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There has never been, and perhaps never will be again, a British monarch like Queen Elizabeth II

Her Majesty oversaw 15 prime ministers and was devoutly dedicated to both country and Commonwealth

Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.

A look back at the life of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch

Her Royal Highness has returned to visit a number of times since the tragedy

Monarch led UK royal family through often-difficult times and greeted generations of kings, presidents and despots.

One of the monarch’s first ever royal engagements took place in Lanarkshire

It follows 70 years of service to the UK and she has passed in the year of her Platinum Jubilee

The crowning achievement of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, was to maintain the popularity of the monarchy across decades of seismic political, social and cultural change that threatened to make it an anachronism.

Plans for what happens after the Queen's death have been in place for many years - this is what we know about them

When the late historian Sir Ben Pimlott embarked on his 1996 biography, his colleagues expressed surprise that he should consider Queen Elizabeth II worthy of serious study at all. Yet Pimlott’s judgement proved sound and, if few academics have followed his lead, the political role of the monarchy has received…