Queen Elizabeth II has died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022

All Her Majesty's children had rushed to Balmoral today after doctors became 'concerned' for her health. Hours later she died, surrounded by her family. Pictured: The death of The Queen was announced at 6.30pm today via the Royal Family's official Twitter account

 

Thousands of mourners have gathered outside Buckingham Palace evening to pay respect to The Queen, following her death at the age of 96

Ten days of Commemoration after The Queen's death

Queen Elizabeth's 70-year reign is unlikely to ever be surpassed by another king or queen of England

The Queen poses for a photograph in the drawing room at Balmoral shortly before her meeting with Ms Truss, whom she appointed as her Prime Minister

(L-R) The Queen welcomes Liz Truss during an audience where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government on Tuesday. It would be the final photo of the monarch, who did her duty to the end

The Queen arrives at Balmoral Castle for the start of her summer break on July 21, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II stands as Prince Louis covers his ears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Color ceremony at Horse Guards Parade on June 2, 2022

The Queen is seen on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the end of the Platinum Jubilee pageant in June with her son Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis

Her Majesty stands on the Buckingham Palace balcony on the final day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in early June 2022

It began when Princess Elizabeth was formally proclaimed Queen on February 8, 1952. She was crowned in Westminster Abbey (pictured) on June 2, 1953 - by coincidence the same day a joyous nation learned a Commonwealth team had conquered Mount Everest

The Queen makes her first Christmas broadcast in 1952, telling the people of the Commonwealth and Empire she would serve them 'all the days of my life'

The then Princess Elizabeth is seen posing in a ballet outfit in 1932

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh walk at Broadlands in this picture released on November 18, 2007

The Queen is photographed on June 2, 1953, smiling after her Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London

Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during their honeymoon in Malta in 1947

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in an official wedding photograph taken on their wedding day in 1947

The Queen undergoes training as a Second Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945

The new Queen looks sombre as she returns home following the death of her father George VI

Princess Elizabeth smiles as she leaves London Airport for Kenya on 31 January 1952 with Prince Philip

February 1952: Princess Elizabeth and Philip in Kenya in the gardens of the Sagana Lodge, which she was given as a wedding present, on the day before he told her father, George VI, was dead

April 17, 2021: Queen Elizabeth II during the funeral of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at St George's Chapel in Windsor

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip with their two children Prince Charles and Princess Anne in 1951

The order of succession

The Queen beams as she visits the Royal College of Physicians in London in 2018. Her Majesty carried out hundreds of engagements every year until her health began to fail

The Queen and her husband Prince Philip laugh together as they welcome Poland's then President Alexandre Kwasniewski and his wife Jolanta Kwasniewska

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh travel on the new Eurostar train between England and France on May 6, 1994

Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II conversing with her father, King George VI in a garden on July 8, 1946

Elizabeth, the first child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, is pictured in 1942 with her parents, and sister Margaret

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother with Princess Margaret and Elizabeth at Windsor Castle in June 1936

A photo at Buckingham Palace to mark the engagement of Princess Elizabeth (later the Queen) and Philip Mountbatten (later Duke of Edinburgh) in July 1947, with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, King George VI and Princess Margaret

Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the Red Cross headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 1980

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother celebrates her 80th birthday in the company of Queen Elizabeth II on August 4, 1980

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh wear safety glasses at University College Hospital London on May 27, 2012

The Queen poses with former prime ministers (left to right) James Callaghan, Alec Douglas-Home, Margaret Thatcher, Harold MacMillan and Edward Heath with Queen Elizabeth II at 10 Downing Street on December 11, 1985

(L-R) Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth dressed in their Brownie uniforms in this shot from the 1930s

Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) with her daughters Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in an undated shot

The Queen and Prince Philip wave as they leave Westminster Abbey after Prince William and Kate's wedding in April 2011

June 4, 2002: The Queen celebrating her Golden Jubilee with Prince Charles, Prince William, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and other members of the Royal family  

The Princess, who was given the nickname Lilibet when she found Elizabeth difficult to pronounce, was bright, well-behaved, methodical and tidy. Elizabeth is pictured sitting on a bench with her father George, Duke of York. They were then living at 145 Piccadilly. The Princess lived there with her parents and sister until 1936. The property was later destroyed in the Second World War 

