Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, Queen Elizabeth has died at age 96, Buckingham Palace disclosed this on Thursday. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow”. Her eldest son Charles, 73, automatically will become the king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other nations including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Her family had rushed to be…
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