KABUL (Pajhwok): Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, drawing to a close the country’s second Elizabethan era, and heralding the reign of her son, King Charles III.
The monarch died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon two days after undertaking her final public constitutional duty, with the appointment of the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign.
Her death means Charles now becomes king, and the Duchess of Cornwall the Queen Consort.
In a statement on Thursday evening, the King said: “The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty the . . .
