As Close as We’ll Get 

It's not quite an apology from the Queen, but it's something.

In 2013, mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing was granted a “royal pardon” for his previous “crime” of being gay. At the time, I wrote that what was really called for was a royal apology. In 2021, we’ll come as close as we’re likely to get, when Turing’s face is featured on the new 50 pound note.