Send article

The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, died Thursday September 8 in Balmoral (Scotland, United Kingdom). She lived through eight pontificates and met five popes.In her 70-year-reign, Elizabeth II will have crossed paths with more popes than any politician of the contemporary era. The monarch with the record longevity within the British monarchy died on Thursday September 8 in her Scottish residence of Balmoral, at the age of 96.