(CNS): After hours of speculation this morning, after it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II was ill and that her family had rushed to Balmoral Castle in Scotland to be by her side, Buckingham Palace was The world has died a 96-year-old monarch. Her eldest son, Charles (73), soon ascended the throne and became Charles III. His wife, Camilla, is a princess.
Prince William, the eldest son of his first wife, Princess Diana, is currently first in line to the throne, with Kate Middleton, Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4. ) children are in second place. , third and fourth in line.
“The Queen passed away peacefully this afternoon at Balmoral,” the official royal website said. “The King and Queen will remain in Balmoral tonight and return to London tomorrow.”
Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee this summer and was Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. She became heir to the throne after her uncle Edward VIII abdicated in 1936. Elizabeth, then 25, became queen when her father George VI died in February 1952, and her coronation in 1953 was the first to be televised in England.
She was married to Philip Mountbatten for 72 years until his death in April 2021 and had four children, Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. The Queen also leaves eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
A condolence book will be open to the community for signature from tomorrow Friday 9 September and can be found at the Government Administration Building in Grand Cayman and the District Administration Building in Cayman Brac. It can be offered at the front gate of the mansion.
Her Majesty the Queen’s State Funeral Day is a public holiday.
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