In Britain and around the world, mourning has followed Queen Elizabeth II’s passing. The 96-year-old monarch who had ruled the nation the longest passed away on Thursday.
At her Scottish palace, Balmoral, where she had been receiving medical care, the queen passed away this afternoon.
While tributes arrive from all around the nation and the world, large crowds are anticipated to assemble outside London’s Buckingham Palace. As the royal family hurried to Scotland to be at the queen’s side following Buckingham Palace’s announcement that she had been placed under medical monitoring, concerns had been building.
Few people in Britain can recall a time before Elizabeth came to power, so the end of her more than 70-year reign will usher in days of grief for the royal family and an unsettling new period for Britain.
