutional Court unanimously
rejected his claim in August, clearing the way for Jokowi to take office on October
What if you had twenty-four different people living inside you, and you never knew
which one was going to come out? Such was the life of Billy Milligan, the subject
of this haunting biography by the author of Flowers for Algernon. Keyes recounts,
in a refreshingly straightforward style, the events of Billy’s life and how his
psyche came to be “split”... as well as how, with Keyes’ help, he attempted to put
the fragments of himself back together.
sangat terkenal dengan Sumpah Palapa yang berisi ikrar untuk menyatukan seluruh
wilayah Nusantara.[46] Majapahit pada masanya terkenal sebagai negara agraris dan
juga sebagai negara perdagangan yang mengatur aktivitas pelayaran dunia.[46]
Secara yuridis, keberadaan lembaga kearsipan Indonesia dimulai sejak
diproklamasikan kemerdekaan Indonesia 17 Agustus 1945.
it should weave a narrative and tell a story in almost the same way a novel does.
In this way, biography differs from the rest of nonfiction.
The queen seemed increasingly aware of the modern role of the monarchy, allowing,
for example, the televising of the royal family’s domestic life in 1970 and
condoning the formal dissolution of her sister’s marriage in 1978. In the 1990s,
however, the royal family faced a number of challenges. In 1992, a year that
Elizabeth referred to as the royal family’s annus horribilis, Prince Charles and
his wife, Diana, princess of Wales, separated, as did Prince Andrew and his wife,
Sarah, duchess of York. Moreover, Anne divorced, and a fire gutted the royal
residence of Windsor Castle. In addition, as the country struggled with a
recession, resentment over the royals’ lifestyle mounted, and in 1992 Elizabeth,
although personally exempt, agreed to pay taxes on her private income. The
separation and later divorce (1996) of Charles and the immensely popular Diana
further eroded support for the royal family, which was viewed by some as antiquated
and unfeeling. The criticism intensified following Diana’s death in 1997,
especially after Elizabeth initially refused to allow the national flag to fly at
half-staff over Buckingham Palace. In line with her earlier attempts at modernizing
the monarchy, the queen subsequently sought to present a less-stuffy and less-
traditional image of the monarchy. These attempts were met with mixed success.
Sejak Belanda melancarkan agresi militer yang pertama dan Elizabeth was the elder
daughter of Prince Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little
prospect of acceding to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of
Windsor), abdicated in her father’s favour on December 11, 1936, at which time her
father became King George VI and she became heir presumptive. The princess’s
education was supervised by her mother, who entrusted her daughters to a governess,
Marion Crawford; the princess was also grounded in history by C.H.K. Marten,
afterward provost of Eton College, and had instruction from visiting teachers in
music and languages. During World War II she and her sister, Princess Margaret
Rose, perforce spent much of their time safely away from the London
Sejak Belanda melancarkan agresi militer yang pertama dan Elizabeth was the elder
daughter of Prince Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little
prospect of acceding to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of
Windsor), abdicated in her father’s favour on December 11, 1936, at which time her
father became King George VI and she became heir presumptive. The princess’s
education was supervised by her mother, who entrusted her daughters to a governess,
Marion Crawford; the princess was also grounded in history by C.H.K. Marten,
afterward provost of Eton College, and had instruction from visiting teachers in
music and languages. During World War II she and her sister, Princess Margaret
Rose, perforce spent much of their time safely away from the London
penyelenggaraan segala urusan Arsip Nasional dipindahkan ke Kementerian Pertama RI,
termasuk wewenang, tugas dan kewajiban, perlengkapan materiil dan personalia,
dan organisasi kearsipan pada masa pemerintah Kolonial Belanda (landarchief) dan
produk-produk kearsipannya. Setelah kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia, lembaga
kearsipan (landarchief) diambil oleh pemerintah RI
In 2005 Jokowi, as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (Partai
Demokrasi Indonesia-Perjuangan; PDI-P), won election as mayor of Surakarta—the
first person to be directly elected to that post. He was extraordinarily effective
in reducing crime and attracting foreign tourists to the city. His habit of making
spontaneous visits to poor neighbourhoods and his refusal to accept a salary for
his public service contributed to his reputation for humility and honesty. In 2010
Jokowi
Although her small kingdom was threatened by grave internal divisions, Elizabeth’s
blend of shrewdness, courage, and majestic self-display inspired ardent expressions
of loyalty and helped unify the nation against foreign enemies. The adulation
bestowed upon her both in her lifetime and in the ensuing centuries was not
altogether a spontaneous effusion. It was the result of a carefully crafted,
brilliantly executed campaign in which the queen fashioned herself as the
glittering symbol of the nation’s destiny. This political symbolism, common to
monarchies, had more substance than usual, for the queen was by no means a mere
figurehead. While she did not wield the absolute power of which Renaissance rulers
dreamed, she tenaciously upheld her authority to make critical decisions and to set
the central policies of both state and church. The latter half of the 16th century
in England is justly called the Elizabethan Age: rarely has the collective life of
a whole era been given so distinctively personal a stamp.
