Queen Elizabeth II: The end of an era on Tuesday's Access Utah

By Tom Williams

Published September 13, 2022 at 11:02 AM MDT

Queen Elizabeth II wearing a red hat and coat. — Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II was England's longest serving monarch, and the second-longest reigning monarch in history. She served with 15 Prime Ministers, beginning with Winston Churchill.

Today we’ll put Elizabeth’s long and eventful reign in historical context. Our guests will be USU Associate Professor of History Susan Cogan and USU Distinguished Professor of History Tammy Proctor.

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Tom Williams

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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