{"id":46356,"date":"2022-09-09T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T21:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?p=46356"},"modified":"2022-09-09T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:07:11","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-has-passed-away-aged-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/lifestyle\/central-coast-news\/queen-elizabeth-ii-has-passed-away-aged-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II Has Passed Away Aged 96"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Queen Elizabeth II, the UK&#8217;s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officials, she died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a &#8220;moment of great sadness&#8221; for him and his family and that her loss would be &#8220;deeply felt&#8221; around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said: &#8220;We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the coming period of mourning, he said he and his family would be &#8220;comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which the Queen was so widely held&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The King and his wife, Camilla, now Queen Consort, will return to London on Friday, Buckingham Palace said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novafm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-618569182-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"queen died\" class=\"wp-image-395408\"\/><figcaption> Queen Elizabeth II tours Queen Mother Square on October 27, 2016 in Poundbury, Dorset.  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It is expected the bells of Westminster Abbey and St Paul\u2019s Cathedral will toll their bells at midday on Friday, and ceremonial gun salutes will be fired in Hyde Park and at Tower Hill in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her Majesty died just two days after performing her final constitutional duty, which was to formally appoint a new prime minister, the 15th of her reign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A statement from His Majesty The King: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnBiyZCher\">pic.twitter.com\/AnBiyZCher<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1567936934290329608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tributes have already begun to flow from world leaders with the US president, Joe Biden, and the first lady, Jill Biden, saying: \u201cHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined an era.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France\u2019s president, Emmanuel Macron said Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II &#8220;embodied the British nation\u2019s continuity and unity for over 70 years. I remember her as a friend of France, a kind-hearted queen who has left a lasting impression on her country and her century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novafm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/queenelizabeth-2-Getty-Credit-Bettmann-Contributor-1024x576.png\" alt=\"queen died\" class=\"wp-image-415231\"\/><figcaption>Queen Elizabeth II of England at Balmoral Castle with one of her Corgis, 28th September 1952.. 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