Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced

Kate Gill

8 September 2022 at 1:38 pm·1-min read

Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth Realms passed away on 8 September at Balmoral Castle, Scotland.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “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.”

The longest-living and longest-reigning British monarch in history inherited the throne from her father King George VI on 6 February 1952.

Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip’s eldest son Charles, Prince of Wales, is the heir apparent to the British throne.

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