Queen Elizabeth II dies peacefully at Balmoral, Scotland

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In a statement from Buckingham Palace and His Majesty King of England, it was announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her Scottish home in Balmoral on the afternoon of Thursday 8 September 2022. 

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