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Queen dies after record 70-year reign

09 Sep 2022

  • Prince Charles the new King
  • Period of national mourning in Sri Lanka
Queen Elizabeth II,  Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of Ceylon 1952-72, died yesterday (8) at Balmoral Castle, her estate in the Scottish Highlands, at 96. She was the longest serving monarch in British history having reigned for just over 70 years. Her death, of undisclosed causes, was announced by Buckingham Palace. At the moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales. President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of Ceylon 1952-72, instructed the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs, that the national flag in all public buildings be flown at half mast. The period of National Mourning will be announced subsequently, as per the President’s Media Division. In his condolence message, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said: “Deepest condolences to the Royal family, Government, and people of the UK on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of Ceylon 1952-72.” In her reign, which began in February 1952 after the death of her father, King George VI, Elizabeth served as a constant and reassuring figure in Britain and on the world stage as she helped lead her country through a period of profound shifts in geopolitical power and national identity. Queen Elizabeth II's tenure as Head of State spanned post-war austerity, the transition from empire to Commonwealth, the end of the Cold War and the UK’s entry into – and withdrawal from – the European Union. Her reign spanned 15 prime ministers, starting with Winston Churchill, born in 1874, and including Liz Truss, born 101 years later in 1975. She held weekly audiences with her Prime Minister throughout her reign. The Queen was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, in Mayfair, London, on 21 April 1926. Few could have foreseen she would become monarch but in December 1936 her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated from the throne to marry the twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth's father became King George VI and, at age 10, Lilibet, as she was known in the family, became heir to the throne. Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya in 1952, representing the ailing King, when Philip broke the news that her father had died. She immediately returned to London as the new Queen. “It was all a very sudden kind of taking on and making the best job you can,” she later recalled. Elizabeth was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, aged 27, in front of a then-record TV audience estimated at more than 20 million people.

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