announced the death of her majesty, queen elizabeth ii. the palace has just issued this statement. it says that the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king and the queen consort will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london tomorrow. within the past few minutes, buckingham palace has announced the death of her majesty the queen, queen elizabeth ii. to recap on the statement, the queen died peacefully at balmoral this afternoon. the king, that is charles, and the queen consort, will remain at balmoral this evening and will return to london tomorrow. her majesty was 96 years old. she became queen on the 6th of february 1952.
was a matter of a bulletin earlier today and doctors expressing their concern, the queen died peacefully at balmoral during the course of this evening. we don t have a precise time but we do know that several members of the royal family were at balmoral and they were no doubt in a meeting with the doctors and the experts when they got there. indeed the news came fairly soon after their arrival that the majesty had indeed passed away at the age of 96. earliertoday had indeed passed away at the age of 96. earlier today they were saying she was being kept comfortable in balmoral. there was no sign of any move to hospital, no sign of any further intervention by doctors in a different kind of facility. all the care was being done at balmoral itself, and indeed a few hours later
the ideal symbol of what a constitutional monarchy should be like. now the world has been told, and the official notice has been posted, as the palace staff make their way back into what was the queen s home. it is now the home of the king and the queen consort because prince charles is now king charles. it remains to be seen whether he will call himself charles as king but we are assuming that he will. and this now is the home of the new monarch, the king, and his consort, the queen consort. crowds still gathering at buckingham palace because the news has travelled very rapidly. here and at windsor and all the other royal residences. but of
and took a long time to offer the experience and learning to his elder daughter, elizabeth. there you have at the railings of buckingham palace, they are in line with tradition posting the formal notice. and that notice will say that her majesty queen elizabeth ii has died peacefully today at balmoral in scotland. the age of 96. the longest reigning monarch in british history. a lifetime of service to people in the united kingdom throughout the commonwealth and in many parts of the world. an example of leadership, which didn t stray into the realm of politics. and for lots of people,