Para cendekiawan India telah menulis tentang Dwipantara atau kerajaan Hindu Jawa
Dwipa di Pulau Jawa dan Sumatra atau Swarna Dwipa sekitar 200 SM.
Indonesia terdiri dari berbagai suku bangsa, bahasa, dan agama. Berdasarkan rumpun
bangsa, Indonesia terdiri atas bangsa asli pribumi yakni Austronesia dan Melanesia
di mana bangsa Austronesia yang terbesar jumlahnya dan lebih banyak mendiami
Indonesia bagian barat. Dengan suku Jawa dan Sunda membentuk kelompok suku bangsa
terbesar dengan persentase mencapai 57% dari seluruh penduduk Indonesia.[21]
Semboyan nasional Indonesia, "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" (Berbeda-beda tetapi tetap
satu), bermakna keberagaman sosial-budaya yang membentuk satu kesatuan negara.
Setelah Majapahit mengalami kejatuhan, kesultanan-kesultanan bercorak Islam berdiri
dan berkembang pesat di Nusantara, terutama di Jawa. Kesultanan pertama di Pulau
Jawa yang telah diakui secara luas adalah Demak dan Cirebon yang berdiri pada abad
ke-15.[55][56] Namun beberapa waktu ini, beberapa pakar menemukan sejumlah bukti
tentang kesultanan Islam yang lebih tua, yaitu Lumajang, yang diperkirakan berdiri
pada akhir abad ke-13.[57] Setelah itu,
During his stay at the Patent Office, and in his spare time, he produced much of
his remarkable work and in 1908 he was appointed Privatdozent in Berne. In 1909 he
became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich, in 1911 Professor of Theoretical Physics
at Prague, returning to Zurich in the following year to fill a similar post. In
1914 he was appointed Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute and
Professor in the University of Berlin. He became a German citizen in 1914 and
remained in Berlin until 1933 when he renounced his citizenship for political
reasons and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical
Physics at Princeton*. He became a United States citizen in 1940 and retired from
his post in 1945.
Elizabeth was known to favour simplicity in court life and was also known to take a
serious and informed interest in government business, aside from the traditional
and ceremonial duties. Privately, she became a keen horsewoman; she kept
racehorses, frequently attended races, and periodically visited the Kentucky stud
farms in the United States. Her financial and property holdings made her one of the
world’s richest women.
istilah Kobunsjokan yang ditempatkan dibawah Bunkyokyoku. Sebagaimana pegawai-
pegawai Belanda lainnya,
800 pages details every knowable moment of the youngest Founding Father’s life:
konsepsi asli tentang statusnya sebagai Arsip Negeri RIS. Hal tersebut dimaksudkan
agar arsip-arsip pemerintah pusat dapat disalurkan ke Arsip Negeri RIS.
Selain memiliki penduduk yang padat dan wilayah yang luas, Indonesia memiliki alam
yang mendukung tingkat keanekaragaman hayati terbesar ke-2 di dunia.
Lembaga kearsipan di Indonesia, seperti yang kita kenal sekarang ini, secara de
facto sudah ada sejak 28 Januari 1892,ketika Pemerintah Hindia Belanda mendirikan
Landarchief.
Later, when he entered politics, his populist appeal was rooted in part to those
humble beginnings.
