Queen Elizabeth II, The UK’s Longest Ruling Monarch, Dies Age 96

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s monarch for the past 70 years, has died aged 96.

Elizabeth II is the Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York. Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, making Elizabeth the heir.