{"id":99106,"date":"2022-09-09T04:53:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T04:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=99106"},"modified":"2022-09-09T04:56:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T04:56:28","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-has-died-she-was-96-by-rob-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/queen-elizabeth-ii-has-died-she-was-96-by-rob-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II has died. She was 96 &#8211; By Rob Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Queen Elizabeth II has died. She was 96 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">By Rob Harris<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/europe\/queen-elizabeth-ii-has-died-aged-96-20210506-p57pa6.html?utm_content=queen_elizabeth_ii_dies_aged_96&amp;list_name=E2446F7A-1897-44FC-8EB8-B365900170E3&amp;promote_channel=edmail&amp;utm_campaign=am-smh&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=2022-09-09&amp;mbnr=MTE5OTk2Nzc&amp;instance=2022-09-09-06-04-AEST&amp;jobid=29412897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smh<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>London:\u00a0<\/b>Queen Elizabeth II, Britain\u2019s longest reigning monarch and a symbol of continuity and stability from the postwar era into the 21st century, has died. She was 96.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her death at Balmoral Castle, in the Scottish Highlands, was announced at 6.30pm London time (3.30am AEST)<strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0just three months after Britain held four days of public celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee, which marked her 70 years on the throne.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99107\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-e1662698397487.webp\" alt=\"queen\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning monarch in English history.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On Wednesday, the palace announced her doctors had ordered the Queen to rest just a day after she appointed the 15th British prime minister of her reign, Liz Truss. Less than 24 hours later it was confirmed her doctors were \u201cconcerned\u201d for her health and recommended she be put under medical supervision. All of her children and several other family members travelled to Scotland to be by her side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: \u201cThe Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Charles has succeeded his mother as King and head of the royal family, with a coronation ceremony to be staged at Westminster Abbey in the coming months. The 73-year-old is the oldest newly crowned monarch in British history. He has been first-in-line to the throne since he was three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In a statement, King Charles III said: \u201cThe death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cDuring this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her death will plunge Britain and 14 other realms, including Australia, into an official period of mourning which will be observed throughout more than 30 other Commonwealth member states, almost all former territories of the British Empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The King is expected to make a formal address within 24 hours and meet with British Prime Minister Liz Truss.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99108\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/prince-chales-e1662698418130.webp\" alt=\"prince-chales\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prince Charles, seen here with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, becomes King.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Truss, one of the last people to meet with the Queen two days before her death, said the late monarch was \u201cthe rock on which modern Britain was built\u201d. She was informed of the Queen\u2019s death at 4.30pm \u2013 two hours before the official announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cOur country has grown and flourished under her reign,\u201d she told the nation from Downing Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cBritain is the great country it is today because of her \u2026 She was the very spirit of Great Britain \u2013 and that spirit will endure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia\u2019s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the relationship between Australia and Britain matured and evolved throughout the Queen\u2019s reign.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe Queen greeted each and every change with understanding, good grace and an abiding faith in the Australian people\u2019s good judgment,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThis was the deft and diplomatic way she bound the diversity of the modern Commonwealth, nations around the world who will mourn her passing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1lC_G\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He said her death marked the close of the second Elizabethan age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThis time of mourning will pass but the deep respect and warm regard in which Australians always held Her Majesty will never fade,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Among those who have paid tributes are US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and six former British prime ministers, including Sir John Major, Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia\u2019s Governor-General, David Hurley, said the Queen has offered a lifetime of tireless service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWhen I reflect on my own memories \u2013 she was my Queen for my whole life \u2013 I think of Her Majesty\u2019s dignity and her compassion,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cHer dedication and tireless work ethic. And her selflessness and unwavering commitment to the people that she served. To us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Elizabeth became sovereign in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI. She was just 25 at the time and in the 70 years since has morphed into an adored leadership figure and one of the world\u2019s most admired women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her death will spark new speculation over the monarchy\u2019s long-term future and fuel debate in Commonwealth countries such as Australia about whether it is time for them to become a republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99109\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99109 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/crown-hang-e1662698442233.webp\" alt=\"crown hang\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Street lights in the design of a crown hang near Windsor Castle, as the Queen rested after a night in hospital in October.