- British Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, ending her record-breaking 70 years on the throne, Buckingham Palace announced in a statement on Thursday.

- She died peacefully at Balmoral Castle on Thursday afternoon.

- Her son Charles will assume the throne as king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, along with his wife Camilla as queen consort.

- Liz Truss, the new British prime minister, mourned Queen Elizabeth's death, describing her as "the rock on which modern Britain was built."