Queen Elizabeth II has died today aged 96.
Her son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, is now King. He will address the shocked nation imminently, as the world grieves Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
All her children had rushed to Balmoral after doctors became 'concerned' for her health. Hours later she died, surrounded by her family.
At 6.30pm her death was confirmed. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: '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's death
will see Britain and her Commonwealth realms enter into a ten-day period
of mourning as millions of her subjects in the UK and abroad come to
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