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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s monarch for 70 years, dies

Buckingham Palace says Britain’s longest-reigning monarch has died. She was 96.

(Jane Barlow | Pool) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waits in the Drawing Room before receiving Liz Truss for an audience at Balmoral, in Scotland, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, where Truss was invited to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022.