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Prime Minister Liz Truss and different satellite leaders, specified arsenic President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama, person paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth who has died astatine 96 years aged connected Thursday, September 8. The Queen’s passing comes conscionable 2 days aft she officially invited Truss to become the caller Prime Minister, pursuing an predetermination aft erstwhile Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he’d measurement down from his position. “She was the precise tone of Great Britain and that tone volition endure,” she said.
The caller Prime Minister gave a code to commemorate the Queen’s walk and to people the ascension of King Charles to the throne. “Queen Elizabeth II was the stone connected which modern Britain was built. Our state has grown and flourished nether her reign. Britain is the large state it is today, due to the fact that of her,” she began her speech. “With the King’s family, we mourn the nonaccomplishment of his parent and arsenic we mourn, we indispensable travel unneurotic to enactment him, to assistance him carnivore the awesome work that helium present carries for america all. We connection him our loyalty and devotion, conscionable arsenic his parent devoted truthful overmuch to truthful galore for truthful long.”
Biden paid tribute to the Queen successful an authoritative statement, wherever helium said that “she defined an era.” The president highlighted however truthful galore radical crossed the globe felt a idiosyncratic “connection” with Her Majesty, and helium looked backmost connected galore of the highlights of her clip connected the throne, from her coronation to Platinum Jubilee. “Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock Alliance betwixt the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped marque our narration special,” helium said, earlier reflecting connected his idiosyncratic experiences with her.
The president concluded his connection by mourning the Queen with each the radical of the UK and her family. “Today, the thoughts and prayers of radical each crossed the United States are with the radical of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth successful their grief. We nonstop our deepest condolences to the Royal Family, who are not lone mourning their Queen, but their beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her bequest volition loom ample successful the pages of British history, and successful the communicative of our world,” helium said.
Like truthful galore of you, Michelle and I are grateful to person witnessed Her Majesty’s dedicated leadership, and we are awed by her bequest of tireless, dignified nationalist service. Our thoughts are with her household and the radical of the United Kingdom astatine this hard time. pic.twitter.com/sbID222iSQ
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 8, 2022
Former President Obama and erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama likewise reflected connected galore of the Queen’s fantabulous enactment abilities. Obama besides spoke astir his idiosyncratic experiences with her. “Michelle and I were fortunate capable to travel to cognize Her Majesty, and she meant a large woody to us. Back erstwhile we were conscionable opening to navigate beingness arsenic President and First Lady, she welcomed america to the satellite signifier with unfastened arms and bonzer generosity,” helium wrote. “Michelle and I are grateful to person witnessed Her Majesty’s dedicated leadership, and we are awed by her bequest of tireless, dignified nationalist service.”
As we look backmost astatine her beingness and her reign that spanned truthful galore decades, Canadians volition ever retrieve and cherish Her Majesty’s wisdom, compassion, and warmth. Our thoughts are with the members of the Royal Family during this astir hard time.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 8, 2022
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted a touching memorial for the beloved monarch. “She was a changeless beingness successful our lives – and her work to Canadians volition everlastingly stay an important portion of our country’s history,” helium wrote. “As we look backmost astatine her beingness and her reign that spanned truthful galore decades, Canadians volition ever retrieve and cherish Her Majesty’s wisdom, compassion, and warmth.”
Buckingham Palace confirmed that Queen Elizabeth passed distant successful a tweet connected Thursday. “The Queen died peacefully astatine Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort volition stay astatine Balmoral this evening and volition instrumentality to London tomorrow,” the Royal Family tweeted.
Queen Elizabeth successful pink. (Shuttershock)Before her death, Buckingham Palace released a statement, explaining that Queen Elizabeth was facing superior wellness problems. “Following further valuation this morning, The Queen’s doctors are acrophobic for Her Majesty’s wellness and person recommended she stay nether aesculapian supervision,” the connection said. “The Queen remains comfy and astatine Balmoral.” The quality of her wellness troubles came months aft she was diagnosed and subsequently recovered from COVID-19 successful February.
Queen Elizabeth had laid down however she expected the royal household to proceed aft her passing. In the earthy bid of succession, Prince Charles becomes the King. It was up for statement arsenic to whether Camilla Parker Bowles would go Queen Consort oregon Princess Consort aft the tragic passing of Princess Diana and Camila and Prince Charles’ affair.
The Queen met with the caller premier curate conscionable days earlier her passing .(Andrew Milligan/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)However, the Queen had decided to fto the past spell and said she volition let Camilla to beryllium Queen Consort. “I cognize you volition springiness [Charles] and his woman Camilla the aforesaid enactment that you person fixed me; and it is my sincere privation that, erstwhile that clip comes, Camilla volition beryllium known arsenic Queen Consort arsenic she continues her loyal service,” she said successful a statement earlier her passing.
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