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Queen Elizabeth, U.K.’s Longest-Reigning Monarch, Dead At 96

Updated Sep 8, 2022, 02:17pm EDT Topline Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday afternoon, Buckingham Palace announced, bringing the second Elizabethan Age to a close after the queen spent seven decades on the throne, the longest reign of any British monarch. Key Facts Elizabeth died “peacefully” at Balmoral Castle, the queen’s privately owned property in Scotland,…