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Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She is succeeded as monarch by her son King Charles III.
2022-09-8

The platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II commences at The Mall in London.
2022-06-2

The Cabinet Office announces that eight British towns will become cities as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The new cities are Milton Keynes, Colchester, and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Wrexham in Wales, and Bangor in Northern Ireland, as well as Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Douglas, Isle of Man, which become the first towns in the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, respectively, to receive city status.
2022-05-20

Queen Elizabeth II holds a virtual audience for the first time since testing positive for COVID-19.
2022-03-1

Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID-19 with "mild cold-like symptoms".
2022-02-20

Indigenous protesters tear down the "Statue of Queen Victoria" in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as protests grow over the mass graves of indigenous children discovered at former Canadian Indian residential schools. A smaller statue of Queen Elizabeth II was also toppled nearby.
2021-07-1

Theresa May visits Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation and recommend her replacement as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2019-07-24

Buckingham Palace announces that 95-year-old Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from royal duties in August.
2017-05-4

Queen Elizabeth II returns to Buckingham Palace after spending one night in hospital.
2013-03-4

Queen Elizabeth II is admitted to hospital for observation after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis. Buckingham Palace has described it as a "precaution".
2013-03-3