Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday night that Queen Elizabeth II Britain's longest-reigning monarch died Thursday after 70 years on the throne.
She was 96.The palace announced she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland, where members of the royal family had rushed to her side after her health took a turn for the worse.Charles, Britain's new king, released a statement after the death of his mother and said: &The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.We 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.During 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,& the king said.The queen was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era.With the death of the queen, her 73-year-old son Charles automatically becomes monarch, though the coronation might not take place for months.
It is not known whether he will choose to call himself King Charles III or some other name.
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