More than 100 world leaders, including President Biden, attended the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, and Britons lined the streets for a procession that took her to her final resting place at Windsor Castle.
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For 70 years, Elizabeth II was the anchor of a nation’s identity. Charles III now will take on, or recast, that role.
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The service for the queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19 included a reading from Prime Minister Liz Truss, a sermon from the archbishop of Canterbury, and hymns.
Queen’s Death Certificate Reveals Cause and Time of Death
Queen Elizabeth died of “old age” at 3:10 p.m. on Sept. 8, the paperwork shows.
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In Parks and on Post Boxes, Crowds Say Farewell to the Queen
The death of Queen Elizabeth II brought droves of people together in central London, where mourning has distracted many from Britain’s political tumult and cost-of-living crisis.
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Guest List for Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral Includes Everyday Honorees
Among those invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral are almost 200 people who were honored for various forms of public service this year.
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At Windsor, the queen will be interred with her husband, who died last year.
Queen Elizabeth II spent much of the pandemic at Windsor Castle. She will be interred in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, next to Prince Philip, her husband of 73 years.
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The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II honored a seven-decade public life. It also felt like a capstone to the mass TV era that defined her reign.
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Can the U.K. Remain United Without the Queen?
Over her 70-year reign, the monarch helped bind the four nations of the United Kingdom together. Her death heralds a period of greater uncertainty for that union.
By Michael Barbaro, Diana Nguyen, Stella Tan, Mooj Zadie, Michael Simon Johnson, Rachel Quester, Paige Cowett, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and
Prince William Moves Into the Spotlight as Heir to the Throne
Many royal watchers and historians are looking to William and his wife, Catherine, who rank high in popularity polls, as the long-term future of the British monarchy.
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Biden Pays Homage to Queen Elizabeth, Calling the Monarch ‘Decent, Honorable’
The U.S. president will be one of dozens of world leaders attending the funeral on Monday for a royal who had ruled for nearly as long as the president has lived.
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The Queen Is Everywhere. What Will the Royal Makeover Cost?
Elizabeth II appears on postal boxes, stamps and coins. But placing Charles's visage on these items might not be the huge expense one would expect.
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A Stirring Start, but Also Some Growing Pains, for a King Long in Waiting
King Charles III has had an enthusiastic public reception so far, but for this man of strong opinions, replacing the beloved queen will be a challenge.
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Sculptors have immortalized past British monarchs with imposing, stern-faced statues. For Queen Elizabeth II, they’re taking a different approach.
By Alex Marshall
In “Habsburgs on the Rio Grande,” Raymond Jonas’s story of French-backed nation building in Mexico foreshadows the proxy battles of the Cold War.
By Natasha Wheatley
For years, Harry and his wife, Meghan, have considered California home. This week, he updated his residency in a corporate filing.
By Megan Specia
The Duke of Sussex competed in a match in South Florida the day after the announcement that he will be working on a new polo-related Netflix project.
By Carson Griffith
The Saudi ambassador to the United States, the daughter of a storied figure in the kingdom’s diplomacy, is trying to steer relations at a difficult time.
By Kate Kelly
A routine Getty Images caption beside the Princess of Wales’s cancer announcement has fanned disinformation about her. Researchers say there is no evidence that the video is fake.
By Isabella Kwai
A new Netflix film dramatizes the 2019 BBC conversation that led to the royal stepping back from public life.
By Simran Hans
No memes or spontaneity to see here, people. Just the usual official pictures of Emperor Naruhito and his family.
By Kiuko Notoya and Mike Ives
Responses to an Opinion essay by Dr. Daniela J. Lamas. Also: “political anxieties”; a mystery from England’s Bronze Age.
The family has been thrown off balance by health crises, including cancer diagnoses for the king and Catherine, Princess of Wales. She and her husband, Prince William, did not appear.
By Mark Landler
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