BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II, who sat on the British throne for more than seven decades, has died at 96.
While the longest serving monarch in British history never abdicated, she began turning over more responsibilities to Charles in 2013. That process accelerated following the death of her husband, Prince Philip, on April 9, 2021, at the age of 99.
Still, Elizabeth continued to reign, but without Philip, the man the queen called her “strength and stay,” a source of emotional support in her often lonely job. There was perhaps no greater test than the familial problems that broke into public view, starting in 1992, when three of her children's marriages fell apart and Windsor Castle partly burned in a fire.
She married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark in 1947, ascended to the throne following King George's death in 1952, and was crowned in a formal coronation the following year, the first such event to be televised around the world. Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family stepped out on the balcony at Buckingham Palace Thursday at the start of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
During her reign, Elizabeth embarked on more than 250 official overseas visits to more than 120 countries, making her the most widely traveled head of state in history. She became perhaps the most recognizable woman on the planet, profiled by hundreds of painters and photographers, from Lucian Freud to Annie Leibovitz to Andy Warhol.
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