Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announces | UK News

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1. Oh shit

2. RIP

3. Off to the pub for a Loyal Toast and to let the Internet blow over for a bit

4. A massive piece of British history gone, just like that. It’s shocking.

5. Crazy to think she had been Queen for longer than my parents have been alive. RIP.

6. The Queen is dead, long live the King

7. To be expected at such an old age, but still a shock and feels … odd.

   RIP.

8. Rest in peace Queen.

9. My condolences to her subjects.

10. Rest in Peace.

11. RIP.

    Damn.

12. Never knew this day would come.

13. RIP. This is a strange feeling. It feels like someone in my own family has died. Like a pillar of stability that has always been in my life has disappeared.

    What a bleak, sad day.

14. How will this affect British identity, especially the younger generation?

15. Another German monarch gone…

16. May she rest in peace.

17. At this point I was kind of almost getting used to her living forever. She’s lived almost five times my age. Jesus.

18. 2022 truly is a hell of a year.

19. Never thought I’d see the day.

20. Wow.. Shocked me way more than I thought it would

21. damn, feels absolutely surreal. It‘s kind of THE queen and now she‘s gone.

22. Condolences for our UK bros

23. Monarchy is a weird thing.

    A piece of history and a further connection to the past gone. A moment for that at least.

24. I expected her to live another 100 years. Rest in peace

25. Ding-Dong?

26. Virgin Elizabeth II VS Chad Louis XIV

27. Awful news. She has been a constant in pretty much every single persons life in this country for several generations.

28. Rest in peace.

29. What will become of Britain?

30. Truly an end of an era. RIP. No future UK monarch would replace her legacy.

31. I knew she wouldn’t be living for much longer when she complained about stiffness last year when she had covid, but it surprised me how fast it all went today.

    Never thought i’d see King Charles.

32. Time to establish a republic.

33. Condolences to all you britbros and sisters

34. So sudden, god rest the queen.

35. [the Queen is dead](https://youtu.be/eubgWMwSD0k)

36. Calling on discord with my British friend watching the live stream together, we were chatting until suddenly they said ‘Buckingham Palace released a statement’. We were dead quiet for 2 minutes straight. Devastating, so weird to have someone that reigned 70 years gone, just like that

37. She died this afternoon- it’s 6:30 in the evening there. The [GOV.UK](https://GOV.UK) banner has been black for hours. Did anyone notice what time it changed? They’ve just changed the [royal.uk](https://royal.uk) website.

38. Rest in piss. Whole world is celebrating 🥳

39. The Liz Truss effect

40. I know she was under medical supervision earlier but it’s still surprising

41. She can finally rest now.

42. Thank you your Majesty. You served your country more than most. Rest in Peace.

43. Really shocking, and also extra sad for me because it’s my birthday. What an amazing woman she was.

44. I’m American, so why should I care?

    But I do. And it’s crazy. Like yeah she was gonna pass one day. I just didn’t expect it now, I guess.

    End of an era the world over.

45. I just watched the news here in Italy

46. 🙁

    Obviously it had to happen at some point but feels incredibly strange since she’s just been “there” for as long as I can remember. Kind of like a distant relative you hear from once in a while almost.

    Really one of a kind. One of my favorites is [her first speech from 1940](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJI9LPFQth4). Holy fuck that’s 82 years ago. ;;

47. Those Wikipedia editors are lightning fast.

48. RIP. Funny that we in India are celebrating because our star batter finally scored a century after 3 years. What a shocking turn of events

49. Rip to a massive icon throughout the past 70 years. She was truly something else