Queen Elizabeth II is dead at age 96 [Watch Live Video Updates]

LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II is dead: sad news hit the world especially the people of United Kingdom as it has been confirmed that its longest-reigning British monarch whose reign lasted seven decades, died on Thursday at the age of 96.

Queen Elizabeth II died this afternoon at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland according to Buckingham Palace.

This sad news hitting the news comes not long ago as we even published in our previous stories that doctors of the Queen who were very much worried about her health condition advised that she remained under medical supervision.

“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 palace said in a statement.

Who Succeeds, the queen?

So as it stands, Queen Elizabeth’s son, Charles, 73, has been made the king as he succeeds his mother immediately according to the country’s protocol

Large crowds are expected to gather outside Buckingham Palace in central London, while tributes pour in from across the country and the world.

She was the Queen of the United Kingdom and of 14 other sovereign countries from 6 February 1952, until her death. Her reign of 70 years and seven months was the longest of any British monarch.

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir presumptive.

She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, and their marriage lasted 73 years until his death in April 2021.

They had four children together: Charles, King of the United Kingdom; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.

American President Joe Biden Reacts to the death

Following Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the White House canceled the president’s Thursday afternoon speech on the coronavirus vaccination.

Biden was set to make a public call for Americans to obtain updated coronavirus vaccination doses, as well as discuss his administration’s intentions to make omicron-targeting boosters widely available this autumn. The White House did not announce if the president’s speech will be postponed.

The queen’s death was announced as White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre finished her news briefing on Thursday afternoon.