Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, one of the world's longest-serving monarchs and revered around the globe, died Thursday, Buckingham Palace said. She was 96."The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," the palace said. The queen was vacationing at the castle in Scotland.Prince Charles, 73, the first son of the queen and her deceased husband Prince Philip, immediately became King Charles III.The new king said in a statement, "During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen…READ FULL ARTICLE