Princess Elizabeth with the Queen Mother on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after the coronation of King George VI

Princess Elizabeth is taken for a stroll in the park. The little girl captured the nation's hearts as soon as she was born, becoming known as Lillibet when she found her name hard to pronounce

12th September 1937: The royal family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after the coronation of King George VI (1895 - 1952). He is with Queen Elizabeth (1900 - 2002), Princess Elizabeth (waving) and Princess Margaret

Princess Elizabeth cuddling up to a family pet at Glamis Castle

July 1936: Princess Elizabeth sitting on a garden seat with two corgi dogs at her home on 145 Piccadilly, London. Her love for animals was apparent from a young age

The Royal Family at Windsor, in the 1930s: King George VI with his daughters and their pet dogs outside Y Bwthyn Bach (The Little House), the gift of the Welsh people to Princess Elizabeth (standing by the window). Princess Margaret is seated on the wall with a dog on her lap and Queen Elizabeth looks on from inside the cottage

These two photographs show HM the Queen (right) and HRH Princess Anne (left) when they were very young. It is hard to tell the mother and daughter apart. Both photographs were taken by the same photographer, the late Marcus Adams

HRH Duchess of York poses with the young Princess Elizabeth on December 2, 1926. The young princess was never set to be Queen, but circumstances intervened when her uncle, who was briefly King Edward VIII, abdicated so he could marry divorcee Wallis Simpson

One of the earliest known portraits of Princess Elizabeth, taken in 1926 when the future monarch was just a few weeks old. A bulletin announcing her birth was issued to the Press. It read: 'The Duchess of York has had some rest since this arrival of her daughter. Her Royal Highness and the infant Princess are making very satisfactory progress'

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary arrived into the world at 2.40am on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton Street in London's Mayfair in the year of the General Strike. Above, the future monarch with her parents at her christening ceremony in May that year

June 1936: Elizabeth, Duchess of York (center) poses in the garden of the Royal Lodge at Windsor with Princess Elizabeth on right and Princess Margaret

King George V (center) with Queen Mary and the Princesses Elizabeth (shaking hands) and Princess Margaret (far right) at Brae Mar, Scotland, 1935

The Duchess of York took Elizabeth and Margaret to see a daylight dress rehearsal of the Aldershot Tattoo. Here Princess Elizabeth greets the officer of the guard while Princess Margaret alights from the car at Rushmoor Arena

Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) at the Royal Tournament, at Olympia, London

The remains of 145 Piccadilly are seen in 1945, after it had been largely destroyed by German bombs during the Second World War. The palatial home boasted a dining room that could accommodate 30 guests and also boasted a ballroom, library and more than 20 bedrooms

The Queen was crowned with the St Edward's Crown and her coronation dress, by couturier Norman Hartnell, was a white satin gown encrusted with diamonds, gold and silver bullion, seed pearls and crystals.

Princess Elizabeth (pictured left) and her younger sister Princess Margaret Rose, prepare to release a carrier pigeon with a message to Chief Guide Lady Olave Baden-Powell on her late husband's birthday on February 20, 1943

Princess Elizabeth poses in her girl guide uniform in Frogmore, Windsor, England on April 11, 1942.

Princess Elizabeth poses for a photograph with a pony at Windsor Great Park in Berkshire on April 21, 1939

Queen Elizabeth with her daughters Princess Elizabeth (L) and Princess Margaret by a syringa bush in the grounds of Windsor Castle in July 1941

Princess Elizabeth of England (future queen Elizabeth II) young wearing girl scout uniform (member of the Buckingham Palace Company of Girl Guides) in 1943

Princess Elizabeth feeding an elephant during a visit to London Zoo, 1939. Her duties began at the early age of 12 when she became president of the Children's League of the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Shadwell

Lord Elphinstone (left) greeting the British Royal Family; (L-R) Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth and King George VI (far right), at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, July 5, 1937

A family portrait, as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret join their mother and father for a picture in 1937, when the Queen was 11 years old

Princess Elizabeth being made a Bachelor of Music of London University, July 10, 1946, at a ceremony at the Senate House, when the Chancellor, the Earl of Athlone, her great uncle, presided. Music has long been one of the Princess's great interests

