Queen Elizabeth's Death Is Announced

 The BBC relayed the official News..

Emotional television presenters choked back tears today as they revealed the news that the Queen had died peacefully at Balmoral.

The Daily Mail reports Buckingham Palace announced just after 6.30pm today that the Queen died 'peacefully' this afternoon.

Last known photo - this week

On the BBC, Huw Edwards announced the news solemnly, looking into the camera to repeat Buckingham Palace's statement twice.

Edwards added: 'The new King and Queen consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.' 

The channel then transitioned to a somber instrumental rendition of the national anthem, backdropped by a picture of the late Queen.

Over on Sky news, Dermot Murnaghan said: 'We have some very important news. Buckingham Palace has just announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died. She was 96-years-old.

'The Queen died... just a few moments ago the announcements at Balmoral. She was the longest-serving monarch in British history and the oldest head of state in the world. Her eldest son and heir Charles the former Prince of Wales is now the King.' 

Sky’s Royal Reporter Rhiannon Mills added: ‘This will clearly come as devastating news for the royal family and millions of people across the United Kingdom and around the world.

‘Queen Elizabeth II was a much loved and respected monarch and a truly unique figure on the world stage, a head of state without equal. Admired not just here in the United Kingdom but across the world by members of the public, politicians and religious leaders.’

The reporter added emotionally: ‘Many of us will simply not remember a time when she was not our head of state and she was a constant figure in every aspect of national life.’

On LBC with Andrew Marr and Shaleigh Fogarty the announcement came: ‘Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the Queen has died,’ Andrew Marr said as he choked up.

On ITV, Robert Peston said 'A black cloud has descended over House of Parliament.

'There is a deep anxiety. The Queen has played such an important significant role in all our lives, and an important constitutional role.' 

Channel 4's Matt Frei said: ‘Whether you are in favor of the monarch, she is the mother of the nation.

‘Never before have we had a new prime minister and a new monarch in one week.' 

BBC One has suspended all regular programming to provide special Royal coverage after the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

Earlier today Bargain Hunt was taken off air to inform viewers that doctors were 'concerned' about Her Majesty's health, following a statement from Buckingham Palace. 

The BBC One afternoon schedule has been moved to BBC Two. It is unclear when the schedule will return to normal.  

Courtesy of the Daily Mail 9/8/22

As one of the most photographed women in the world, the Queen's reign has been documented through a camera lens year after year. From the earliest picture in a black mourning outfit when she had been sovereign for just one day to walking her corgis and through coal mines, this stunning collection of photographs documents her historic reign. 

Pictured: The Queen in a black outfit as she returns to Clarence House in London after the death of her father King George VI on February 7, 1952 (top left); in a leopard-skin coat at a horseracing event in 1962 (top, second from left); in her study at Balmoral on September 1, 1972 (second from right); in the South Sea Islands in 1982 (top right); assessing the damage caused by the Windsor Castle fire in 1992 (bottom left); enjoying a walkabout during a visit to Canada in 2002 (bottom, second from left); laughing with the Duchess of Cambridge whilst watching a children's sport event in Nottingham (2012); and at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2022 (bottom right).