Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognizable to billions of people around the world has died aged 96, according to Buckingham Palace.
This is coming a few hours after the palace said in a statement that doctors placed her on medical supervision due to concerns over her health.
The death was announced via a statement released by Buckingham Palace.
Her eldest son, Prince Charles, 73, succeeds as king immediately, according to centuries of protocol, beginning a new, less certain chapter for the royal family after the queen’s record-breaking 70-year reign.
Details soon…
