#queen elizebethi death# <br /> emgland queen elizabethi death <br /> #royal family# <br /> ueen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.<br /><br />She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer.<br /><br />The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.<br /><br />Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a "moment of great sadness" for him and his family and that her loss would be "deeply felt" around the world.<br /><br />He said: "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a