Queen Elizabeth II, Longest-Serving British Monarch, Dies

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Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II

Judy Kurtz thehill. com/ Sept. 8, 2022-- Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96, ending the longest reign for a British head of state in history, a staggering 70-year tenure that included the administrations of 14 U.S. presidents and a dramatic reshaping of the Commonwealth.

The queen “died peacefully” at Balmoral Castle, her Scottish estate, on Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced.

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