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(9,685 posts) Thu Sep 8, 2022, 01:35 PM Sep 2022

Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces [View all]

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Source: The BBC

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.

Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.

The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.

With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for 14 Commonwealth realms.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61585886

This is going to hit a hard hit nation very hard
This is not a shock of course, but even for those who are not monarchists she has been a steady head of state for decades.

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Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2022 OP

I am deeply sorry. PA_jen Sep 2022 #1

BBC reports a rainbow appeared in the sky over Buckingham Palace a short while ago Wicked Blue Sep 2022 #2

Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth. Novara Sep 2022 #3

I'm so sorry to hear it. area51 Sep 2022 #4

The end of an era. May she rest in peace. Mad_Dem_X Sep 2022 #5

Just saw that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 #6

Initiate Operation London Bridge ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #7

With sympathy to the Queens family, and to all within the realm.. asiliveandbreathe Sep 2022 #8

Rest well. You've earned it. NT Happy Hoosier Sep 2022 #9

Don't Care OhioTim Sep 2022 #10

Oh please ... FarPoint Sep 2022 #17

Yet here you are sarisataka Sep 2022 #21

+1 MontanaMama Sep 2022 #23

Unclear as why you would come in just to shit on a dead 96 year old? Soph0571 Sep 2022 #24

There is going to be another exodus from the Commonwealth Miguelito Loveless Sep 2022 #11

I honor the woman whose death at 96 was the same age as my own dear grandmother hlthe2b Sep 2022 #12

So very sorry to hear it. I remember when she was crowned. I was six. Glorfindel Sep 2022 #13

TFG gets to see someone rise to "KING". Timing, eh? Brainfodder Sep 2022 #14

Most of us were not even born when she became Queen Polybius Sep 2022 #15

RIP Queen Elizabeth. chowder66 Sep 2022 #16

RIP beaglelover Sep 2022 #18

So sorry to hear this. But I'm glad she had as many years as she had, in good health most of highplainsdem Sep 2022 #19

so, so sad 🥲. May Queen Elizabeth Rest in Peace and May her Memory be a Blessing. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2022 #20

My condolences. 2naSalit Sep 2022 #22

Very well said. MontanaMama Sep 2022 #26

I met her a couple of times Soph0571 Sep 2022 #27

King Charles. Sorry about your mum. twodogsbarking Sep 2022 #25

May she rest in peace slightlv Sep 2022 #28

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Sep 2022 #29