Rest In Peace - Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96 - Tribute Video

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. She became Queen in 1952 at the age of 25 and spent 70 years on the throne. She had pledged to serve her people, which she fulfilled through a combination of skill and a sense of duty. It was during the Second World War that the then Princess Elizabeth gave her first address to the nation, saying that when peace returned, "it will be for us, the children of today, to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place". She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the first female in the Royal Family to become a full-time member of the armed forces. On victory day in Europe, she appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with her family and Winston Churchill, and later danced on the streets with the crowds, pulling an officer's cap over her eyes so nobody recognized her. In 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, the wedding helping to lift the post-war gloom of austerity and forging a union that lasted 73 years. News of the death of her father, George VI, in 1952 reached Elizabeth while she was on safari in Kenya. The following year her coronation was held, with hundreds of thousands of people lining the route to Westminster Abbey and more than 20 million watching on television. Her reign began with a six-month tour of the Commonwealth. She believed the institution should move away from empire and become more about friendship and equal rights between nations. She was delighted when her eldest son, Prince Charles, announced his engagement to Lady Diana Spencer, with their wedding in 1981 becoming a global television event.

Rest In Peace - Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96  -  Tribute Video

The Daily Mail is all over the passing of Queen Elizabeth