Queen Elizabeth II smiles from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on June 2, 2022, on the first of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee celebrating the monarch’s 70 years of service. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)
2022-09-18

Flags were lowered to half mast in September across the United Kingdom, Canada, and many other Commonwealth nations to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen died September 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She was 96.

Queen Elizabeth was Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. The country had just celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking the Queen’s 70th anniversary on the throne. She was the only monarch most Canadians had ever known.