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Queen of the United Kingdom II. Elizabeth died today at the age of 96. The monarch died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

Elizabeth was the longest-lived monarch in British history and the world’s longest-serving monarch. The Princess of York was born on 21 April 1926 as the third successor to the British throne.

His fate changed in 1936 when his uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated. Thus, Elizabeth’s father became King George VI. At the age of 11, he moved to Buckingham Palace with his family and younger sister, Princess Margaret, and began grooming to one day inherit the throne.

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