Biden Orders U.S. Flags To Half-Staff After Queen’s Death

(Washington, DC) — President Biden is ordering American flags be flown at half-staff after the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. In a statement, Biden called the late Queen a “stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy.” The order covers all federal buildings and grounds, military bases, naval vessels and government facilities abroad. Queen Elizabeth was 96. (Scotland) — Queen Elizabeth has died at the age of 96. The Palace said her Majesty the Queen died peacefully with her family by her side. Her son Charles, the Prince of Wales, will assume the throne and will go by King Charles the Third. Queen Elizabeth is survived by her four children, Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. When King Edward the Eighth abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, Elizabeth’s father became King George the Fourth, making her first-in-line to the throne. Her coronation was the first to be televised in England and it was watched by an audience of 20-million people worldwide. In September of 2015, Queen Elizabeth became the longest-reigning British monarch in the country’s history. The Queen was crowned at the age of 25 and her reign lasted over 70 years. She was the longest-lived British sovereign and she visited more than 115 countries. Only five other British kings and queens have ruled for 50 years or more. Elizabeth gave royal assent to, or passed, more than 35-hundred Acts of Parliament after passage by the houses of Lords and Commons. She has been served by more than a dozen British Prime Ministers, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, and as of just this week, Liz Truss.