Elizabeth’s early years were not auspicious. She was born at Greenwich Palace, the
daughter of the Tudor king Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Henry had
defied the pope and broken England from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church
in order to dissolve his marriage with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, who had
borne him a daughter, Mary. Since the king ardently hoped that Anne Boleyn would
give birth to a male heir, regarded as key to stable dynastic succession, the birth
of a second daughter was a bitter disappointment that dangerously weakened the new
queen’s position. Before Elizabeth reached her third birthday, her father had her
mother beheaded on charges of adultery and treason. Moreover, at Henry’s
instigation, an act of Parliament declared his marriage with Anne Boleyn invalid
from the beginning, thus making their daughter Elizabeth illegitimate, as Roman
Catholics had all along claimed her to be. (Apparently, the king was undeterred by
the logical inconsistency of simultaneously invalidating the marriage and accusing
his wife of adultery.) The emotional impact of these events on the little girl, who
had been brought up from infancy in a separate household at Hatfield, is not known;
presumably, no one thought it worth recording. What was noted was her precocious
seriousness; at six years old, it was admiringly observed, she had as much gravity
as if she had been 40.
Nama "Inggris" (England) berasal dari kata Englaland dalam bahasa Inggris kuno,
yang berarti "tanah Angles".[15] Angles ini adalah salah satu dari suku-suku
Jermanik yang menetap di Britania Raya selama Abad Pertengahan Awal. Suku Angles
ini berasal dari semenanjung Angeln di Teluk Kiel, wilayah Laut Baltik.[16] Menurut
Oxford English Dictionary, penggunaan pertama yang diketahui dari kata "England"
untuk merujuk pada bagian selatan dari Pulau Britania Raya terjadi pada tahun 897,
dan ejaan modern untuk kata ini pertama kali digunakan pada tahun 1538.[17]
University of Sebelas Maret, which was created in 1976 by consolidating five
existing institutions. The city also has several museums, an archive, and a number
of libraries, some with various text and multimedia collections available in
digital format.
saat itu. Umat manusia sendiri sebenarnya belum sampai ke Sumatra, gelombang
migrasi dari Afrika ikut terhenti untuk sementara akibat erupsi ini. Gunung Toba
kemudian tenggelam dan kalderanya membentuk sebuah danau besar dengan nama yang
sama.[30]
Titled after one of her most evocative poems, this shimmering bio of Sylvia Plath
takes an unusual approach. Instead of focusing on her years of depression and
tempestuous marriage to poet Ted Hughes, it chronicles her life before she ever
came to Cambridge. Wilson closely examines her early family and relationships,
feelings and experiences, with information taken from her meticulous diaries —
setting a strong precedent for other Plath biographers to follow.
Langkah pertama yang diambil adalah memasukkan Arsip Nagara dalam Lembaga Sejarah
pada Kementerian PP dan K.
When in 1537 Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, gave birth to a son, Edward,
Elizabeth receded still further into relative obscurity, but she was not neglected.
Despite his capacity for monstrous cruelty, Henry VIII treated all his children
with what contemporaries regarded as affection; Elizabeth was present at ceremonial
occasions and was declared third in line to the throne. She spent much of the time
with her half brother Edward and, from her 10th year onward, profited from the
loving attention of her stepmother, Catherine Parr, the king’s sixth and last wife.
Under a series of distinguished tutors, of whom the best known is the Cambridge
humanist Roger Ascham, Elizabeth received the rigorous education normally reserved
for male heirs, consisting of a course of studies centring on classical languages,
history, rhetoric, and moral philosophy. “Her mind has no womanly weakness,” Ascham
wrote with the unselfconscious sexism of the age, “her perseverance is equal to
that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up.” In addition to
Greek and Latin, she became fluent in French and Italian, attainments of which she
was proud and which were in later years to serve her well in the conduct of
diplomacy. Thus steeped in the secular learning of the Renaissance, the quick-
witted and intellectually serious princess also studied theology, imbibing the
tenets of English Protestantism in its formative period. Her association with the
Reformation is critically important, for it shaped the future course of the nation,
but it does not appear to have been a personal passion: observers noted the young
princess’s fascination more with languages than with religious dogma.
What if you had twenty-four different people living inside you, and you never knew
which one was going to come out? Such was the life of Billy Milligan, the subject
of this haunting biography by the author of Flowers for Algernon. Keyes recounts,
in a refreshingly straightforward style, the events of Billy’s life and how his
psyche came to be “split”... as well as how, with Keyes’ help, he attempted to put
the fragments of himself back together.
