U.K. braced for death of Queen Elizabeth II. It still came as a shock
1. LONDON — On the morning of her father’s death, on the day she would become queen
2. 25-year-old Elizabeth was perched in a treehouse in Kenya watching a herd of elephants at a watering hole
3. Because of the distance and difficulty of communication, it took hours for her to get the news.
4.
Queen Elizabeth
II, who reigned over the U.K. for 70 years, dies at 96
5. As the only monarch the vast majority of Britons have ever known
6. She has been a constant in people’s lives — her profile on the currency, on the stamps.
7. She was there in times of celebration and sorrow and fear.
8. As she aged, she became more and more a grandmotherly figure of warm and fuzzy affection, even for those who don’t especially like the institution.
9.
Her son Charles, Britain’s longest-serving monarch-in-waiting,
is now finally King Charles III.
10. His wife, Camilla, will be known as “queen consort.”
11. Queen Elizabeth II and her son Charles attend the State Opening of Parliament in 2017.
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