As my son said, up to now, she was immortal.
I guess I did secretly hope she’d live forever.
@HP, I saw her coronation live on TV too. My father was a Canadian citizen at the time, along with all his side of the family, so it was a major event for him and thus for our family too. He rented a TV just for that week (my first glimpse of children’s TV!). I watched it again on YouTube a few years ago and was surprised at how accurate my childhood recollection was.