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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.  The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Her eldest son, Charles, becomes King Charles III, and the head of state …

This week, it seems as though the British royal family is on a mission to prove they are just like the rest of us. First, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, went through the anguish that millions of women before her have experienced when she got her high heel stuck in a grate. And now, it appears as though Queen …