Re: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Beacon in Pakistan
It’s a diplomatic and government advisory role. The queen is the only person in the world who talks regularly directly to the heads of government is about 16 countries, which puts her in a unique position to facilitate relationships between those countries and to enable the experiences of one country to be shared with others directly at the highest level.
Diplomatically, the royals and the queen help Britain’s relationships particularly with other monarchies, such as strategically important gulf monarchies. Saudi royals build up long-tern personal ties with British royals which translates into British influence.
And lastly, particularly in democracies where the individuals involved in government change regularly, the Queen enables experiences from an early generation to be shared directly with later governments.
For example, during the Falklands war in 1982, Britain’s Prime Minister received advice from the Queen on how Britain’s experiences in its last war, the Suez War of 1956 could be learned from. Unlike anyone in Margaret Thatcher’s government, the Queen had been very closely briefed on the 1956 war as it went along, and therefore knew more than anyone in the government about the way it went.