Nama "Inggris" (England) berasal dari kata Englaland dalam bahasa Inggris kuno,
yang berarti "tanah Angles".[15] Angles ini adalah salah satu dari suku-suku
Jermanik yang menetap di Britania Raya selama Abad Pertengahan Awal. Suku Angles
ini berasal dari semenanjung Angeln di Teluk Kiel, wilayah Laut Baltik.[16] Menurut
Oxford English Dictionary, penggunaan pertama yang diketahui dari kata "England"
untuk merujuk pada bagian selatan dari Pulau Britania Raya terjadi pada tahun 897,
dan ejaan modern untuk kata ini pertama kali digunakan pada tahun 1538.[17]
Indonesia’s first president—was instrumental in Suharto’s fall from power in 1998.
Albert Einstein, (born March 14, 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany—died April 18,
1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.), German-born physicist who developed the special
and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for
his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the
most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Nasional RI di Daerah TK I menjadi Arsip Nasional Wilayah. Seiring dengan
pengembangan struktur organisasi tersebut, beliau juga
Elizabeth was known to favour simplicity in court life and was also known to take a
serious and informed interest in government business, aside from the traditional
and ceremonial duties. Privately, she became a keen horsewoman; she kept
racehorses, frequently attended races, and periodically visited the Kentucky stud
farms in the United States. Her financial and property holdings made her one of the
world’s richest women.
Joko Widodo, byname Jokowi, (born June 21, 1961, Surakarta, Central Java,
Indonesia), Indonesian businessman, politician, and government official who served
as governor of Jakarta (2012–14) and as president of Indonesia (2014– ). Joko
Widodo, commonly called Jokowi, who attracted international attention with his
populist style of campaigning and his anticorruption platform, became the first
Indonesian president who did not have a military background or belong to one of the
country’s prominent political families.
mengembangkan SDM di bidang kearsipan; yakni merekrut pegawai baru sebagai
arsiparis. Oleh karena itu, pada masa tersebut jumlah
whose cancer cells were taken, without her knowledge, for medical testing — and
without whom we wouldn’t have many of the critical cures we depend upon today.
Because of the political situation worsened after the outbreak of G-30-S/PKI, MPRS
Special Assembly, March 1967, appointed Soeharto as the President, inaugurated as
the second President of the Republic of Indonesia, March 1968. President Suharto
ruled for more than three decades through the election six times, until he
resigned, May 21, 1998.
The city is a market for the surrounding densely populated agricultural area, which
produces tobacco, sugar, rice, coconuts, fruits and vegetables, and cassava. The
making of batik cloth is a main industry, as are the manufacture of cigarettes,
furniture, and textiles; there is also metal casting and jewelry making. Local
handicrafts include pottery making, wood and bone carving, and the making of
musical instruments. The city is an important cultural centre for central Javanese
dance, music, and literature and is linked by road, rail, and air to the rest of
Java. Pop. (2010) 499,337.
Here’s another bio that will reshape your views of a famed historical tyrant,
though this time in a surprisingly favorable light. Decorated scholar Andrew
Roberts delves into the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, from his near-flawless military
instincts to his complex and confusing relationship with his wife. But Roberts’
attitude toward his subject is what really makes this work shine: rather than
ridiculing him (as it would undoubtedly be easy to do), he approaches the “petty
tyrant” with a healthy amount of deference.
In 1949, he successfully led his forces recaptured the city of Yogyakarta from
Dutch hands at that time. He was also as a guard of Commander Sudirman. In
addition, he also once became the Commander of the Mandala (liberation of West
Irian).
Di Kepulauan Maluku, terdapat dua kesultanan besar yang terkenal, yaitu Ternate dan
Tidore yang berpusat di wilayah yang saat ini termasuk dalam wilayah Maluku Utara.
[63] Wilayah Ternate pada masa kejayaannya, yaitu pada abad ke-16, mencakup Pulau
Ternate, sebagian kecil Pulau Halmahera, Kepulauan Maluku bagian tengah, Pulau
Sulawesi bagian utara dan timur, hingga ke Nusa Tenggara Timur. Sementara itu,
Tidore pada masa kejayaannya yang juga pada abad ke-16 meliputi Pulau Tidore,
sebagian besar Pulau Halmahera, hingga ke Papua Barat.[64]
Sejarah Indonesia meliputi suatu rentang waktu yang sangat panjang yang dimulai
sejak zaman prasejarah berdasarkan penemuan "Manusia Jawa" yang berusia 1,7 juta
tahun yang lalu.
