Queen Elizabeth II’s long rule comes to an end | Learn the English expression ‘pay respects’
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The Queen's Death
The queen appeared frail, using a cane indoors and extending a bruised hand to greet the fifteenth prime minister. The next day she had to cancel a virtual meeting with the new prime minister. At 12 30 in the afternoon, buckingham palace issued a statement saying that doctors were concerned for the queen's health. Members of the royal family rushed to balmorel castle, a sprawling estate in northern scotland. Her children, princess anne, prince andrew, prince edward and then prince charles, arrived to be with her at six 30 in the evening. Britain was devastated. About 80 % of the population has lived under no other monarch. A coronation ceremony is considered a
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