BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace says. Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, and a rock of stability over more than seven decades, was 96.
Elizabeth was on the throne as the U.K. rebuilt from war, and both entered and left the E.U.
Following the queen’s death, her son Charles automatically becomes king, even though the coronation might not happen for months.
The impact of the queen’s loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals.
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AP Photo made by Leslie Priest on June 6, 1968