Princess Elizabeth, aged seven, stands next to her sister Princess Margaret, who is two, at the time. Princess Elizabeth would later become Queen Elizabeth II

Princess Elizabeth in a car on the way to London King's Cross to catch a train to Sandringham in 1936

Queen Elizabeth (the Queen mother) and Princess Elizabeth, are pictured here in the Royal Procession at Ascot on June 15, 1951

Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret Rose with their nannies, left, Clara Knight, known as 'Allah' and right Margaret 'Bobo' Macdonald in 1932

The Queen was born in 1926, the year of the General Strike. Blackfriars Bridge in London is pictured during that period

Princess Elizabeth's father King George VI, her mother Queen Elizabeth and sister Princess Margaret (2nd left) at London Airport to wave her off ahead of the tour. He died six days later.

The Queen walks through the Sagana lodge in Kenya alongside Sir Philip Mitchell, Governor of Kenya, a few hours after receiving the news her father had died on 6 February 1952

The Queen in Belvedere, Kent, meeting victims of major North Sea floods that hit the East Coast in January 1953

This banner was unveiled by nuns in Kenya on the day before Princess Elizabeth II learned of her father's death

The royal couple had spent the night at the Treetops Hotel, when a message was given to Philip that the King was dead

The Queen learns of her father's death - and the beginning of her reign - while returning from Kenya in 1952, in private footage believed to have been filmed on the plane by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was first shown in a BBC documentary in 2012

The Queen's relationship with the Armed Forces began when, as Princess Elizabeth, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1945, becoming the first female member of the Royal Family to join the Armed Services as a full-time active member (she is pictured next to an Army ambulance during WWII). During her time in the ATS, the Princess learnt to drive and to maintain vehicles. Since then, The Queen has maintained a close relationship with the Armed Forces through regular visits to service establishments and ships. She holds many military appointments and honorary ranks

As a young woman, the Queen became the first female member of the Royal Family to join the Armed Services as a full-time active member when she became a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1945 (she is pictured doing technical repair work during her WWII military service 1944). She reached the rank of Junior Commander after completing her course at No. 1 Mechanical Training Centre of the ATS and passed out as a fully qualified driver. When the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) was founded in 1949 as a successor to the ATS, she became an Honorary Senior Controller and later Honorary Brigadier. She resigned these appointments on becoming Queen in 1953

One of the first pictures of the newborn Prince Andrew shows the baby in the Queen Elizabeth II's arms, on March 22, 1960

The Queen poses with Prince Edward, on June 13, 1964. Prince Edward was the Queen's fourth and final child. He was born when she was 38 

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary arrived at this world at 2.40am on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton Street (pictured) in London's Mayfair in the year of the General Strike

The Queen opened her heart as never before at London's Guildhall to ask for a change in the way Britain treats the Royal Family in a remarkable personal plea after months of turmoil in her family, she used literary Latin to dismiss 1992 as an 'annus horribilis' - a horrible year

A shocked Queen Elizabeth II inspects damage to Windsor Castle with a fireman after a restorer's lamp ignited a curtain causing a devastating fire in 1992

The Queen with the Russia's president Boris Yeltsin in Red Square, Moscow, in 1994. Her Majesty undertook hundreds of visits to foreign countries during her reign but made only that single visit to Russia

Her Majesty shakes hands with former IRA commander and later Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness - the man many said ordered the murder of her beloved Lord Louis
Mountbatten

The Queen is pictured with Terracotta Army soldier statues at the Qin Shi Huang's Museum on her first visit to China

The Royal Family was engulfed by scandal and its future was at risk over its handling of the death of Princess Diana in 1997

The Queen is seen with Prince Philip as Meghan Markle sits shortly after marrying Prince Harry in Windsor in May 2018 

Queen Elizabeth II takes her seat during the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on April 17, 2021. She sat alone, in a mask, due to Covid restrictions

Her Majesty speaks with Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge as they arrive with their son Prince George at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, Wednesday Oct. 23, 2013

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, kisses his mother as she arrives to attend a 90th Birthday Celebration show at Windsor Castle on May 15, 2016

Prince William and his new bride Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, bow in front of Queen Elizabeth II during their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29, 2011

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh wave to guests attending 'The Patron's Lunch' celebrations for The Queen's 90th birthday on The Mall on June 12, 2016

