In the midst of the world’s grief over the passing of his mother, Britain’s longest-reigning queen, her son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, is now King Charles III.
Doctors got “concerned” for Her Majesty’s health today, so all of her children hurried to Balmoral. She passed away a few hours later, surrounded by her family.
Her passing was announced around 6:30 o’clock. The Queen passed away quietly in Balmoral this afternoon, according to a spokeswoman at Buckingham Palace. The King and the Queen Consort will stay at Balmoral through this evening and travel back to London the following day.
As millions of her subjects in the UK and abroad come to grips with her departure, the Queen’s death will see Britain and her Commonwealth states undergo a ten-day period of mourning. Before she lies in state in Westminster Hall at the Houses of Parliament for four days, her coffin will be transported from Edinburgh to London by the royal train. Thousands of people will have the opportunity to express their condolences.
Her bereaved family, 2,000 heads of state, prime ministers, presidents, European royals, and important leaders from public life around the world are anticipated to attend the state burial, which is scheduled to take place at Westminster Abbey in central London on Monday, September 19.
Following months of worry over her declining health and frail appearance, the Queen passed away.
Doctors were “concerned for her health and recommended she remain under medical observation,” according to a statement sent by Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening, Australian time.
The Palace then declared that she had passed away “peacefully” at Balmoral.
The 96-year-old had mobility issues that made it necessary for her to skip important occasions, such as many of her Platinum Jubilee festivities. Instead, she chose to participate online or send senior royals in her place.
Last autumn, the king also spent one night in the hospital because of an unknown ailment.
The 96-year-old had mobility issues that made it necessary for her to skip important occasions, such as many of her Platinum Jubilee festivities. Instead, she chose to participate online or send senior royals in her place.
Last autumn, the king also spent one night in the hospital because of an unknown ailment.
The Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in March 2022, a key occasion in the royal calendar, was postponed by her, and on April 14, the Maundy Thursday service, she skipped.
She nevertheless persevered, using a stick to help her walk slowly and cautiously while holding on to the Duke of York’s elbow for support, to honour the Duke of Edinburgh at a memorial service on March 29.
She missed the State Opening of Parliament on May 20 for the first time in close to 60 years, and Buckingham Palace blamed her absence on “episodic mobility issues.”
As her Counselors of State, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge welcomed lawmakers to the chamber. Charles made history by reading the Queen’s Speech.
A guard of honor’s customary greeting at Balmoral Castle for the Queen on August 8 reportedly took place behind closed doors. This, according to a source, fit the pattern of events being changed for the monarch’s convenience.
The Queen recently skipped the famed Highland Games event known as the Braemar Gathering, which was held on September 3.
It is clear that the choice was made to keep the state leader at ease.
After a full autumn schedule on October 20, 2021, the Queen’s doctors advised a little period of rest.
She was “in excellent spirits,” according to a spokesman for Buckingham Palace, but saddened that the medical advice required her to postpone a two-day trip to Northern Ireland.
Hospitalized in October 2021 with an unidentified ailment
The Queen, aged 95 at the time, was secretly admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital on the afternoon of October 20, 2021 to undertake ‘preliminary investigations’.
She was released the next day and reportedly “followed medical advice to relax for the next several days” while performing light tasks at her Windsor desk. She was also reported to be in “excellent spirits” at the time.
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