{"id":64526,"date":"2022-09-08T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=64526"},"modified":"2022-09-08T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:34:05","slug":"breaking-prince-charles-succeeds-queen-elizabeth-as-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/breaking-prince-charles-succeeds-queen-elizabeth-as-king\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Prince Charles Succeeds Queen Elizabeth As King"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The eldest of her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, who at 73 is the oldest heir apparent in British history, becomes king immediately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The queen\u2019s death came after the palace announced on Thursday that doctors were \u201cconcerned\u201d for her health and recommended she stayed under medical supervision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All her children \u2014 Charles, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, flocked to her Scottish Highland retreat, Balmoral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">They were joined by Charles\u2019s sons, Prince William, and his estranged brother Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Two days earlier the queen appointed Liz Truss as the 15th prime minister of her reign and was seen smiling in photographs but looking frail and using a walking stick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One photograph of the meeting sparked alarm, showing a deep purple bruise on the monarch\u2019s right hand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne aged just 25 in 1952 in the aftermath of World War II, joining a world stage dominated by political figures from China\u2019s Mao Zedong to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and US president Dwight D. Eisenhower.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her 70-year reign straddled two centuries of seismic social, political and technological upheaval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The last vestiges of Britain\u2019s vast empire crumbled. At home, Brexit shook the foundations of her kingdom, and her family endured a series of scandals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But throughout, she remained consistently popular and was queen and head of state not just of the United Kingdom but 14 former British colonies, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She was also head of the 56-nation Commonwealth, which takes in a quarter of humanity, and supreme governor of the Church of England, the mother church of the worldwide Anglican communion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But questions will be asked about whether the golden age of the British monarchy has now passed, how an ancient institution can remain viable in the modern era and whether Charles will command the same respect or reign in his mother\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":64527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1593,17],"tags":[9894],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-64526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-metro","category-news","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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