Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-reigned queen, passes away at the age of 96 at Balmoral, after reigning for 70 years.

She passed away quietly on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent most of the summer.

Since her accession to the throne in 1952, the Queen has witnessed immense socioeconomic transformation.

Her son, King Charles III, described his mother’s d3ath as a “time of tremendous grief” for him and his family, and said her loss would be “deeply felt” throughout the world.

He stated, “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother.

“I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.”

During the approaching period of grief, he stated he and his family will be “comforted and strengthened by our understanding of the widespread regard and profound affection for the Queen.”

Buckingham Palace announced that the King and his wife, Camilla, now Queen Consort, will return to London on Friday. On Friday, he is scheduled to address the country.

Senior royals had assembled in Balmoral earlier in the day after the Queen’s physicians had expressed worry about her health.

After physicians placed the Queen under medical monitoring, all of the Queen’s children traveled to Balmoral, near Aberdeen.

Prince William, her grandson and now heir to the throne, and his brother, Prince Harry, were also there.

Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was chosen by the Queen on Tuesday, said the queen was the foundation of modern Britain, providing “the stability and strength that we required.”

“We offer him our dedication and devotion, just as his mother dedicated so much, to so many, for so long,” she said of the new king.

“And, with the end of the second Elizabethan age, we herald in a new period in the beautiful history of our great country, precisely as Her Majesty would have desired, by exclaiming ‘God save the King.'”

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, expressed “deep regret” for the Church of England, over which the monarch is supreme authority.

Queen Elizabeth II’s reign as head of state covered postwar austerity, the shift from empire to Commonwealth, the end of the Cold War, and the United Kingdom’s membership in – and exit from – the European Union.

Her tenure encompassed 15 prime ministers, beginning with Winston Churchill in 1874 and ending with Ms. Truss in 1975, 101 years later.

Throughout her rule, she met with her prime minister on a weekly basis.

Crowds waiting for information on the Queen’s status at Buckingham Palace in London began sobbing as they learned of her death.

At 18:30 BST, the union flag atop the palace was lowered to half-mast, and a formal notification notifying the death was put outside.

Following the death of the Queen, Prince William and his wife, Catherine, were named Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Cornwall.

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born on April 21, 1926, in Mayfair, London.

Few could have predicted she would become monarch, but in December 1936, her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American.

Elizabeth’s father became King George VI, and Lilibet, as she was called in the family, became heir to the kingdom at the age of ten.

Britain was at war with Nazi Germany within three years. After their parents rejected recommendations that they be moved to Canada, Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, spent much of the wartime at Windsor Castle.