Queen Elizabeth II sits in the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace in London as she looks at some of the cards which have been sent to her for her 80th birthday in 2006

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on stage at the end of the show Children's party to celebrate her 80th Birthday on June 25, 2006

Queen Elizabeth II appeared to wipe away tears while talking to Viscount Linley at the funeral of her sister Princess Margaret in 2002 - In the space of just seven weeks the Queen's younger sister and then her 101-year-old mother, the Queen Mother, died

Her Majesty looks at the Queen Mother's coffin at Westminster Abbey during her final. She died in March 2002 aged 101. She was buried in St George's Chapel in Windsor, next to her husband King George VI

A grieving Queen during Remembrance Sunday in 2002, the one without her mother, the Queen Mother, who had died earlier that year

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ride in the Golden State Carriage at the head of a parade from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are joined by her mother, Doria Ragland, as they show their new son Archie to the Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle

2022 -- The Queen meets the incoming and outgoing Defence Service Secretaries at Windsor Castle on February 16, 2022

The Daily Mail published the first pictures of the newborn Princess Elizabeth in the month after she was born. Above: She is seen in a cot being watched over by her mother

The Queen is seen with her great-grandson Prince George on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the final day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June

The Queen and heir to the throne Prince Charles, dressed in full military uniform, welcomed a small number of healthcare professionals to the ornate confines of Windsor Castle on July 12, 2022

The Queen held onto Prince Andrew's elbow with her left hand and had a walking stick in her right at Westminster Abbey on March 29

The Queen pictured being driven in a royal Range Rover on her 96th birthday, which she celebrated at Sandringham on April 21, 2022

This month, the Queen was forced to miss the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years, due to what her spokesman described as 'episodic mobility problems' which they said she was continuing to experience. In her place, Prince Charles, who was accompanied by Prince William, read her speech for the first time, but the Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords remained symbolically empty

The Queen is driven back to Windsor Castle from Balmoral in a green Range Rover by a chauffeur. Her Majesty gave a wave to onlookers

The 96-year-old monarch was seen giving a wave to a group of children as she rolled up to Windsor Castle in a dark-green Range Rover on May 31

The Queen arriving back at Windsor from Balmoral on May 31 - with her beloved corgi in tow - as she prepared to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee celebrations

Prince Harry and Meghan made a low-key appearance at the first day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. They were seen on a balcony on Horse Guards Parade, after being denied a place on the Buckingham Palace balcony due to the fact they are no longer working royals 

The Queen delighted millions of viewers by appearing in a surprise comic sketch with Paddington Bear to kick-start the Party in The Palace Platinum Jubilee concert on June 4

(L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Louis of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant on June 5, 2022

The Queen is seen with her eldest son Prince Charles on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations

The Queen watches from the Buckingham Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour on June 2, the first day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations

The celebrations involved a fly past from 71 aircraft, with senior members of the Royal Family watching from the Buckingham Palace balcony. Above: The Red Arrows trail red, white and blue smoke at the end of the fly past 

Members of the public fill The Mall ahead of a fly past over Buckingham Palace, during the Trooping the Color in London, Thursday, June 2, 2022

Prince Harry and Meghan released a new image of their daughter Lilibet enjoying her first birthday in the grounds of Frogmore Cottage. The couple brought their daughter to the UK for the first time during their visit to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

The Queen shocked even members of her own family by appearing alongside Paddington Bear in a sketch to kick off the Platinum Party at the Palace gig

The Queen leads the lighting of the principal beacon at Windsor Castle as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations on June 2, 2022

Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex depart the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on June 03, 2022

The Queen with her eldest son Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall ahead of the annual Order of the Garter service at St George's Chapel on June 13, 2022

On June 27, the Queen made her first public appearance since the Platinum Jubilee. She was in Edinburgh for the historic Ceremony of the Keys - the traditional opener to Holyrood week for the Royal Family

Beaming in blue! The Queen is all smiles as she attends the Royal Company of Archers Reddendo Parade in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse on June 30

Her Majesty poses with her son and representatives from the NHS whom she had awarded the George Cross

During the May event, the Queen walked down the red carpet with a stick, allying some fears about her health at the time

Her Majesty departing the celebrations at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May. The Queen delighted spectators by attending the event despite her frailty

The Queen was pictured taking a quick break to apply fuchsia pink lipstick halfway through the performance

Queen Elizabeth II was in fits of giggles after comedian Omid Djalil made a Guy Fawkes joke during the production at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May.