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p53y58\" data-track-relatedarticle=\"inarticlelink\">Prince Philip, the Queen\u2019s husband of 73 years, died at Windsor Castle in April 2021<\/a>\u00a0after being treated in hospital for an infection and heart condition. He was just two months short of his 100th birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Queen is survived by her four children Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She had travelled to her private Scottish home of Balmoral for the start of her traditional summer break on July 21. Her death has triggered Operation Unicorn, the codename for the monarch\u2019s carefully designed funeral plans in the case of her death at Balmoral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her coffin is expected to lie in state in Westminster Hall in central London for four days for the public to file past and pay their respects. More than 200,000 people attended when the Queen Mother\u2019s body was laid in state in 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A funeral is expected to be held at Westminster Abbey within nine days, followed by a smaller family service at Windsor Castle within 12 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Queen permanently moved from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle west of London at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99110\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p54wxm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99110 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elisabeth.webp\" alt=\"queen elisabeth \" width=\"257\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAs you can see, I can\u2019t move\u201d: The Queen now uses a walking stick. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p54wxm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-track-relatedarticle=\"inarticlelink\">She was just 25 when she became Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>\u00a0on February 6, 1952, on the death of her father and reigned for 70 years and 214 days \u2013 a record beaten only by France\u2019s Louis XIV (72 years and 110 days).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Public appearances became increasing rare in 2022. She missed events such as the Commonwealth Day Service in March and Easter Sunday service in April as the palace wound back her official duties amid speculation she had been forced into a wheelchair because of her worsening mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When she did undertake public duties she was visibly more frail than she had been previously, often seen using a walking stick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This week she broke a longstanding tradition and met with Truss at Balmoral and invited her to form government. The Queen had performed the ceremony at Buckingham Palace since she came to the throne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On February 20, the palace announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, a week after Prince Charles announced he had contracted the disease for the second time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Queen had received three doses of a coronavirus vaccine and had spent most of the first two years of the pandemic isolating at Windsor Castle in a protective bubble of trusted and continuously tested attendants.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Just days before her COVID diagnosis was announced, she told two military visitors to Windsor Castle that, \u201cas you can see, I can\u2019t move\u201d, when she stood to greet them while leaning upon her cane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In May, she missed the annual state opening of parliament for just the third time, handing over the constitutional duties for the first time to Charles, in a significant moment of his gradual transition to sovereign.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She made only brief appearances at her Jubilee celebrations, both times on the palace balcony with her family to wave to adoring crowds. But she did provide one show-stopping moment in a short skit alongside Michael Bond\u2019s Paddington Bear to open a pop concert in her honour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She addressed her own mortality in a pre-recorded video address to delegates at the Glasgow Climate Summit in November 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99111\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elezebeth-e1662698479462.webp\" alt=\"queen elezebeth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Queen Elizabeth photographed on Tuesday when she met new British Prime Minister Liz Truss.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt is the hope of many that the legacy of this summit \u2013 written in history books yet to be printed \u2013 will describe you as the leaders who did not pass up the opportunity; and that you answered the call of those future generations,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThat you left this conference as a community of nations with a determination, a desire, and a plan to address the impact of climate change; and to recognise that the time for words has now moved to the time for action.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cOf course, the benefits of such actions will not be there to enjoy for all of us here today: none of us will live forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cBut we are doing this not for ourselves but for our children and our children\u2019s children, and those who will follow in their footsteps.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She has been served by 15 British prime ministers: Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, Major, Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Johnson and Truss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In Australia, 16 prime ministers spanned her reign, beginning with Sir Robert Menzies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1665V _2q-Vk\" data-testid=\"body-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Under protocols laid out in Operation London Bridge, Governor-General David Hurley was the first Australian notified about the Queen\u2019s death. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was then told and delivered the news to members of the cabinet and the opposition leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"_3ujPS _3x3-4 RMwbY _2XZQH\" data-testid=\"image\">\n<div class=\"_1lwW_\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"enlarge image\"><picture class=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.213%2C$multiply_0.9788%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_195\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/786c19a97638ff437534eb55c1d4198e6621f09b, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.213%2C$multiply_1.9577%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_195\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/786c19a97638ff437534eb55c1d4198e6621f09b 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.213%2C$multiply_1.0159%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_195\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/786c19a97638ff437534eb55c1d4198e6621f09b, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.213%2C$multiply_2.0317%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_195\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/786c19a97638ff437534eb55c1d4198e6621f09b 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"_3CZmy\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth II has died. She was 96 &#8211; By Rob Harris Source :\u00a0smh London:\u00a0Queen Elizabeth II, Britain\u2019s longest reigning monarch and a symbol of continuity and stability from the postwar era into the 21st century, has died. She was 96. 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