Queen Elizabeth || death
1926-8september2022
Four years beforeshe took the throne as Queen Elizabeth II, she made a pledge .
The decades -long reign of service ended Thursday , when Queen Elizabeth II dieda at her Balmoral estate in scotland , at age 96. for 70 years , she served as the constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom , the longest rule in British History .
Her reign spanned a remarkable are in British History and was defined by duty to country and considerable family pain .
Her death is a major milestone for the country , triggering an outpouring of national affection and grief.
" Michael Ensor told media".
After giving a tour in the morning . player returned to Buckingham Palace to await an update on the Queen's health with premonition that it was " important " to present at her main residency , he said .
As the crowds swelled throughout the day , so did the uncertainty.
That impulse was shared by many as the aftemoon progressed, more and more people gathered outside the gates of the famous palace , undemeath the balcony from which the Queen greeted the public on so many occasions over the course of her life . Sue and Michael Ensor, were visiting London from England's South Coast on Thursday. when we heard that the Queen was not very well we thought we'd come straight down.
At around 6:30 pm local time , a hush fell over the crowd , as news broke of the Queen's broke of the Queen's death at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
It also comes at a time when the U.K. is transitioning from a deeply controversial prime minister , Boris Johnson , to a new one , Liz Truss , who just took over the job this week .
The country Faces skyrocketing inflation and the challenge of the biggest war Europe since 1945. Elizabeth was born into an empire on which the sun never set and was the country's last major figure with a connection to World War II , a searing , ultimately triumphant experience that , for some , continues to define the nation .
In 1947 , at age 21 , she married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark , a dashing naval officer distant cousin with whom she'd fallen in love in her early teens .
While traveling in Kenya five years later , Elizabeth received grim news from home that her father , who suffered from heart disease and cancer , had died in his sleep . A year later , her lavish coronation in Westiminster Abbey drew a global TV audience .
Elizabeth made a glamorous young queen in the gray , postwar years but also a remote one . Occasionally, she appeared to TV cameras into her some . She spoke of her embrace of the predictability of royal life and how younger family members chafed under its strictures.
"If you live this sort of life , which people don't very much", "she said with a lough ," you live very much by tradition and by continuity. I find that's one of the sad things , that people don't take on jobs for life , they try different thing all time .
Given the nature of her job , Elizabeth said the knew exactly what the would she would we doing in the next two month or even the coming year . " I think this is what the younger members [ of the royal family ] find difficult , is the regimented side of it ," she added.
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