Britain’s longest-serving monarch was a symbol of stability in a fast-changing world. Queen Elizabeth II’s historic reign spanned a period of deep social and economic change, from a nation of empire that pioneered globalization to a country that chose to pull out of the European Union, from a society with rigid class divisions to a diverse and more equal country.
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Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96 after 70 years on the throne
Across the nation and the globe, tributes began to pour in from world leaders. President Biden hailed the late queen as “the first British monarch to whom people all around the world could feel a personal and immediate connection.”
