AndThey were born only a year apart. But, unlike the two sisters Amélie and Juliette Nothomb, their complicity has never been obvious. Elizabeth II and the BBC, symbols of British identity and unity, have spent years distrusting each other. The Queen and the British public broadcasting group were born a year apart, in the period of strong growth following the First World War. Elizabeth II uttered her first cry in 1926. The British Broadcasting Company, which began as a private radio in 1922, took its first steps in 1927 as a public law corporation governed by a royal charter. Thanks to the short waves, the “Beeb”, as it is affectionately nicknamed by the British, makes London’s voice ring out …
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