Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign took Britain from the age of steam to the era of the smartphone, and who oversaw the largely peaceful breakup of an empire that once spanned the globe, has died, reports BBC.
She was 96. She died peacefully at her estate in Balmoral, Scotland on the afternoon of Sept. 8, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarchAscending the throne in 1952, Elizabeth led the UK through a time of political upheaval. She began her reign as...
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