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Queen Elizabeth II Dies Aged 96, Buckingham Palace Says

AuthorYasin Ebrahim
Published 09/08/2022, 01:34 PM
Updated 09/08/2022, 02:26 PM
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By Yasin Ebrahim

Investing.com --  Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.

A statement issued by the palace said the "Queen died peacefully" this afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. 

The news arrived just hours after the palace released a statement saying "doctors were concerned" about the Queen's health, but added that she "remains comfortable."  

The Queen had struggled with her health for nearly a year, and was forced to ease her public events calendar last year amid difficulty with her mobility.

Queen Elizabeth II had recently celebrated her platinum Jubilee this year, marking 70 years on the throne. 

The 96-year-old monarch came to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25, after the death of her father King George VI just as Britain was recovering from World War II.

Following her death, the Queen's eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will become King in a formal ceremony in London and lead mourning services across the United Kingdom. "The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow," the palace said in a statement.

In a statement, His Majesty King Charles III said the death of the Queen was a "moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family."

Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke of the "great legacy" left by the Queen, describing the monarch as "a rock on which modern Britain was built." 

"We usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country, exactly as her Majesty would have wished by saying the words 'God save the King,'" Truss added.

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Kohinoor chor 😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
She could have crowned him then live a while to enjoy watching him but I guess she rather not else she might get annoyed.
The King Charles III.
wow, who said vampires live for ever?
'King Charles III said the death of the Queen was a "moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.' --- I don't believe it for a second. --- But rest in peace, Queenie. == Honest, the theatre with any royals, oligarchs, autocrats, and communists is way-y-y overdone and should be abolished. In the old days, the royals were autocrats and oligarchs. The current oligarchs, autocrats, and communists wish they could become royals but they definitely feel like royals. Trump and his friend and supporter Putin definitely proved those theories. -- In the End, all leaders are really there to do good for the people they lead in a position of trust and they should not rob them like Putin, Trump, and the other oligarchs, autocrats, and communists have proven to rob the people. Look at the NoKo p.i.g how he robs his people and how he lies to them like Xi and Putin, all p.i.g.s
Trump the **** doesn't fall too far from the stem of ****s like Xi, Putin, and the other no-good oligarchs, autocrats, and communists. --- It's TOTALLY beyond me that nearly 50% of Americans fell for Trump a second time and nearly 100% of Chinese and Russians keep re-electing their no-good leaders.
how many trillions of dollars stoled from her predecessors
please king Charles 🤴 , you must restore the dimont stolen from my country to make the crown. to restore your families dignity
RIP
meh, who cares about useless boomers
Finally
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Under Queen Elizabeth, Britain Shrunk to small island.. once up on time, they ruled over 3/4 of the World.
who cares??? British eliets who love the limey light.
May her good soul find eternal rest indeed 💓
This is my father history my aunt mess up the history where my family have to correct the history this what's going go
Wish all royals where like her. Great Stateswoman.I wish her well at the other side of the rainbow.
She served Great Britain well and lived a great life with never a hint of corruption or scandal.
ehem... genocide in africa???? apartheid???? cover-up over his pedophile son andrew????
in her reign, many commonwealths declared independence because of the empire's massive corruption....
Shame
Gone too soon. She was so young. We need a vaccine to cure society of this terrible curse of dying! I suggest we lock down the world until we find a solution. It's too dangerous out there, folks!
Long Live Sarcastic Conservatism!!!
People need great figures to look up to, great men and women that serve as examples of what we ought to be. Queen Elizabeth wasn't one of them. nothing inspiring about her in my opinion. just dull British eccentricity
the old colonialism died finally.
A great person of tremendous strength of will and love for her country has passed, and with her an era of living a promise. May she have peace and joy.
rip Queen
RIP The Queen 👑
God save the King - She was a great legend
Really,. ***millions, Colonizing the world. Lol.
Is it such a terrible thing that Great Britain colonized America Canada Australia India and huge swathes of Africa giving them roads railwaystechnology a justice and political system they still use today. Maybe the world would be better with people running around like savages.
gave roads for free. Why did britain stop all these charitable activities then.
So sad... Queen Elizabeth didn't make the politics, but she has been doing her best to preserve the best of British culture. I hoped to see her healthy and happy celebrating her 100th birthday...
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