Queen Elizabeth II of England has died at the age of 96 on Thursday. The Queen was said to have died peacefully.
Earlier today Thursday, crowd had gathered at the Buckingham Palace residence in London on as concern was growing over the Queen’s health.
The Royal Family, announcing the death on Twitter, tweeted, “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.”
Queen Elizabeth’s children – Charles, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, had flocked to her Scottish Highland retreat, Balmoral.
They were joined by Charles’s sons, Prince William, and his estranged brother Prince Harry.
The queen died two days after the appointment of Liz Truss as the 15th prime minister of her reign and was seen smiling in photographs but looking frail and using a walking stick.
Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in British history.
The late Queen left behind a $28 billion in assets which will automatically go to the next king and her successor, King Charles
according to Forbes’s estimate last year.
That includes land and holdings as part of the Crown Estate ($19.5 billion), Buckingham Palace (est. $4.9 billion), the Duchy of Cornwall ($1.3 billion), the Duchy of Lancaster ($748 million), Kensington Palace (est. $630 million) and the Crown Estate Scotland ($592 million).
Queen Elizabeth had another $500 million in personal assets.
May her soul rest in peace.
