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FILE - Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden in London, as they attend a Gala Silver Jubilee Performance of Opera and ballet, May 30, 1977. From left in the foreground, Britain's Prince Charles, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother. Queen Elizabeth II, BritainâÄ™s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/ Bob Dear, File)