LONDON — Buckingham Palace has announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said that she “died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.”
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Charles becomes king immediately, and Camilla, the queen consort, will remain at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday evening, the palace said.
It is a moment that the United Kingdom has been bracing for, with an elaborate plan for “Operation London Bridge” mapping out what happens next. But it comes as a shock all the same.
The royal family said in a statement: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
The queen planned for her succession for some time — and Charles increasingly took on more royal duties as her health worsened.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Within moments of the news of the death of the British monarch at age 96, numerous members of Congress issued condolences and remembrances.
The American flag is typically flown at half-staff during periods of mourning for U.S. officials and tragedies, but occasionally is flown at half-staff to mark the death of foreign dignitaries.
Here’s how the accession of the new monarch works
After the British monarch dies, his or her replacement takes over immediately.
A series of formal steps, carefully choreographed over centuries, are set into motion. An “Accession Council” typically meets within 24 hours of the monarch’s death, usually at St. James’s Palace, where many important events in royal history have taken place The last family occasion to take place there was the 2018 christening of Prince Louis, the youngest son of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
The council formally declares the death of the monarch and the accession of the successor to the throne, according to the Privy Council, a formal advisory body to the monarch. The Accession Council is presided over by the lord president of the Privy Council — currently Penny Mordaunt, a Conservative MP and the leader of the House of Commons. The mayor of London and high commissioners of the “realms” — the 14 Commonwealth countries in which the queen remains the head of state — are also invited.
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