Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has confirmed
"The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
"Her life of service stretched beyond most of our memories. In return, she was loved by the people of the United Kingdom and all around the world."The monarch died at Balmoral, her estate in Aberdeenshire, with her four children Prince Charles, Princess Anne, the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex all at her bedside.The flag at Buckingham Palace was lowered to half mast at 6.30pm.
A statement on the site says: "The official website of the Royal Family is temporarily unavailable while appropriate changes are made." And like thousands of others, had a sweetheart in the forces, her third cousin Prince Philip of Greece. They married at Westminster Abbey in November 1947. The following year, the couple's first child, Prince Charles, was born and two years later, Princess Anne.
It was a quality she needed more than ever in the 1990s when the marriages of two of her children collapsed. The 1992 fire at Windsor Castle seems to symbolise the deterioration of the Royal family's esteem. She said of the year: "It has turned out to be an annus horribilus".The Queen was criticised for her reserved response and ultimately was forced to make an unprecedented live broadcast.
On 6th February this year Her Majesty became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service. That selfless duty was never more apparent than when the Queen paid an extraordinary visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011. “Her Majesty has been steadfast, a rock of strength for our nation, for our Commonwealth and on so many occasions, for the whole world."
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