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The King is dead. Long live the Queen is a phrase that means that the leader is no longer in power, but has passed away. The line references the Tudor belief that the king would only reign for a short period of time before he died, and after his death, the crown would be passed on to his younger brother, who was known as the Queen’s husband or consort. “Long live the Queen” is widely considered to be a euphemism for “Long live her son” which refers to the new monarch.
Source: The Young Elites
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