On 9/8/2022 Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned over Great Britain for 70 years — the longest reign in the nation’s history — died at 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Earlier in the day, the palace had announced that the Queen been placed under medical supervision following “concern” from her doctors over her health. She died “peacefully” Thursday afternoon, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Buckingham Palace released a statement from her eldest son Charles, who paid tribute to his “beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen.”
“I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world,” the statement said. “During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held.”
Elizabeth’s last major constitutional action came Tuesday, when she accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and asked his successor, Liz Truss, to form a new government. The monarch appeared frail in a meeting with the newly appointed Prime Minister, and on Wednesday she canceled a virtual meeting with her Privy Council, based on doctors’ orders advising rest, the New York Times reported.
The royal was preceded in death by her husband, Prince Philip, who spent more than seven decades supporting the queen. The Duke of Edinburgh, Britain’s longest-serving consort, died in April 2021 at age 99. Elizabeth and Philip were married for more than 70 years and had four children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was conducting her daily briefing for reporters when news of the Queen’s death broke. “Our relationship with the people of the United Kingdom, and this is something that the president has said himself, has grown stronger and stronger. And it is one of our closest allies,” she said, “And, again, our hearts go to the people of the United Kingdom to the queen and to the family.”
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Queen Elizabeth II, longest-reigning British monarch, dead at 96, KJP conducting briefing when news broke