How will Britons cope without their Queen?

Monarch's death strips UK of a treasured link to the past

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NORWICH, NORFOLK - SEPTEMBER 09:  A tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II at Chantry Place shopping centre on September 09, 2022 in Norwich, Norfolk. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and acceded the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)
NORWICH, NORFOLK - SEPTEMBER 09: A tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II at Chantry Place shopping centre on September 09, 2022 in Norwich, Norfolk. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and acceded the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)

London editor Denis Staunton on the death of Queen Elizabeth II: how the world learned she was dying, what happens next, and the impact her death will have on the British people and the monarchy itself.

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