Mourning Britons have taken to social media to reveal where they were when they heard the tragic news about that Her Majesty had died.
One person said they learned of Queen Elizabeth II’s death in ‘true British fashion,’ while drinking at a pub that was broadcasting BBC News.
The individual, in a video posted to Twitter, said there was ‘literally just thickness all in the middle of the sesh’ as he panned across the room of solemn-looking people.
A Royal Academy of Dramatic Art actress shared how she and fellow artists learned of the tragedy while ‘preparing to put on a show about death and imperialism’.
Others detailed how they were notified of the monarch’s passing by their taxi drivers while on holiday.
Queen Elizabeth, the country’s longest reigning Monarch, died ‘peacefully today, aged 96, at the Balmoral Estate, surrounded by her family, Buckingham Palace officials confirmed.
Her death sparked an immediate and huge outpouring of emotion, with thousands of mourners gathering outside the gates of the palace this evening.
Mourning Britons have taken to social media to reveal where they were when they heard the tragic news about that Her Majesty had died
One person said they learned of Queen Elizabeth II’s death in ‘true British fashion,’ while drinking at a pub that was broadcasting BBC News
The social media user posted video from the pub, showing the television which featured live footage of a rainbow over Windsor Castle. The screen read: ‘HM Queen Elizabeth has died’
Queen Elizabeth, the country’s longest reigning Monarch, died ‘peacefully today, aged 96, at the Balmoral Estate, surrounded by her family. Pictured: The death of The Queen was announced at 6.30pm today via the Royal Family’s official Twitter account
‘In true British fashion, I’ve found out the Queen is dead by the pub turning on the TV,’ Twitter user @creeeeky penned, adding: ‘RIP big Liz.’
The social media user posted video from the pub, showing the television which featured live footage of a rainbow over Windsor Castle. The screen read: ‘HM Queen Elizabeth has died.’
Pubgoers sporting glum faces can be heard chattering as most stared at the screen.
Jessica Bodner took to the platform, detailing how she learned of the Queen’s death while in Paris, France.
‘My taxi driver in Paris just asked me if I spoke French. When I said “no, only English,” he turned, looked at me very seriously, and said, “your Queen is dead,”‘ she recalled.
‘And that’s the story of how I found out Queen Elizabeth had passed.’
Another user shared a similar tale, saying: ‘Just found out Queen Elizabeth is dead in the back of a taxi in Morocco.’
They added: ‘Life is crazy.’
American actress Anna Maria, who works with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, said she learned about the Queen’s death after having just finished a matinee performance.
She said her friends joked in a groupchat that ‘my presence in London killed the Queen.’
She then added: ‘Y’all? I’m in a royal academy dressing room, full of artists preparing to put on a show about death and imperialism. we all just collectively found out the queen is dead.
‘The theatre we’re making is so radical that it’s splintering the monarchy, srry y’all.’
Most Britons have cited finding out about her death on social media or from news alerts.
Jessica Bodner took to the platform, detailing how she learned of the Queen’s death while in Paris, France
Another user shared a similar tale, saying: ‘Just found out Queen Elizabeth is dead in the back of a taxi in Morocco’
American actress Anna Maria, who works with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, said she learned about the Queen’s death after having just finished a matinee performance
All Her Majesty’s children had rushed to Balmoral today after doctors became ‘concerned’ for her health. Hours later she died.
At 6.30pm her death was confirmed. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: ‘The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow’.
The Queen’s death will see Britain and her Commonwealth realms enter into a ten-day period of mourning as millions of her subjects in the UK and abroad come to terms with her passing. Her coffin will be moved to London on the royal train via Edinburgh before she lies in state in Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament for four days. Hundreds of thousands of people will be able to pay their respects.
The state funeral is expected take place at Westminster Abbey in central London on Monday, September 19, which will be attended by her bereft family as well as 2,000 heads of state, prime ministers and presidents, European royals and key figures from public life around the globe.
And as her son accedes to the throne, there will also be a celebration of her historic 70-year reign that saw her reach her Platinum Jubilee this year – a landmark unlikely to be reached again by a British monarch.
Charles will embark on a tour of the UK before his mother’s funeral with his wife Camilla, who the Queen announced would be crowned her eldest son’s Queen Consort in an historic statement to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee and 70 years on the throne on February 6.
The Queen’s passing came more than a year after that of her beloved husband Philip, her ‘strength and guide’, who died aged 99 in April 2021. Since his funeral, where she poignantly sat alone because of lockdown restrictions, her own health faltered, and she was forced to miss an increasing number of events mainly due to ‘mobility problems’ and tiredness.
In July she travelled to Scotland for her annual summer break, but cancelled her traditional welcome to Balmoral Castle in favour of a small more private event because of her health, believed to be linked to her ability to stand. And at the end of July, Prince Charles represented his mother and opened the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with the Duchess of Cornwall. In late August Queen missed the Braemar Gathering – the first time she was not at the Highland Games in her 70-year reign.
But she was well enough to meet with Boris Johnson at Balmoral to accept his resignation, before asking the 15th Prime Minister of her reign, Liz Truss, to form a Government. Her Majesty, who stood with the support of a stick and smiled as she greeted Ms Truss in front of a roaring fire, had not been seen in public for two months. It would be her final picture.
Today all her children and Prince William flew into Scotland from all over the UK to get to Her Majesty’s bedside before she died. Prince Harry did not travel to Scotland from Windsor with his family – and Meghan Markle stayed at Frogmore Cottage. But he did not make it to Balmoral in time and landed in Aberdeen around 15 minutes after the death of his grandmother was announced. He arrived at the castle just before 8pm to join his father, brother and other mourners.
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