As PeeWee sez:

She is widely and uncontroversially well-loved, a sentiment that crosses political, ethnic, and class boundaries.

None of my biz, really, and not such a biggie that I'm constantly up in arms about it, but I can't be totally alone in the world in thinking that on one point she's being a bit of an arsehole: Her eldest son, while admittedly a bit boring-as-a-plank and not having been the best of husbands in his first marriage[1], seems on the whole to be a diligent and decent chap... Who is now either fast approaching or, more probably, over retirement age -- and he still hasn't even got to begin his real job (as King), but is still at the apprentice (PoW[2]) stage.

It's a shame she didn't follow her Dutch[3], Japanese, and IIRC Belgian colleagues' example and chuck the gig. In her case, sometime around the turn of the century, when she snatched the "longest reign" trophy from her great(-great...?)-gramma Vicky, or at the latest around the London Olympics / her Diamond Jubilee. Wonder if she regrets that now; would have got some more years in peace and quiet with hubby before she had to sit alone at his funeral. Bet she does.

I see two potential defenses of her stubbornness rearing their ugly heads, so let's nip them in the bud:

1) "But she's not alone in this, other monarchs linger on too!" Yeah, no, that's no defense. Megs of the Danes should also have chucked it around the time her hubby did; her son and successor is also quite old enough I think (not quite, but somewehere near Charlie's age?). Likewise wossface; Haakon, Harald something of Norway, and soon Cal Gustf[4] of Sweden too. At least the latter is eminently placed to do so; his Vicky[5] seems to have benefitted from her mother's injection of commoner blood into the shallow gene pool of European royalty by becoming, in the eyes of the great unwashed, at least as sympathetic as -- and objectively quite a bit sharper than -- he is.

2) "But she can't; the British constitution doesn't allow it!" Oh, bullpucky!

a) The "British constitution" is just as Common Law as the rest of the British legal system (or perhaps better, "system". In quotes). When it needs to change, it somehow magically always changes. And on this point, it needs to.

b) The Japanese constitution didn't allow it either; Emperors just couldn't quit. And yet, here we are -- Akihito quit. And neither the world nor even the Japanese Empire shattered because of it.

So, sure, not a huuuge controversy... But still, some, AFAICS?

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[1]: Though in his defence, it seems he was forced into that whole debacle -- mainly by his Mum? -- just as much as his young bride was.

[2]: And wow, doesn't that usually stand for something else than "Prince of Wales"...

[3]: The two last of them, IIRC, before the current part-time KLM pilot; his Ma and Grandma.

[4]: Authentic signature. Admittedly, the poor buffoon is well-known for being a bit dyslexic on top of everything else; but still, your own name...

[5]: Named for the same common great(-great-great-whatever) grandmother.