Revelations before Queen Elizabeth II’s death. British Queen Elizabeth II’s health condition had been deemed critical earlier in the day. On Thursday, Buckingham Palace announced that she had passed away.
The King and the Queen Consort, who are Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will stay at Balmoral Castle, the queen’s official house in Scotland, on Thursday night. According to the palace, they will travel back to London on Friday.
The immediate family has been notified and has gone to Balmoral.
“Following additional assessment this morning, the Queen’s physicians are concerned about Her Majesty’s health. They suggested she remain under medical monitoring.” This is in a statement earlier in the day by Buckingham Palace.
The queen’s grandson Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge was there. He was with her other three children, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward.
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, was on his way. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, his wife, isn’t going on the trip with him. However, she could come to Scotland later, a spokesman said.
According to Kensington Palace, Princess Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, has stayed in Windsor. This is while Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are attending their new school for the first time.
The health of the queen, who had ruled Britain for the longest period of time, had apparently been declining for a while. Her physicians claim persistent “episodic movement issues.”
She had to limit her public appearances after spending the night in the hospital in October of last year. Since late July, she had been on holiday at her Scottish home.
Revelations before Queen Elizabeth II’s death
On Tuesday, the queen defied convention and chose to pick her 15th prime minister from Balmoral. This is as opposed to her usual location at Buckingham Palace. Additionally, she was compelled to postpone a virtual conference with top ministers after receiving medical advice to rest.
Liz Truss, the next prime minister of Britain, expressed her concern for the monarch and her family. This was at a meeting with her on Tuesday.
She stated earlier on Thursday, “My thoughts, and the thoughts of people throughout the United Kingdom, are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
The head of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, expressed his serious worry about the queen’s health.
“Along with the rest of the country, I am extremely troubled by the news from Buckingham Palace this afternoon.” This is according to his statement on Thursday.
Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, expressed her “deep worry” earlier in the day. Mark Drakeford, the first minister of Wales, conveyed his best wishes on behalf of the Welsh people.
House of Commons
Word of the queen’s ailing health broke. This was when lawmakers convened in the House of Commons. The purpose of this gathering was to learn more about the government’s strategy to assist individuals and companies with rising energy bills.
During the meeting, cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi could be seen rushing into the room and chatting hurriedly to Truss. The Commons speaker and the Labour leader were also given notes about the evolving scenario.
Since 1952, when she took the throne at age 25, Elizabeth had served as the monarch of Britain and more than a dozen other nations.
15 prime ministers—from Sir Winston Churchill to Liz Truss—and 14 American presidents who served throughout her administration.
She celebrated her Platinum Jubilee festivities over the course of four days earlier this year. This was to mark the beginning of her 70th year as monarch. Only twice during that period did the queen visit Buckingham Palace. Once for a balcony appearance for Trooping the Colour and once for a conclusion to the spectacle.
The longest-serving royal consort in history, her husband Philip, passed away last year at the age of 99.
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A Brief History
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born to the Queen on April 21, 1926, in Mayfair, London.
Few could have predicted she would become the next monarch, but in December 1936, her uncle Edward VIII abdicated the monarchy in order to wed American Wallis Simpson, who had already been divorced twice.
Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, abdicated in favor of her sister Lilibet, who was heir to the throne at the age of 10.
Britain and Nazi Germany were at war in three years. After their parents rejected recommendations that they be moved to Canada, Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, spent a large portion of the war at Windsor Castle.
Elizabeth, who was then 18 years old, completed five months of training as a driver and basic mechanic with the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She subsequently said, “I started to comprehend the esprit de corps that thrives in the face of adversity.”
She corresponded via letters with her third cousin Philip, Prince of Greece, who was enlisting in the Royal Navy, during the course of the conflict. The couple’s relationship flourished, and on November 20, 1947, they were married at Westminster Abbey, with the prince assuming the title of Duke of Edinburgh.
After 74 years of marriage, she would later refer to him as “my strength and stay” before his 99th birthday death in 2021.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s children and grandchildren
Princess Anne was born in 1950, Prince Andrew in 1960, and Prince Edward in 1964. Their first son, Charles, was born in 1948. They each produced eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren for their parents.
Princess Elizabeth was representing the ill King in Kenya in 1952 when Philip informed her that her father had passed away. As the new Queen, she went back to London right away.
She later remembered, “It was all a very quick type of taking on and making the best job you could.”
Elizabeth was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953, at the age of 27, in front of an estimated 20 million viewers of the then-record TV broadcast.
With the demise of the British Empire abroad and the Swinging ’60s upending social conventions at home, the next decades would witness significant upheaval.