Al Arabiya reported that Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will take place on September 18, while Britain announced that the Queen’s funeral will last 10 days.
Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s most famous monarch and the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died on Thursday at the age of 96 at her Balmoral Palace, opening the door to a new world stage. The history of the royal throne is surrounded by many questions.
The British flag was flown at half-mast over Buckingham Palace in London, where a large crowd gathered that night, as mournful and adoring reactions to his long march began from around the world.
After the Queen sat on the throne for seventy years, she was automatically succeeded by her eldest son, Charles, 73, according to centuries-old protocol.
Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen died “peacefully” this afternoon.
Immediately after the publication of this announcement, the crowd in front of the palace began to cry in complete silence over this place.
He called the new king Charles “dear queen and beloved mother.”
Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, said the late queen was “loved and appreciated” around the world. During his condolences to the royal family, he addressed the new king as “His Majesty Charles III.” It was then officially announced that the new king had chosen the name “Charles III”.
Ever since she took over the throne from her father, King George VI in 1952, at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability through many crises and stages in British history. He lived with great men of world politics like Nehru, Charles de Gaulle and Mandela who called him “my friend”.
During his rule, he witnessed the construction of the Berlin Wall and then its fall, and met with 12 US presidents.
His last photo was taken when he was appointed Prime Minister, Liz Truss, the 15th Prime Minister of the British Prime Minister. In the pictures, he looked thin and frail, leaning against a stick.
During his seventy-year reign, he carried out his work with an unwavering sense of duty, and despite all the crises and hard times, he managed to retain the widespread support of his subjects, who came to see him by the tens of thousands in June. . On his balcony and on the occasion of his 70th anniversary, a tribute to him.
The Queen’s health took a turn for the worse nearly a year ago, after spending a night in hospital for reasons that have not been exactly revealed. Since then, her public appearances have become increasingly rare, with what the palace attributes to her occasional difficulty standing and walking, forcing her to take on an increasing amount of her duties. to his immediate heirs: his son Prince Charles and his eldest. Prince William’s son
National mourning in the kingdom is expected to last for 12 days and the Queen’s burial will take place within ten days.
And all radio and television programs in England stopped announcing the Queen’s death and started broadcasting live and their programs. The Queen has been widowed since April 2021, the date of her husband Philip’s death.
With flags at half-mast, church bells tolled in mourning for the head of the Anglican Church.
Elizabeth II was posthumously queen of 12 kingdoms, from New Zealand to the Bahamas, countries she visited during her long reign.
Anticipation and sympathy prevailed in Britain after the Queen’s doctors expressed “concern” about her health and her family flocked to rally around her at Balmoral Palace in Scotland.
Charles arrived at Balmoral with his wife Camilla, where the Queen spends the end of the summer each year with her daughter Anne.
Prince William, second in line to the British throne, also arrived at the palace along with a number of other family members.
Later in came Prince Harry, Prince William’s brother, who lives with his wife Meghan Markle in California, USA.
As soon as the death was announced, messages of condolences and tributes to Queen Elizabeth poured in from all over the world.
US President Joe Biden said Elizabeth II was “a statesman of unparalleled dignity and steadfastness”.
The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, said Elizabeth embodied “the importance of immutable values”.
“Our thoughts are with the Royal Family and all who mourn Queen Elizabeth II in the UK and around the world,” he wrote on Twitter. She was once known as ‘Elizabeth the Resilient’ and with her service and dedication, she never failed to show us the importance of enduring values in the contemporary world.”
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, deeply regretted this news, calling the death of Queen Elizabeth an “irreparable loss”.
Source: Lebanon Debate