The Queen's death will see Britain and her Commonwealth realms enter into a 10-day period of mourning. Above: The smiling monarch, in sunglasses and a trademark headscarf, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show 

The Queen attends an audience with Switzerland's president Ignazio Cassis at Windsor Castle on April 28

The Queen is seen being driven away from Wood Farm on her Sandringham estate in Norfolk in a Range Rover on Wednesday, April 27

Her Majesty was pictured smiling as she wore a headscarf for the short car journey on April 25. The Queen's passing came more than a year after that of her beloved husband Philip, her 'strength and guide', who died aged 99 in April 2021

Queen Elizabeth II seen on Monday, April 25 - the week after she celebrated her 96th birthday - being driven on the Sandringham Estate. The Queen has been staying on the Sandringham Estate since arriving by helicopter in mid-April

A new portrait of the Queen released by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday

The Queen held onto Prince Andrew's elbow with her left hand and had a walking stick in her right at Westminster Abbey on March 29, 2022

February 5, 2022: All eyes were on her Majesty, as she plunged the knife into her Platinum Jubilee cake, causing the room to erupt in laughter as she made jokes about leaving the rest of the slicing to someone else

While Queen Elizabeth used as wooden walking stick throughout the day, she did not seem to be short of energy, with attendees noting she was on 'sparkling' form.

February 4, 2022: In photos released to mark Her Majesty's 70 years on the throne, The Queen paid tribute to her father, choosing to wear the aquamarine and diamond clip brooches he gifted her for her 18th birthday in April 1944.

27 July 2012: British actor Daniel Craig (L) playing James Bond escorting Britain's Queen Elizabeth II through the corridors of Buckingham Palace in 2012 for an extraordinary and funny film for the London 2012 Olympics

Prince Charles and Princess Diana kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 29, 1981 - but their marriage would end in 1995

July 8, 2021: Queen Elizabeth II meets actors and members of the production team during a visit to the set of Coronation Street at the ITV Studios at Media City UK in Manchester

October 19, 2021 -- Queen Elizabeth II meets attendees at a Global Investment Conference reception at Windsor Castle

November 17, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, looking at their homemade wedding anniversary card, given to them by their great grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, ahead of their 73rd wedding anniversary on November 20

May 11, 2021: Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, proceeds through the Royal Gallery before delivering the Queen's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London

July 3/4, 2021: Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Windsor Horse Show - presenting the Best Turned out Trooper award on July 3

Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Windsor Horse Show - presenting the trophy for the best gun team, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, on July 4

March 9, 2020: (From left) The Queen, Prince Charles, his wife Camilla, Prince William and Kate at Westminster Abbey

The Queen and Princess Anne attend a function at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna during a State Visit to Austria on May 7, 1969

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are photographed at Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands in 1972

Queen Elizabeth II is given a tour by Keith Weed, President of the Royal Horticultural Society during a
visit to The Chelsea Flower Show on May 23

Queen Elizabeth visiting the Chelsea Flower Show in May. She appeared at the event in a chauffeur-driven golf buggy

June 29, 2021: The Queen receives First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh 

June 28, 2021: The Queen attends the Ceremony of the Keys on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh

June 23, 2021: Queen Elizabeth II greets the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson at an audience at Buckingham Palace. This was the Queen's first in-person weekly audience with the Prime Minister since the start of the coronavirus pandemic

May 22, 2021: The Queen on a visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth at HM Naval Base Portsmouth ahead of the ship's maiden deployment

March 19, 2021: Queen Elizabeth II during a video call with Camilla to thank volunteers from the Royal Voluntary Service

December 24, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II records her annual Christmas broadcast at Windsor Castle in Berkshire

November 7, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II inspecting a bouquet of flowers placed on her behalf at the grave of the Unknown Warrior during a ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior

December 8, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II talking with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle to meet and thank members of the Salvation Army and local volunteers and key workers from organizations and charities

October 15, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William (right) look at an explosives detection dog named 'Max' during a visit to the Energetics Analysis Centre of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire

September 7, 2020: Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi outside The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor after their wedding with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh

