Queen Elizabeth II Has Died at 96

Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest reigning monarch and a much-loved symbol of national stability, has died at Balmoral Castle, her home in Scotland. She was 96 and will be succeeded by her eldest son, Charles, the Prince of Wales.

Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign was extraordinary from the very start. Born on Apr. 21, 1926, in London’s Mayfair, she was the first child of the Duke of York, the second son of the then-reigning…