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After jubilee success, monarchy faces the future

By Jill Lawless
Published June 5, 2012 7:07pm ET
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After jubilee success, monarchy faces the future
From left Britain's Prince Charles Queen Elizabeth Prince William, and his wife Kate Duchess of Cambridge, stand on the balcony at Buckingham Palace during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in central London Tuesday June 5, 2012. Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. (AP Photo/Stefan Wermuth, Pool) | STEFAN WERMUTH

LONDON (AP) — There were six figures on the balcony, three generations of royalty — and one large absence.

Queen Elizabeth II’s appearance at Buckingham Palace with her family on Tuesday capped a triumphant Diamond Jubilee weekend for a British monarchy that has overcome years of crisis and seems secure in its subjects’ hearts.

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