Her Majesty the Queen - Britain's longest-reigning monarch - has died peacefully at Balmoral aged 96. Her son Charles, is now king. He will remain at Balmoral tonight before returning to London with the Queen Consort, Camilla

King Charles III released this poignant statement reacting to the death of his 'beloved mother' as he took the throne today

Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the new headquarters of the Royal Philatelic Society in London on November 26, 2019

(From left) Camilla, the Queen and Kate at a Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London on November 10, 2019

The Queen talks with veteran Charles Boyer, a resident of the Appleton Lodge care facility in Kent, on November 6, 2019

The Queen at Hyde Park in London to mark the 70th anniversary of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery on October 19, 2017

The Queen, with the Countess of Wessex, at a Diamond Jubilee Trust reception at Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2019

Queen Elizabeth II during a reception to mark the 60th anniversary of Cruse Bereavement Care at St James's Palace in London on October 21, 2019

Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords on October 14, 2019

US President Donald Trump smiles with the Queen during the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on June 3, 2019

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are joined by her mother, Doria Ragland, as they show their newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle on May 8, 2019

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex during a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 29, 2019

Queen Elizabeth II poses for a photo after she recorded her annual Christmas Day message for 2018 at Buckingham Palace

Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh during the polo at the Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park on June 24, 2018

The Queen and Prince Philip laugh at a welcome for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Westminster on March 3, 2015

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and their children Anne, Edward and Charles in Windsor in April 1965

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their baby son, Prince Edward on the balcony at Buckingham Palace on June 13, 1964

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip sort through a basket of mail on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary in 1972

Prime Minister David Cameron at an audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on May 11, 2010

Queen Elizabeth II sits next to Anna Wintour (right) as they view a runway show at London Fashion Week on February 20, 2018

The Queen at Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018, with her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives, Kate (R) and Meghan (2-L)

(Center) Queen Elizabeth II is pictured here next to husband Prince Philip (3rd-R) and other royals at Buckingham Palace on December 8, 2016

Queen Elizabeth II meets locals during her Diamond Jubilee visit to the Isle of Wight on July 25, 2012, in Cowes

Queen Elizabeth II with her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle in a photograph taken just after Easter 2016

The Queen and Prince Philip sitting in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle in a photograph issued on April 7, 2011

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Sandringham in 1970

Her Majesty The Queen and HRH Prince Philip arriving on a state visit to Japan on a British Airways plane in May 1975

Queen Elizabeth II walks among a group of local children during her state visit to Mexico in 1975

Queen Elizabeth II poses for a photograph with Princess Diana and Prince Charles in 1980, who married one year later

The Queen speaking to the Commonwealth in her 1980 Christmas Day Broadcast on BBC One

The royal family walk their corgis at Balmoral on September 18, 1957 - from left: Philip, Anne, the Queen and Prince Charles

The Queen and Philip with then US president John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline, at Buckingham Palace on June 5, 1961

The Queen and Pope Benedict XVI pass Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond (left) in Edinburgh on September 16, 2010

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit Sydney on their Royal Commonwealth Tour in 1970

The Queen and Philip visit the mining village of Aberfan in South Wales, eight days after the disaster, on October 29, 1966

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh pose for a family photo after William and Kate's wedding on April 29, 2011

March 25, 2020: The Queen speaks to Boris Johnson from Windsor Castle for an audience at the start of the pandemic

March 19, 2020: The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle to socially distance herself amid the coronavirus

March 18, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II receives Commodore Stephen Moorhouse (center, outgoing Commanding Officer, HMS Queen Elizabeth) and Captain Angus Essenhigh (incoming Commanding Officer), during an audience in Buckingham Palace

March 9, 2020: The Queen and Charles attend the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day

July 17, 2020: Captain Sir Thomas Moore receiving his knighthood from the Queen during a ceremony at Windsor Castle

June 1, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle ahead of his 99th birthday

April 8, 2020: An image of the Queen and a quote, in London's Piccadilly Circus, echoing the famous Second World War anthem, sung by Vera Lynn, in her televised address on coronavirus in April, when she told the nation: 'We will meet again'

May 31, 2020: Queen Elizabeth II riding Balmoral Fern, a 14-year-old Fell Pony, at Windsor Home Park in Berkshire