What Day Was the death of Queen Elizabeth II?

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Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at age 96, after a reign of over 70 years — the longest of any British monarch in history, beginning with her accession in 1952.

Her eldest son immediately became King Charles III, and her death triggered an extensive period of official mourning and ceremonial proceedings across the UK and Commonwealth.

Operation London Bridge, the long-prepared UK government code name for the response to her death, had reportedly been in planning in some form for decades, covering the precise sequence of official announcements and ceremonial events that followed.

Her funeral drew world leaders and royalty from dozens of countries to London, and the accompanying period of mourning included the lying-in-state, which drew queues of mourners reported to stretch for miles through the city.