Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
The seismic, history-making moment is finally here. After waiting for more than 70 years, Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor is now King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The 73-year-old ascended to the British throne immediately after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II ‘passed away peacefully’ at her Balmoral home in Scotland at the age of 96.
Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
The seismic, history-making moment is finally here. After waiting for more than 70 years, Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor is now King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The 73-year-old ascended to the British throne immediately after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II ‘passed away peacefully’ at her Balmoral home in Scotland at the age of 96.
Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
All Premier League matches this weekend have been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, it was announced on Friday.
“To honour her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation, and as a mark of respect, this weekend’s Premier League match round will be postponed, including Monday evening’s game,” the league said in a statement.
-AFP
Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
The King and Queen Consort have left Balmoral Castle and are en route to Aberdeen airport, where they are expected to fly back to London.
Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
Trained from childhood to be king, Charles III has endured the longest wait for the throne in British history.
But while his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned in 1953 with huge fanfare and national excitement aged just 25, her ageing, eldest son will attract less enthusiasm, royal commentators said.
“It will be very difficult for him in terms of following the queen,” Robert Hazell, who founded the Constitution Unit at University College London, told AFP.
“The monarchy is likely to go through, I think, some testing times.”
AFP
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Charles declares mourning period to last until seven days after Queen’s funeral.
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Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Friday expressed his deep sadness over the death of Queen Elizabeth II and offered his condolences to her family and the British people.
In a letter to King Charles III, the Dalai Lama said “I remember seeing photographs of her coronation in magazines when I was young in Tibet.”
He added that “your mother lived a meaningful life with dignity, grace, a strong sense of service and a warm heart, qualities we all should treasure.”
AP
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Germany’s president has highlighted Queen Elizabeth II’s contribution to healing the wounds left by World War II during her long reign.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says that “Britain held out the hand of reconciliation to Germany, and the hand of reconciliation was also the queen’s hand.”
He says a state visit by the queen to West Germany in 1965 was “one of the most important and powerful symbols” of post-war friendship. “For the young Federal Republic of Germany, this trip was a pricelessly important signal of reconciliation after two disastrous world wars, after the great guilt that my country had heaped upon itself.”
AP
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From Industrial Age to digital era: How Queen Elizabeth II steered the British monarchy into 21st century
Elizabeth’s reign was a delayed result of the crisis of 1936, which saw Edward VIII’s unexpected abdication. She made a bold choice of bringing her coronation ceremony to the living rooms of people by televising it. Since then, the Queen adapted to the evolution of technology through her reign.
Queen Elizabeth II Death: Live Updates
Will the Kohinoor go to Camilla? Examining the murky history and fate of world’s most famous diamond
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday has led to much grief and outpouring on Twitter, but has also spurred some calls for the return of the famed Kohinoor diamond to India.
The 105-carat Kohinoor is one of 2,800 precious jewels set in the priceless platinum and diamond crown that originally belonged to the Queen Mother, wife of George VI and mother of Elizabeth II.