The Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, has died.
She died on Thursday, September 8 at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands.
She was 96, after spending more than 70 years on the throne.
Her death, of undisclosed causes, was announced by Buckingham Palace.
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
In her reign, which began in February 1952 after the death of her father, King George VI, Elizabeth served as a constant and reassuring figure in Britain and on the world stage as she helped lead her country through a period of profound shifts in geopolitical power and national identity.
