ShareIn the UK, Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 97. She spent her last days in Balmoral under medical supervision.
“This afternoon the Queen passed away peacefully at Balmoral. The King and Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral tonight and return to London tomorrow,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
ShareOfficial reports of “doctors’ concern” about the Queen’s health appeared on the Buckingham Palace website on September 8. It immediately became known that Crown Prince William and Prince Charles, as well as Meghan Markle and Harry, who are now in London, headed to the family castle. They were also joined by Princess Anne, who was already in Scotland on various business, and Prince Andrew.
In the event of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in the UK, a secret plan has long been developed. However, part of it still became public. So, the Queen’s personal secretary, Edward Young, was the first to know about the death. Then – most recently became prime minister Truss. She was told the key phrase over a secure telephone line: “London Bridge has collapsed.” The next to know about the death of Elizabeth II were the heads of government of the United Kingdom and countries belonging to the Commonwealth.
ShareQueen Elizabeth II was born on 21 April 1926 in London to the Duke and Duchess of York. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), that was the name of the future queen at birth, is from the Windsor dynasty. She is the eldest daughter of the Duke of York George, the future King George VI of Great Britain (1895–1952), and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002).
Elizabeth became heir to the throne at the age of 10, after her uncle’s abdication and her father’s accession to the throne. At this age, the girl moved to Buckingham Palace. At the height of the Second World War, she asked for military service and mastered the profession of a driver. The girl knew how to change the wheels of a truck, sort out the engine. Elizabeth ended the war with the rank of junior commander.
Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen of Great Britain on the day of her father’s death, February 6, 1952. The monarch was then on vacation in Kenya with her husband. The official coronation ceremony took place only on June 2, 1953.
Four children were born in the family of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip: the heir to the throne – the eldest son Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales (born in 1948); Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise (born 1950); Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York (born 1960), Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex (born 1964).
The British Queen visited Russia for the first time in 1994, after the collapse of the USSR. Until that moment, Great Britain could not forgive our country for the murder of the Romanovs. During the visit, Elizabeth II almost violated the royal protocol, according to the rules of which she had to sail to Russia by ship, since the country has access to the sea. However, due to the fact that the meeting took place in Moscow, the queen flew in by plane, but she was sent back by sea.
