Queen Elizabeth II has died

Image: Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Richard Stone, 1992. This portrait (featured on the £1.88 stamp) was part of a special stamp set to mark the 60th anniversary of her coronation. Image credit: Richard Stone, royal portrait painter. Reporting by George Bowden, Marie Jackson and Sean Coughlan, royal correspondent. BBC News – September 8, 2022.

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

She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a “moment of great sadness” for him and his family and that her loss would be “deeply felt” around the world. […]

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