Condolences poured in from around the world Thursday after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, whose rule saw Britain through decades of change.
Flags were ordered flown at half-staff from Washington to Ghana as she was mourned across the 54-nation Commonwealth, a group built around Britain and its former colonies.
President Joe Biden was informed of her death by senior advisers during a meeting in the Oval Office. Elizabeth, who the White House said had met with 14 American presidents, "was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States,” he and first lady Jill Biden said in a statement, saying she "she defined an era.”
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