Britain is today coming to terms with the loss of a monarch whose extraordinary reign spanned 70 years and immeasurable change. Here, see scenes from around the U.K. following the news of the Queen’s passing.
—who became the 15th Prime Minister of her reign—at Balmoral on September 6 and invited her to form a new government.
Crowds were already gathered at the gates of Buckingham Palace by the time a brief official statement confirming the news came. As the heavens opened, mourners climbed the Queen Victoria Monument for a better view of the palace gates, black cabs lined the Mall as a mark of respect, and the piles of flowers and tributes mounted into the night.
Around the U.K., tributes were also laid at the gates of Windsor Castle; at Sandringham, the Queen’s Norfolk estate; outside Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland; and at Balmoral, the much-loved Highland residence where she spent her final hours.A rainbow over Windsor Castle on the day the Queen died.A rainbow covers the sky over the Queen Victoria Monument, as crowds gather outside Buckingham Palace in London.
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