Queen Elizabeth II Dead At 96

Posted By on September 8, 2022

The Royal Family issued a statement that Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died at 96. 

“The 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,” The Royal Family said. 

Numerous heads of state have sent condolences, praising Her Majesty’s “steadfastness”, proclaiming her a ‘stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy’

Amid the public mourning, the national grief and the lowering of flags will come a transition of power and national memorializing, known as Operation London Bridge, that will overtake the country’s agenda for days and play out potentially for months before the coronation of a new monarch.

Queen Elizabeth II first appeared on the cover of TIME in April 1929.

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By the time the world knew about the queen’s death, her son Charles had already become king. Under common law, the moment of the sovereign’s death marks the moment the heir becomes the monarch.

King Charles III – as he will be officially known – will be the oldest person, at 73, to become King in British history. His wife Camilla, will become Queen Consort.

What happens next?

The country now enters an official period of mourning that continues until after the queen’s funeral, which is expected to take place 10 days after her death and be a public holiday.

According to protocol, as NYTimes reportsat 11 a.m. on the day after the queen’s death, a proclamation will be read that officially declares the reign of the new king, which is then passed across the country, first by heralds who will arrive on horseback wearing official uniforms that have roots in the clothing from the Middle Ages to read the news in Trafalgar Square and then the Royal Exchange in London.

Flags across the country are to be lowered to half-staff and stay that way until the morning after the queen’s funeral, with one exception. On Proclamation Day, flags will be raised until the next afternoon, and then revert to half-staff.

After the proclamation of the new king, attention will once again turn to the funeral of Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

The queen’s coffin is expected to rest in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace for four days after her death, before being moved in a formal parade to Westminster Hall, where it will lie in state until the funeral. The coffin will be placed on a raised platform draped in regal purple, and tradition dictates that each corner of the platform be guarded around the clock.

Members of the public will most likely be allowed to file past and pay their respects, and international dignitaries are expected to descend on London in the coming days.

The queen’s funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey.

On the morning of Elizabeth’s funeral, as her coffin pauses at the entrance to the church at 11 a.m. after a short procession, protocol calls for the nation to fall silent in a moment of reflection. After the funeral ceremony, the queen’s coffin is expected to be placed on the same green gun carriage that carried her forefathers’ coffins, in a final procession down the Mall, which runs between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square.

It will then be driven to Windsor Castle, about 23 miles away, to the resting place of nearly all British sovereigns since George III.

Elizabeth will be buried alongside her royal predecessors at St. George’s Chapel, including her husband, Prince Philip, was buried there in April 2021

While the deaths of Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, and the Queen Mother are all sealed in the nation’s collective memory, the death of Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, in 2021, was the most recent to stir patriotic emotion (albeit amid a muted ceremony due to COVID restrictions). However, perhaps it was the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and the nation’s patriotic union that we will see again when Elizabeth is laid to rest for the final time…

Sources: ZeroHedge

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