Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 96 Buckingham Palace confirms death of longest-reigning British monarch; state funeral set for Westminster Abbey later this month cycling
Buckingham Palace has announced this evening that Her Majesty the Queen has died peacefully at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI, and was crowned at Westminster Abbey the following year and celebrated her Platinum Jubilee earlier this year. What that means in practical terms will be that a number of roads in the centre of the capital will be closed, some for possibly several weeks, and we would expect Transport for London to confirm exact details of those closures shortly.
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