Although her small kingdom was threatened by grave internal divisions, Elizabeth’s
blend of shrewdness, courage, and majestic self-display inspired ardent expressions
of loyalty and helped unify the nation against foreign enemies. The adulation
bestowed upon her both in her lifetime and in the ensuing centuries was not
altogether a spontaneous effusion. It was the result of a carefully crafted,
brilliantly executed campaign in which the queen fashioned herself as the
glittering symbol of the nation’s destiny. This political symbolism, common to
monarchies, had more substance than usual, for the queen was by no means a mere
figurehead. While she did not wield the absolute power of which Renaissance rulers
dreamed, she tenaciously upheld her authority to make critical decisions and to set
the central policies of both state and church. The latter half of the 16th century
in England is justly called the Elizabethan Age: rarely has the collective life of
a whole era been given so distinctively personal a stamp.
istilah Kobunsjokan yang ditempatkan dibawah Bunkyokyoku. Sebagaimana pegawai-
pegawai Belanda lainnya,
Sejarah Indonesia meliputi suatu rentang waktu yang sangat panjang yang dimulai
sejak zaman prasejarah berdasarkan penemuan "Manusia Jawa" yang berusia 1,7 juta
tahun yang lalu.
awalnya mengusulkan istilah Indunesia dan Malayunesia untuk penduduk pulauan Hindia
atau Kepulauan
Pada masa kepemimpinan beliau terjadi perubahan struktur organisasi yang baru
dengan dikeluarkannya Keputusan Presiden RI
awalnya mengusulkan istilah Indunesia dan Malayunesia untuk penduduk pulauan Hindia
atau Kepulauan
The marriage of Lieutenant Colonel Suharto and Siti Hartinah held on December 26,
1947 in Solo. Suharto was 26 years old at that time and Hartinah 24 years old. They
had six sons and daughters, Siti Hardiyanti Hastuti, Sigit Harjojudanto, Bambang
Trihatmodjo, Siti Hediati Herijadi, Hutomo Mandala Putra and Siti Hutami Endang
Adiningsih.
Surakarta, Dutch Soerakarta, also called Solo, kota (city), eastern Central Java
(Jawa Tengah) propinsi (or provinsi; province), Indonesia. It lies along the Solo
River about 35 miles (55 km) northeast of Yogyakarta. Once the capital of Surakarta
principality under the Dutch, it was occupied by Japan (1942–45) during World War
II and was later incorporated into the Indonesian republic.
whose cancer cells were taken, without her knowledge, for medical testing — and
without whom we wouldn’t have many of the critical cures we depend upon today.
et us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.” From this line derives
the central issue of Agee and Evans’ work: who truly deserves our praise and
recognition? According to this 1941 biography, it’s the barely-surviving
sharecropper families who were severely
the sovereign and carried out her first state opening of Parliament on November 4,
1952. Her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
Suharto was the second President of the Republic of Indonesia. He was born in
Kemusuk, Yogyakarta, on June 8, 1921. His father named Kertosudiro is a farmer and
also as the assistant village headman in irrigation paddy field, while his mother
named Sukirah.
terdapat beberapa kesultanan yang juga berdiri di Jawa, yaitu Giri, Banten,
Serikat (RIS) dan diakuinya kedaulatan Pemerintah Republik Indonesia oleh Belanda
pada akhir tahun 1949. Setelah itu lemb
Perubahan itu ditetapkan melalui Surat Keputusan Menteri nomor 130433/5, tanggal 24
Desember 1957.
The queen seemed increasingly aware of the modern role of the monarchy, allowing,
for example, the televising of the royal family’s domestic life in 1970 and
condoning the formal dissolution of her sister’s marriage in 1978. In the 1990s,
however, the royal family faced a number of challenges. In 1992, a year that
Elizabeth referred to as the royal family’s annus horribilis, Prince Charles and
his wife, Diana, princess of Wales, separated, as did Prince Andrew and his wife,
Sarah, duchess of York. Moreover, Anne divorced, and a fire gutted the royal
residence of Windsor Castle. In addition, as the country struggled with a
recession, resentment over the royals’ lifestyle mounted, and in 1992 Elizabeth,
although personally exempt, agreed to pay taxes on her private income. The
separation and later divorce (1996) of Charles and the immensely popular Diana
further eroded support for the royal family, which was viewed by some as antiquated
and unfeeling. The criticism intensified following Diana’s death in 1997,
especially after Elizabeth initially refused to allow the national flag to fly at
half-staff over Buckingham Palace. In line with her earlier attempts at modernizing
the monarchy, the queen subsequently sought to present a less-stuffy and less-
traditional image of the monarchy. These attempts were met with mixed success.